
AEO vs. SEO: What's the Difference? (And Do You Need Both?)
AEO gets your brand cited inside AI-generated answers. SEO gets it ranked in a list. The gap between those two outcomes is widening — and most brands are only doing one of them.
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AEO gets your brand cited inside AI-generated answers. SEO gets it ranked in a list. The gap between those two outcomes is widening — and most brands are only doing one of them.

Context artifacts are reusable documents that give AI everything it needs to produce consistent, on-brand output — every time you start a new session. Here's the four-artifact system that separates production-grade AI content from generic output.

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of structuring content so AI systems — including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and other LLMs — can extract, understand, and cite your brand in generated answers.

GEO is the layer on top of SEO that determines whether your content gets pulled into an AI response — or disappears entirely while a competitor gets cited instead.