Ranking position one and being cited by AI are two different jobs now. Your content can top the organic results and still be invisible in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews, because AI systems select sources on different signals than the classic ranking stack.
I optimize content for both layers. Traditional rankings stay the foundation. AI citations are the growth layer on top.
What AI Search Optimization Means
Call it AEO, GEO, or AI visibility. The work is the same: structuring content so AI systems can extract, attribute, and cite it accurately when answering user queries. Google confirmed in May 2026 that optimizing for generative AI search is still SEO. I wrote about that position and the full history in AEO and GEO is still SEO.
What I Do
AI Visibility Baseline
Where your brand and content currently appear across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and AI Overviews for your target queries. Manual citation sampling plus tool-based tracking, measured before any work starts so progress is provable.
Content Structure for Citations
Direct answers placed where AI systems look for them, clean heading hierarchies, explicit entities, and quotable factual statements. Content restructured for extraction without losing the voice that makes it readable.
Schema and Entity Work
FAQ, Article, and author entity schema implemented where they earn their place. Person and organization entities connected across the site so AI systems know exactly who is making which claim and why that source is credible.
Measurement and Reporting
Citation tracking alongside traditional rank tracking, monthly. Ranking reports alone miss half your visibility now, and I report the half most agencies skip.
Why This Matters in Regulated Markets
AI systems are cautious about YMYL topics. Gambling, finance, and health queries get answered from sources with strong trust signals: verifiable authors, accurate claims, clean regulatory framing. Compliance content and AI visibility are the same project in these verticals, and I run them as one.
Pricing
AI visibility baseline is included in SEO audits from EUR 2,500. Ongoing optimization runs inside monthly retainers from EUR 2,000. Full tiers on the pricing page.
AI Search Optimization FAQ
What is the difference between AEO, GEO, and SEO?
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) both describe optimizing for AI-generated answers. SEO covers traditional rankings. They share technical foundations but diverge in content structure and measurement. In practice they run as parallel workstreams on shared infrastructure.
Can you guarantee AI citations?
No, and nobody honestly can. What I do is measurable: baseline your current citations, apply the structural and entity work that correlates with citation selection, and track the change monthly.
Does schema markup get me into AI Overviews?
Not by itself. Google states structured data is not required for AI features. Schema improves extraction accuracy and attribution, which supports citation probability. The content itself does the heavy lifting.
How do you measure AI visibility?
Tool-based tracking for AI Overview presence plus manual citation sampling across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini for your target queries. Monthly, per client, documented.
Do I need a separate AI optimization project?
Usually no. If your content and technical base are sound, AI visibility work integrates into an existing SEO retainer. If the base is weak, that gets fixed first because AI systems cite trustworthy sites, not broken ones.
Get an AI Visibility Baseline
Find out where you appear in AI answers today and what it would take to appear more. Book a free consultation.
About the Author
Gloria K.
SEO strategist and compliance content specialist with 16 years in digital marketing. I write for regulated industries because I know the regulations, not because I Googled them before starting the brief. Based between Finland, Estonia, and wherever the WiFi works.