Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Services
Locafy's AEO services make your business the answer in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews: entity clarity, schema, citable answers and monthly AI visibility reporting.
What are answer engine optimization services?
Answer engine optimization services get a business cited in AI answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Locafy's answer engine optimization services include question research, answer-first content, schema, consistent business facts and monthly AI visibility reporting.
What is Answer Engine Optimization?
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is the practice of shaping a business's website and wider web presence so that answer engines, such as Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, choose it as the answer to a question. Where SEO competes for a ranked link, AEO competes to be named or cited inside the answer itself.
What Locafy's Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) service includes
Question research
We map the questions your customers ask AI assistants and search engines about your services and locations.
Answer-first content
Pages and passages that answer those questions directly, in short self-contained blocks an AI system can quote.
Entity clarity and schema
Structured data and consistent naming so engines understand who you are, what you do and where you do it.
Consistent business facts
Your website, Google Business Profile and listings across 60+ sources tell one consistent story.
Google Business Profile and Maps
Profile optimization and upkeep, because local AI answers lean on Google's own business data.
Monthly AI visibility reporting
Tracking of the prompts that matter to you across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and AI Overviews.
Who it is for
- Local and multi-location businesses that want to be recommended when customers ask an AI assistant who to call
- Brands that already rank in Google but are missing from AI answers
- Agencies that want to add AEO for their own clients (see the partner program)
AEO vs SEO: what you are buying
SEO earns a position in a list of links; AEO earns a mention inside the answer. They share foundations (crawlable pages, authority, accurate business data), but AEO adds question-led content, passage-level answers, entity and schema work, and measurement in AI tools rather than only in Google rankings. Locafy runs both from the same foundation, so you are not paying twice for overlapping work.
How to buy Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) from Locafy
Inside Proteus
US$999 to US$2,999 per month
Proteus combines an AI-ready website with AEO, local SEO, Google Business Profile, citations and monthly reporting: US$999 to US$2,999 per month on an initial 12-month term, with no upfront website-build fee; tiers support up to 50, 100 or 200 service and location pages.
Standalone engagement
Scoped on a call
Keep your current website and have Locafy run the service on top of it. We agree scope, deliverables and price on a call before any work starts.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) questions
- What does an AEO service include?
- Locafy's AEO service covers question research, answer-first content, entity and schema work, consistent business facts across your website, Google Business Profile and 60+ listings, and monthly AI visibility reporting across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.
- How much do AEO services cost?
- Inside Proteus, AEO is part of a managed program priced at US$999 to US$2,999 per month on a 12-month term with no build fee. Standalone AEO work for a business keeping its current website is scoped and priced on a call.
- How long does AEO take to work?
- Technical and on-site changes can be picked up as soon as engines recrawl your pages, but AI answers change unevenly and some models refresh slowly. Locafy reports progress monthly and treats AEO as an ongoing program rather than a one-off project.
- Do I have to buy Proteus to get this service?
- No. Locafy offers the work two ways: inside Proteus, its managed website and visibility program (US$999 to US$2,999 per month on an initial 12-month term, with no upfront website-build fee; tiers support up to 50, 100 or 200 service and location pages), or as a standalone engagement for a business that wants to keep its current website. Standalone work is scoped and priced on a call.
- Does Locafy guarantee rankings or AI citations?
- No. Nobody controls Google's rankings or what an AI assistant says, so Locafy does not promise a position or a citation. What Locafy commits to is the work itself and monthly reporting on visibility across Google, Maps and AI search.
Guides
- What Is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)? The Complete Guide
- AEO vs SEO: What's the Difference and Why It Matters
- AEO Strategy for Local Businesses: Step-by-Step Playbook
- The Ultimate AEO Checklist: 30 Steps to AI Visibility
- AEO for Service Area Businesses: The Complete Guide
- AI Search Visibility Report 2026: Where the Local-SEO Industry's AI Citations Actually Go
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Talk to Locafy about Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Tell us about your business and we will recommend Proteus or a standalone engagement, whichever fits.