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What is AEO?

Answer Engine Optimization — the strategy that makes your website the direct answer when your customers ask questions online or to their voice assistants.

Quick Answer
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) is the practice of structuring your website content so it appears as the direct answer in Google featured snippets, voice assistant responses, and AI chatbot answers — not just as a link in a list of results.

The Difference Between SEO and AEO

Traditional SEO asks: "How do I rank #1 on Google?"

AEO asks: "How do I become THE answer — above all ranked results?"

When someone searches "how much does a website cost in India" on Google, they see a featured snippet at the very top — before all the ranked results. That snippet is chosen by Google's AI because it directly answers the question. AEO is what gets you that position.

Where AEO Matters Most

Google Featured Snippets

The "Position Zero" box that appears above all search results. Featured snippets can drive enormous traffic — and they bypass the entire traditional ranking system. A site ranked #5 can win the featured snippet and get more traffic than the site ranked #1.

Voice Search Answers

When someone asks Siri, Google Assistant, or Alexa a question, they hear exactly one answer. That answer almost always comes from a featured snippet or AEO-optimized content. With voice search growing at 270%+ per year in India, this channel is critical.

AI Chatbot Recommendations

When ChatGPT or Gemini answers a question, they synthesize information from multiple sources. AEO-optimized content is more likely to be cited and recommended. This works alongside GEO optimization.

Google AI Overview (SGE)

Google's AI-generated summary that now appears at the top of many search results. AEO-optimized content is significantly more likely to be included in these AI overviews.

How AEO Works Technically

FAQ Schema Markup

We mark up your FAQ content with JSON-LD FAQPage schema. This tells Google and AI engines: "This section contains questions and answers." It dramatically increases the chance of appearing in featured snippets and voice search results.

Speakable Schema

The SpeakableSpecification schema tells voice assistants which sections of your page are most suitable to be read aloud. We apply this to your most important content — your value proposition, key services, and contact information.

HowTo Schema

For process-based content, HowTo schema tells AI engines that your content explains a step-by-step process — making it ideal for "how do I" type queries from your customers.

Conversational Content Structure

We write and structure content to directly answer conversational questions — the way people actually speak and type. Instead of "Services" as a heading, we use "What services does [business] provide?" This matches AEO query patterns.

Direct Answer Formatting

Every page section starts with a direct, concise answer to the topic — followed by elaboration. This "answer first" structure is what AI engines look for when selecting featured content.

The Voice Search Connection
Voice searches are 3x more conversational than typed searches. "Best restaurant near me" becomes "What is the best restaurant in Koramangala that's open right now?" AEO content is structured to answer exactly these kinds of natural language queries.

AEO for Indian Businesses — Why Now?

India has over 500 million voice search users, growing rapidly. Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and other regional language voice queries are exploding. Yet almost no Indian business has AEO-optimized content. This is a massive untapped advantage.

Businesses that establish AEO authority now — in their city, their category, their language — will be the default answer for customers for years. The cost of getting there today is dramatically lower than it will be in 2–3 years when everyone figures this out.

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