AEO & AI Search Optimization in Kansas — Get named by AI assistants.
Answer engine optimization helps ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overviews understand your business and recommend it when someone asks for a provider in your area.
A new front door
The answer is the result.
When someone asks an AI assistant “Who’s a good HVAC company in Hutchinson?” they get a short answer with two or three names, not ten blue links. If you aren’t one of those names, you don’t get the call. AEO is how you become one.
“Best roofer near Salina, KS?”
We test the same questions every month so you can watch your share of AI answers grow.
What AI tools look for.
AI assistants recommend businesses they can describe confidently. That confidence comes from consistent facts, trusted mentions and clear answers.
Entity facts
Consistent everywhere
Your name, services, location and service area stated the same way on your site, Google profile, directories and social accounts.
Answer content
Questions answered plainly
FAQs and pages that answer what customers actually ask, in short, quotable paragraphs.
Structured data
Machine-readable
Schema markup for your business, services, FAQs and videos, so tools don’t have to guess.
Reputation
Reviews & mentions
Reviews, chamber listings, local news and partner links that show others vouch for you.
llms.txt
A guide for AI crawlers
A plain-text file that tells AI tools what your site covers and which pages matter most.
Tracking
Monthly AI checks
The same prompts tested across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google every month, reported alongside your SEO.
SEO vs. AEO
| SEO | AEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Rank in Google’s list of results | Be named in AI-generated answers |
| Where people see you | Search results and map pack | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews |
| What moves it | Relevance, links, reviews, site health | Consistent facts, trusted mentions, clear answers |
| How it’s measured | Rankings, traffic, calls | Share of AI answers for your key questions |
You need both. The same clear, trustworthy content feeds each, which is why we run them together.
SEO & AEO
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AEO questions
AI search, explained.
What is AEO?
Answer engine optimization is the work of making your business easy for AI assistants to understand, trust and recommend. It covers your website, your Google profile and what the rest of the web says about you.
Is AEO replacing SEO?
No. AI tools lean heavily on the same signals Google uses, so strong SEO is the foundation. AEO adds the clarity, structure and outside mentions that help AI tools quote you.
Can you guarantee ChatGPT will recommend us?
No one can, because each tool decides its own answers. We can measure where you appear today, improve the signals those tools rely on and report how your share of answers changes.
How do you measure AI visibility?
We test a fixed set of questions your customers ask across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews each month and record whether and where you’re named.
What is llms.txt?
A short text file at the root of your website that summarizes what your site covers and points AI crawlers to your most important pages. It’s simple to add and helps tools describe you accurately.
Contact us
Talk to us about AI search.
In person
Sterling, Kansas
We meet clients across central and western Kansas and work remotely with clients farther away.