Key takeaways

  • SEO is about ranking in search results, AEO about being the quoted answer, and GEO about appearing in AI-generated answers.
  • The three overlap: a crawlable page with a clear structure helps all of them.
  • seogeoaeo.ai runs checks for all three and returns a prioritized fix list.

Search used to mean a list of ten links. Now a page can also be read out by a voice assistant or summarized inside an AI chat. SEO, AEO and GEO are the names for getting a website ready for each of these.

SEO

Search engine optimization is about ranking in classic search results. The basics are technical: the page returns a 200 status, search engines can crawl and index it, it has a clear title and headings, and it loads quickly.

AEO

Answer engine optimization is about being the answer: the featured snippet, the voice assistant reply, the FAQ box. Pages that ask a question and answer it plainly, with schema.org markup, do well here.

GEO

Generative engine optimization is about showing up when an AI model writes an answer. That depends on whether AI crawlers may read your site, and on whether your content is clear enough to quote.

Checking all three

seogeoaeo.ai is an assessment suite for SEO, AEO and GEO. You pick representative pages and the checks you want, see the credit price before it runs, and get a prioritized fix list. Run it again later to compare the results.

Sources

  1. seogeoaeo.aiseogeoaeo.ai