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They ask AI who's best. Make the answer your name.

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews now answer "who should I hire" directly, and they name one to three businesses. If you are not on that short list, the customer never sees your website. Our AEO plans get you named.

The new front page of local search doesn't have ten blue links.

The shift already happened

Search stopped being a list. It became an answer.

Google's AI Mode reached 1 billion monthly users, and AI Overviews reach 2.5 billion (Source: Google I/O, 2026). AI Overviews now appear in more than 80% of local service queries, and they cut click-through to traditional results by roughly a third (Source: industry CTR analyses, 2026).

The game changed from ranking to inclusion. There is no position seven in an AI answer. You are cited, or you are invisible.

AI engines cite businesses they can understand and verify. That takes four things: structured answer content on your site, consistent entity data across the web, schema markup machines can parse, and a contextual footprint connecting your business to your services and your market.

Pages with FAQ schema are 3.2x more likely to be cited in Google AI Overviews (Source: industry AI citation studies, 2026). Most local businesses have none of this. That is the opportunity.

Patent-Pending Technology

What your AEO plan builds, and the unfair advantage under it.

01
AI answer content.

Structured, citation-ready answers to the exact questions your customers ask AI engines, written to be quoted, published on your site.

02
Schema and entity engineering.

JSON-LD markup that tells machines exactly who you are, what you do, and where, plus entity consistency across every surface AI engines learn from.

03
AI citation monitoring.

We track when ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you for your target queries, and report the movement monthly.

04
The Device Farm underneath it all.

Our patent-pending network of real phones browses content relevant to your business across the web, building the contextual footprint that teaches AI engines you are the credible answer. No content-only agency can replicate that layer. See how it works →

Dominance tier adds expanded query coverage, review velocity management, and a monthly AI visibility report. See pricing →

The SAB advantage

No storefront? This is where you win.

The Google Map Pack weights proximity to a physical address, which punishes service-area businesses. AI search has no proximity bias. When someone asks ChatGPT for the best mobile detailer, pool cleaner, or home-service provider in your market, the answer is decided by entity clarity and footprint, not by where your truck parks. We route SABs to AEO because it is the honest, winnable lane, and we tell you that before you spend a dollar.

Plumbers, electricians, HVAC, roofers without storefronts
Mobile services: detailing, grooming, notary, repair
Storefront businesses adding a second visibility surface
Anyone whose customers ask AI for recommendations

AI search questions

Straight answers.

What is answer engine optimization (AEO)?
AEO is the practice of making your business the answer AI engines give. Instead of optimizing for a ranked list of links, you optimize to be cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews: structured answer content, schema markup, entity consistency, and a verifiable footprint. Full answer →
How do I get my business cited by ChatGPT?
AI engines cite businesses they can understand and verify. You need answer-formatted content on your site, consistent business data across the web, schema markup, and third-party signals that corroborate who you are. Our AEO plans build all four, and our Device Farm reinforces the footprint. Full answer →
How fast does AEO work?
AI citation movement typically shows within weeks, not months, because AI engines refresh their understanding of entities continuously. We move clients into AI answers in weeks and report citations monthly. Speed varies with how competitive your query set is.
Does AEO replace regular SEO?
No, it covers the second place your customers search. Storefront businesses should run both prongs (that is what the Bundle is for). SABs should lead with AEO because the Map Pack's proximity rules fight them.
How do you prove it's working?
Monthly AI visibility reporting: which target queries you are cited for across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews, with screenshots, plus the leading indicators (schema health, entity consistency, footprint growth).

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