Glossary
What is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)?
AEO, or Answer Engine Optimization, is the practice of making your content easy for AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews — to understand and cite. Where SEO targets ranked links, AEO targets being the source an AI quotes when it answers a question about your topic.
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AEO favors clear, specific, well-structured content: direct answers under question-shaped headings, concrete facts, and machine-readable summaries like llms.txt. AgentFront handles the machine-readable layer — an accurate llms.txt served on your domain — and shows you which AI agents read it.
FAQ
Is AEO replacing SEO?
No — they run in parallel. Classic search still drives traffic, while AI answer engines are a growing, separate channel. AEO is additive: the same clarity that helps AI cite you also helps human readers.