What Is AEO?
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) means structuring content so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews can cite it as a direct answer.
AI SEO Blog
AI SEO is the work of getting your business named or cited in AI answers, alongside ranking in regular search. This blog covers how ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews cite sources. Several posts, including our 500-prompt study, start from data Yogoo AI collected itself.
What AI SEO topics does the blog cover?
Posts cover five topics, and the full list is below:
- Definitions: plain explainers for terms like AEO and AI search visibility.
- Research: original studies, including our 500-prompt study of what five AI engines cited across 8,695 answers.
- Guides: practical fixes you can run on your own site, like checking whether ChatGPT can read your website.
- Tracking: how to track AI mentions of your brand and compare citation tracking platforms.
- Comparisons: how AI visibility tools differ and who each one fits, starting with Yogoo AI vs AirOps.
How does Yogoo AI run its research?
We run the same prompts across five AI engines and log which sources each answer cites. For the 500-prompt study, on 10 and 11 August 2026, every prompt ran at least three times on each engine, worded the same each time, for 8,695 answers in total.
ChatGPT ran as GPT-4o-mini + web search (API), and Claude and Gemini also ran through their APIs with web search on, so none of the three are the consumer apps. Perplexity ran on its Sonar model through its API, and Google AI Overviews came from real Google results pages. A follow-up post compares what each engine cited from one run of a prompt to the next.
Where should you start?
If AI SEO is new to you, start with the AEO explainer. If you’d rather see your own numbers, Yogoo AI measures your market, one service in one place, in one language, and gives you a Yogoo Score with its counts, like “180 of 480 answers (37.5%)”. It’s free for every business in a market we measure, and you can see how it’s measured.
How to Improve AI Visibility: A Step-by-Step Guide to GEO and AI Search Optimization
A step-by-step guide to improving AI visibility: structure content for direct answers, build topical authority, and get cited by AI search engines.
AI Citation Tracking Platforms Compared (2026)
Compare AI citation tracking from Yogoo AI, GrackerAI, Profound and Genevate: what each one tracks, who it fits, and how the Yogoo Score counts answers.
How to Track AI Mentions of Your Brand
How to track AI mentions of your brand in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what each engine’s sources tell you to check.
How AI Search Visibility Works (With Real Brand Examples)
See how AI search visibility works inside Yogoo, with real brand examples and actionable AEO insights into what shows up in AI search results and why.
We Ran 500 Prompts Across 5 AI Engines: Here's What Actually Gets Cited
We tested 500 prompts across five AI engines to see what actually drives AI search optimization results. Explore the methodology, data, and findings here.
How Perplexity Citations Work (and How to Earn Them)
Perplexity cites a source in every answer, more than ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or AI Overviews. Here's how Perplexity citations work and how to earn more.
How to check if ChatGPT can read your website (5-minute test)
Run a 5-minute curl test to see what GPTBot, the ChatGPT crawler, actually sees on your pages, then compare it to what visitors see. No developer needed.
What Sources Do AI Engines Cite? Data by Topic
500 prompts, five AI engines: we mapped which sources ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews cite, and how the topic shifts the results.
Why AI Answer Engines Change Their Mind About Your Brand Overnight
We reran the same prompts on 5 AI engines and measured how AI brand mentions shift between runs. See the overlap data and what it means for your brand.
Which AI Search Optimization Startups Get Cited Most
We ran 500 prompts across five AI engines to find out which AI search optimization startups get cited most, and how their citation sources shift by topic.
Schema Markup for AI: The Types That Actually Get Used
Schema markup for AI works differently than it does for classic search. Here’s what still earns its keep, what got quietly retired, and where a script tag stops mattering.
AI Search Optimization Checklist: 20 Ways to Be Citable
Use this AI search optimization checklist to make your pages easier for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews to read and cite.
Yogoo AI vs AirOps: What Each One Does and Who It Fits
Yogoo AI vs AirOps compared: what each tool does, how AirOps pricing and Yogoo AI’s plans work, which AI engines they cover, and which team each one fits.
AirOps vs Profound: Content Platform or AI Marketer?
AirOps vs Profound compared on plans, engines covered and who each fits, with citation counts for both from our 500-prompt study across five AI engines.
Does AI Recommend Your Business? How to Check in Your Own Town
Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews what a customer in your town would ask, then see which businesses they name. Here's how.