Search no longer ends with ten blue links.
Google, Bing, and other engines now use generative AI to answer questions directly inside the search results.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) ensures your brand’s information appears in those answers, accurately, prominently, and with proper attribution.
Our AEO consulting services combine advanced SEO, structured data strategy, and entity alignment to help your business perform across search-integrated AI environments, including Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot, and SGE-like systems.
What AEO Really Means
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) focuses on how search engines use structured data, schema, and entity relationships to feed their AI-generated responses.
It’s the evolution of SEO, where precision and credibility matter as much as rankings.
We help you:
- Strengthen your structured data foundation for visibility in AI-enhanced search
- Improve entity understanding through knowledge graph alignment
- Create content context that LLMs can trust and summarize accurately
- Build the credibility signals that drive inclusion in AI-generated answers
AEO doesn’t replace SEO.
It extends SEO into the new frontier where search and AI converge.
Where AEO Matters Most
Our AEO consulting focuses on the environments where AI and search intersect:
- Google AI Overviews (SGE): visibility, attribution, and factual consistency
- Bing Copilot: structured data accuracy and authoritative answer presence
- Voice Search Systems: optimization for spoken queries and answer delivery via Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa
- Other Search-Integrated AI Systems: experimental or regional AI engines drawing from live search data
These systems rely on your site’s semantic clarity, authority, and structured signals to determine what gets featured.
We ensure those systems can interpret your expertise without distortion or omission.
Our AEO Consulting Process
1. Audit and Assessment
We analyze your website’s schema, structured data, and entity relationships to identify where search-integrated AI systems may fail to interpret your content accurately.
2. Strategic Blueprint
We define your entity optimization, schema enhancements, and topical relevance plan, aligning every improvement with measurable business goals.
3. Implementation Support
We work directly with your dev or marketing teams to integrate structured data, refine content markup, and align messaging for AI-overview readiness.
4. Continuous Refinement
We monitor how Google and Bing AI outputs evolve and adjust your strategy to maintain long-term visibility and trust signals.
Who AEO Consulting Is For
- Brands already ranking well in Google that want to stay visible as AI-generated answers expand
- B2B and SaaS companies seeking consistent attribution across AI-enhanced SERPs
- Marketing teams needing support to align structured data, schema, and content strategy for AI systems
- Agencies looking to integrate AEO strategy into broader digital programs
AEO vs. GEO: The Difference
AEO focuses on search-connected AI (Google, Bing, SGE).
GEO focuses on LLM-native AI systems (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude).
- AEO = optimizing structured data and schema for AI-integrated search results
- GEO = optimizing knowledge representation and factual context for generative platforms
Both serve the same goal, full-spectrum visibility, but AEO lives at the intersection of search optimization and AI evolution.
Why Choose Return On Now
- Early adopter and practitioner of AEO for search-integrated AI systems
- Expertise across SEO, structured data, and semantic architecture
- Proven results improving brand visibility in AI Overviews and Copilot responses
- Backed by 20+ years of SEO consulting experience
- Powered by our Human + AI Framework (HAIF) for consistent, strategic execution
We don’t chase trends. We prepare your brand for the future of search visibility.
Engagement Options
AEO Audit and Strategy Project
One-time assessment to identify visibility gaps in structured data, schema, and AI-overview readiness. Includes a full roadmap and implementation guidance.
Ongoing AEO Program
Continuous optimization to maintain visibility across AI-driven search systems. Monitors Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot, and voice assistants as algorithms evolve.
Learn more about our packages and view more details on the AI-Driven Discoverability Services page.
Ready to Optimize for the AI Search Revolution?
Let’s make sure your brand remains visible and credible as AI transforms how search results appear.
Book an AEO Consultation today, and let’s get started!