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How to write content for answer engines

How to write AEO content that answer engines retrieve and cite: answer first, use the buyer's words, state checkable facts, and skip rewriting tricks.

Guide · AEO

Sep 28, 2026
AEO checklist

An AEO checklist of 50 checks for AI answers: crawler access, facts in HTML, content, entities, schema, third-party sources, offers, and measurement.

Checklist · AEO

Sep 28, 2026
Generative engine optimization (GEO): the complete guide

Generative engine optimization (GEO), stage by stage: how AI engines retrieve and cite pages, which GEO strategies hold up in research, and how to test them.

Complete guide · GEO

Sep 28, 2026
GEO checklist

A GEO checklist of 18 checks for retrieval, reranking, citation, accuracy, and testing, with the evidence for each and the tactics that did not replicate.

Checklist · GEO

Sep 28, 2026
Generative engine optimization antipatterns

Eleven generative engine optimization tactics that fail or break platform rules, what the research shows about each, and a test to detect it.

Antipatterns · GEO

Sep 27, 2026
Brand mentions and AI recommendations

What brand mentions are, where AI assistants find them, what research shows about mentions and AI recommendations, and how to earn and track them.

Guide · SEO+

Sep 28, 2026
Technical SEO checklist for AI search

A technical SEO checklist for AI search: robots.txt, status codes, canonical URLs, redirects, rendering, page elements, and crawler identity, with sources.

Checklist · SEO+

Sep 28, 2026
How to rank in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode

What a page needs to appear in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode: indexing, snippet eligibility, one Search Console setting, and what studies show.

Guide · AI assistants

Sep 27, 2026
How to rank in Microsoft Copilot

How Microsoft Copilot finds and cites pages: Bing's index, the NOARCHIVE and NOCACHE controls, Bing's AI Performance report, and what studies show.

Guide · AI assistants

Sep 28, 2026
How to choose an AEO or GEO agency

How to choose an AEO or GEO agency: what to compare, the questions to ask, and red flags such as guarantees, self-ranking lists, and undisclosed scores.

Guide · Buying AEO

Sep 28, 2026
Generative engine optimization (GEO) services

Generative engine optimization services from AEO HQ: what the work covers at each stage, which tactics the evidence supports, and four fixed-price packages.

Service · Buying AEO

Sep 28, 2026
SEO, AEO, and GEO by industry

What changes in SEO, AEO, and GEO from one industry to another, what stays the same, and how AEO HQ writes its industry guides.

Complete guide · Industries

Sep 27, 2026
SEO, AEO, and GEO for cybersecurity and IT services

SEO, AEO, and GEO for cybersecurity vendors and MSPs: what buyers are told to check, which sources AI cites, the rules on security claims, and what to measure.

Industry guide · Industries

Sep 28, 2026

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