Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): The AI Search Podcast

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Your S.E.O. Agent Team Just Got a G.E.O. Seat at the Table

AEO Engine's episode "Your S.E.O. Agent Team Just Got a G.E.O. Seat at the Table" examines how a 16-agent agentic SEO stack now includes a dedicated GEO agent that format

Oct 28
10 min

The Markdown Prompt That Makes Your Site Readable to AI

AEO Engine's episode "The Markdown Prompt That Makes Your Site Readable to AI" explains how publishing a .md file per page helps ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overvi

Oct 27
11 min

What Actually Gets ChatGPT to Cite You (It Isn't llms.txt)

AEO Engine's episode "What Actually Gets ChatGPT to Cite You (It Isn't llms.txt)" analyzes a 129,000-domain study showing that backlinks, domain trust, and Reddit mention

Oct 26
10 min

Becoming the Default: Why AI Names One Brand and Stops

AEO Engine's episode "Becoming the Default: Why AI Names One Brand and Stops" reveals findings from a 9-run test of whether ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews recommend the

Oct 25
11 min

New Site, Overnight ChatGPT Traffic — Method or Mirage?

AEO Engine's episode "New Site, Overnight ChatGPT Traffic — Method or Mirage?" fact-checks a viral G.E.O. claim that a brand-new site earned steady ChatGPT referral traff

Oct 24
10 min

Your Brand Name in ChatGPT Is Slightly Wrong — The AI Instructions Page Fix

AEO Engine's episode "Your Brand Name in ChatGPT Is Slightly Wrong — The AI Instructions Page Fix" examines whether brands need an AI instructions page to control how Cha

Oct 23
12 min

ChatGPT Named Your Brand. Then the Leads Showed Up.

When ChatGPT started citing a single AEO Engine page, inbound leads followed — a real case of AI search visibility driving AI powered lead generation, examined alongside

Oct 22
10 min

The Free Toolkit That Maps What AI Actually Cites

The AEO Engine podcast episode "The Free Toolkit That Maps What AI Actually Cites" breaks down a viral open-source AEO toolkit that tracks which pages, authors, and domai

Oct 21
9 min

Why ChatGPT Skips Brands That Rank Themselves First

On the AEO Engine episode "Why ChatGPT Skips Brands That Rank Themselves First," the hosts break down why AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overvi

Oct 20
11 min

Free Same-Day S.E.O. Fixes: The Reply Thread That Got Cloned

In this AEO Engine episode, hosts break down how Josh Pigford's reply-with-your-URL post on x.com turned free same-day SEO and AEO audits into a repeatable format — one O

Oct 18
11 min

Your Rankings Are Fine. The Phone Stopped Ringing. AI Ate Local Search

AEO Engine's episode "Your Rankings Are Fine. The Phone Stopped Ringing. AI Ate Local Search" explains why Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity now form a third r

Oct 17
9 min

The 14-Step Page for AI Overviews: Real Playbook or Folk Math

AEO Engine's episode "The 14-Step Page for AI Overviews: Real Playbook or Folk Math" audits a viral SOP claiming a 'Best [product]' page cracked Google AI Overviews in si

Oct 16
10 min

The Open-Sourced AI Coding Repo That Turns Claude Into Your SEO Team

Ilias Ism open-sourced his Claude Code and Cursor system for SEO and AEO audits on x.com, and this episode of AEO Engine breaks down how it turns Claude into an AI visibi

Oct 15
10 min

A Claude Referral After 30 Days: The Minimum Viable G.E.O. Setup

In this AEO Engine episode, a Chinese indie builder details the minimum viable G.E.O. setup — structured pages, GPTBot and ClaudeBot crawler access, and an llms.txt file

Oct 14
10 min

The G.E.O. Funnel: Where AI Citations Actually Become Leads

In "The G.E.O. Funnel: Where AI Citations Actually Become Leads," AEO Engine breaks down how Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity citations convert into pipeline

Oct 13
9 min

68% of Google Searches End Without a Click — Now What?

Nearly 68% of US Google searches now end without a click, and AEO Engine's episode "68% of Google Searches End Without a Click — Now What?" explains how brands including

Oct 12
11 min

The Free AI SEO Playbook Everyone's Saving: GEO Goes Mainstream

The AEO Engine podcast episode "The Free AI SEO Playbook Everyone's Saving: GEO Goes Mainstream" explains why marketers now treat GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) as

Oct 11
10 min

AI Overviews Are Beating Blue Links — Now What?

Google AI Overviews now appear on over 47% of search results pages, and AEO Engine's episode "AI Overviews Are Beating Blue Links — Now What?" explains what that shift me

Oct 10
10 min

Three Jobs, One Website: S.E.O., G.E.O., and Agentic Commerce

AEO Engine's episode "Three Jobs, One Website: S.E.O., G.E.O., and Agentic Commerce" explains why e-commerce sites must now satisfy Google's classic search, generative en

Oct 9
10 min

Claude Code Is Your New SEO Department — And GEO Is Just SEO Wearing a Hat

"Claude Code Is Your New SEO Department — And GEO Is Just SEO Wearing a Hat" is an AEO Engine podcast episode unpacking Nicholas Dulait's viral Claude Code SEO playbook a

Oct 2
8 min