New Service — AI Engine Optimization

Be the answer AI gives.

Your customers are asking ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini about your industry. AEO makes sure you’re the business they recommend.

The shift

Search isn't a list of blue links anymore.

AI generates a direct answer — and that answer recommends businesses, or doesn’t. If your content isn’t structured for AI crawlers, if your business isn’t cited across authoritative sources, you don’t exist in that answer.

Your competitor does. The businesses that move first win the category.

What AEO does

Make your business the answer.

Crawlable.

AI engines can find and index your content correctly.

Cited.

AI assistants reference your business when people ask about your industry.

Visible.

You appear in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.

Answering.

Your content directly answers the questions buyers are actually asking.

AEO vs. SEO

Partners, not substitutes.

AEO and SEO work together. Most clients run both. Here’s how the strategies differ.

Traditional SEO
AEO
Optimizes for Google rankings AI citations and answers
Content format Long-form blog posts Structured Q&A and direct answers
Authority signals Backlinks Authoritative citations across the open web
Measurement Keyword rankings AI visibility across multiple platforms
Update frequency Weeks/months Days — AI knowledge updates fast

Deliverables

What you get.

One-time setup · 4 weeks

Technical foundation.

Monthly campaign · Ongoing

Continuous growth.

Timeline

What to expect.

1

Weeks 1–4

Setup.

Technical audit, strategy, content calendar.

2

Month 2

First content live.

AI-optimized content published, monitoring begins.

3

Months 2–4

Early wins.

AI knowledge bases update faster than traditional search.

4

Months 6–12

Compounding authority.

Consistent presence in AI-generated answers.

Why Optix

The right partner for AEO.

First-mover advantage.

Most agencies don't offer this yet. You get ahead of your competitors while they wait.

Already baked in.

Our research agents check AEO readiness on every new lead — it's how we think about visibility.

Real content, real citations.

No AI-generated slop, no spammy link schemes. Human-crafted Q&A and earned authority.

Honest measurement.

AEO is a newer field. We set realistic expectations, then overdeliver.

Common questions

Frequently Asked.

Quick answers to the things clients ask most about AEO. Don’t see yours? Drop us a note — we reply the same day.

Is this actually a thing yet?

Yes. ChatGPT alone has hundreds of millions of weekly users and is increasingly used as a replacement for Google search. Google’s AI Overviews are above the fold for a large and growing share of searches.

We track appearances and citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google Al Overviews for a defined set of questions your customers ask. You see the before/after in every monthly report.

There’s overlap — clean schema, authoritative citations, and strong content help both. But Al engines weight things differently: structured Q&A, direct-answer formatting, and citation breadth matter more than traditional backlink volume.

Ideally both. If budget forces a choice, SEO still captures more volume today. AEO captures where search is going. For most businesses, running them together is the right answer.

Because Al platforms refresh their knowledge faster than Google re-crawls, AEO often produces visible wins faster than traditional SEO. Expect early gains in months 2—4.

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