AEO: be the answer when customers ask AI
AEO, or answer engine optimisation, makes your business easy for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews to understand and mention. Smartz writes direct answers to real customer questions, adds structured data, opens your site to AI crawlers, and keeps your business facts consistent across the web.
What you get
- A list of the real questions customers ask about your category
- Answer-first pages that AI tools can quote cleanly
- Schema markup for your business, services and FAQs
- Crawler access checks, including CDN bot settings
- Tracked prompts, so you can see when your brand appears
Good fit if your customers compare options before buying, or your category is already showing up in AI answers.
AEO: common questions
How is AEO different from SEO?
SEO aims to rank a page in search results. AEO aims to have your business quoted or named in a generated answer. They overlap heavily: AI tools often draw on pages that search engines can already find and trust.
Can you guarantee ChatGPT will recommend me?
No one can. AI answers vary by person, wording and time. We improve the signals you control and track a fixed set of prompts, so you can judge the change for yourself.
Does my small business really need AEO?
If your customers ask AI tools for recommendations, yes. The good news: the groundwork is the same clear, accurate information that helps Google and people too, so little of the effort is wasted.