AEO Agency That Gets Your Business Recommended by AI Search
Your next customer is asking ChatGPT who to hire before they ever open Google. Answer engine optimization (AEO) is how your business becomes the answer: the name AI assistants recommend, cite and link to. We build AEO on top of a real SEO foundation, so you show up in AI answers and in classic search, and every recommendation turns into a qualified lead.
Buyers now ask AI assistants for a recommendation and act on the short list they get back. Most businesses are not on it, and they cannot tell, because the conversation never reaches their analytics. Those buyers are worth more, too: Semrush found the average AI search visitor is worth 4.4x a traditional organic search visitor. If AI search does not know you, it cannot recommend you.
Let the AI crawlers in
Many sites block the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI without knowing it. We audit and open access for the bots that matter, publish an llms.txt file that tells AI models who you are and what you do, and make sure every key page can be read and quoted.
Answer the questions buyers actually ask
People ask AI full questions: who is the best agency for a restaurant in Austin, which clinic handles this, what should I look for. We build pages around those questions, lead each one with a direct answer, and back it with your real outcomes, so a model has something specific to cite.
Structured data and a clean technical base
Schema markup tells search engines and AI models exactly what each page is and who is behind it: Organization, Service, FAQ, Article, Person and breadcrumbs. Under it sits the classic work Google still rewards, from speed and Core Web Vitals to canonicals, sitemaps and clean migrations.
Measure AI as a real channel
We track how often AI assistants recommend you and tag every lead that arrives from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude or Gemini. You see which questions you win and which leads they produce, and a steady publishing cadence keeps you current, because AI models favor fresh sources.
A new agency website, launched in June 2026 and built to be recommended by AI search. Since launch, it has earned 600+ AI recommendations and six qualified leads, with no paid media behind them.
Questions, answered.
What is answer engine optimization (AEO)?
AEO is the practice of getting your business cited and recommended inside AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. SEO earns you a ranking on a results page; AEO earns you a mention in the answer itself.
Is AEO different from SEO?
They work together. AI assistants pull from the same web that search engines index, so a sound SEO foundation still matters. AEO adds AI crawler access, llms.txt, question-led content, structured data and citation-ready proof on top of it.
Does AEO actually bring in leads?
It does for us. Our own new website earned 600+ AI recommendations and six qualified leads from AI search with no paid media behind it. The full breakdown is in our case study at thesolstudio.co/case-studies/the-sol-studio.
Is an AI recommendation worth more than a Google ranking?
Visit for visit, yes. Semrush found the average AI search visitor is worth 4.4 times a traditional organic search visitor, based on conversion rate, and a 2026 analysis of 100 websites by Marie Haynes found ChatGPT visitors converted at 13.8% against 3.02% for Google organic. AI assistants hand buyers a short list, so the people who click through have already done their research. Google still sends far more traffic, which is why we build AEO on top of SEO rather than instead of it.
How do you know if ChatGPT is recommending my business?
We track your visibility across the major assistants for the questions your buyers ask, and we tag every inbound lead by source, so AI referrals show up as their own channel instead of hiding in direct traffic.
How long until AI search starts recommending us?
Access and structured data fixes can register within weeks once AI crawlers revisit the site. Question-led content and citations build over the following months, and they keep paying off after the work is done.
Do you still do traditional SEO?
Yes. Technical SEO, on-page optimization and content built to rank are part of every engagement. Google is still where many buyers finish their research, and strong rankings feed AI answers too.
Where this gets applied.
Specific ai visibility (aeo) problems we solve, and what the work looks like.
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Let’s map your ai visibility (aeo) engine.
Tell us where you are and where you want to be. We’ll map the fastest path to revenue.
