Plain-English guides to getting found on Google and recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Each one is written for business owners, not marketers, and ends with steps you can act on this week.
Google AI Overviews are the AI-generated answers that sit at the top of many Google searches, above the traditional links. Showing up inside them means Google’s AI cites your business
How to rank on ChatGPT starts with a different goal than ranking on Google: you want to be the business ChatGPT names when someone asks for a recommendation. It is
How ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews decide which businesses to name, and what makes a page worth quoting: a direct answer near the top, a clear entity behind it, and proof a machine can verify.
The foundation AI answers still sit on. Pages Google can crawl, titles that match what buyers type, internal links that build topical authority, and a site fast enough that nobody leaves before it loads.
Structured data that tells search engines and AI assistants who you are, what you do and where you work, using the Schema.org vocabulary for people, organizations, services and FAQs, so they stop guessing.
These AEO and SEO articles are written for business owners, not marketers. Each one answers a single question, gives you the steps, and links to the next guide. Read them in the order that matches where you are.
If you are new to AI search, start with what Answer Engine Optimization is, then read how AEO and SEO fit together. Together they take about ten minutes and give you the vocabulary for everything else.
If you want to be named by a specific assistant, pick the guide for it: how to rank on ChatGPT, how to get cited by Perplexity, or how to show up in Google AI Overviews. Each covers what that assistant needs from your site.
If you want to fix your website first, read the AEO checklist, what schema markup is, and whether SEO still matters. They cover the technical and content foundation every assistant relies on.
If you run a local service business, start with the roofing SEO playbook. The approach carries over to most local trades.
Why do these AEO and SEO articles cover both? SEO earns rankings in search results. AEO gets your business named inside the answers AI assistants give. The two share a foundation. AEO vs SEO explains the split.
Do I still need SEO if I do AEO? Yes. AI assistants lean on the same signals search engines do: a crawlable site, clear content, and trust. The AEO and SEO articles on whether SEO still matters walk through why.
Do I need to read every AEO and SEO article? No. Start with the guide that matches your problem, then follow its links to the next one.
Where do I start if I am not sure what is wrong with my site? Run the free Website Analyzer. It grades how Google and AI assistants read your site and shows what to fix first, so you know which AEO and SEO articles to read.
The free Website Analyzer checks your site the way Google and AI assistants read it, then shows you what to fix first.