When AI answers,
whose name comes up?
Answer Engine Optimization is the discipline of engineering your brand to be the citation. Not the tenth link — the sentence.
Every engine your buyer opens.
We optimize for every answer engine that already replaced the search bar for your prospects — and add new ones the moment they launch.
Engine
NewGemini 3 Flash
Google's newest fast model (via Lovable AI Gateway)
Engine
ChatGPT
GPT-5 mini + Bing browsing (proxy)
Engine
Perplexity-style
Gemini 2.5 Flash proxy for real-time citations
Engine
Google AI Overviews
SGE + Gemini
Engine
Copilot
Microsoft ecosystem, Bing-grounded
Engine
Claude
Web + Brave search
Engine
WatchlistGrok
xAI, X-grounded answers
Engine
WatchlistMeta AI
Llama-based, WhatsApp / Instagram surface
Five moves. Compounding results.
01
Scan
SAMMI, our AI-search intelligence engine, queries every major answer engine and maps who's currently getting your name.
02
Model
We rebuild your entity — schema, sameAs, credentials, service graph — into structures the models can quote.
03
Author
Citation-first content: question-shaped H2s, data lines, comparison tables, provenance blocks.
04
Distribute
Directories, HARO, podcasts, reviews, GBP, knowledge panels — the sources AI actually trusts.
05
Measure
Monthly AI-answer scorecard: what percentage of target queries name you, and where the gaps are.
Different game. Different scoreboard.
| Dimension | Classic SEO | AEO / AI SEO |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking goal | Top 10 blue links | Named in the answer |
| Winner | Highest CTR | Most trusted entity |
| Content shape | Long-form pages | Excerptable answers |
| Signals | Backlinks + on-page | Entity graph + citations |
| Feedback loop | GSC clicks | AI-answer scorecard |
Get scored in 60 seconds.
SAMMI queries the major AI engines with your industry keywords and returns a live citation score, engine-by-engine.
References
Sources
- Generative AI in Search: AI Overviews — Google Search Central, 2024.
Google's rollout announcement for AI Overviews and how it surfaces cited sources.
- How Perplexity surfaces and cites sources — Perplexity AI, 2024.
- ChatGPT with browsing and citations — OpenAI, 2024.
How ChatGPT's live-search answers attach source links.
- Structured data for Google Search — Google Search Central, 2024.
Reference for the schema.org markup used in the entity graph work.
- Americans' use of ChatGPT is ticking up — Pew Research Center, 2024.
Independent adoption data supporting the AI-answer traffic shift.