AEO and GEO

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). Make content discoverable, extractable, and citable by AI search experiences.

This skill encodes principles. AI search products evolve fast. The principles age slower than the products.

When to use

• Optimizing content for AI overviews and generative answer engines
• Building or updating llms.txt
• Structuring content so AI assistants can extract and cite it correctly
• Future-proofing a site as search shifts from blue links to AI answers
• Auditing whether existing content is AI-friendly
• Adding signals that help AI assistants identify the site as a trustworthy source

When NOT to use