Answer Engine Optimization services.
When a buyer asks an AI engine who to use in your category, one answer is returned. Our job is to make sure your brand is named in it, with evidence a person can verify. We agree the question and the engine up front, build toward the outcome at no charge, and bill only in the months the measurement confirms it.
What our AEO work covers.
Buyer question research
We start from the exact questions your buyers type into an AI engine, not from keyword volume. Each question becomes a measurable target with one engine attached to it.
Answer ready page architecture
Pages are restructured so a model can lift a clean, correct sentence about you. Clear definitions, direct answers near the top, consistent entity naming and complete schema.
Evidence building
Answers are assembled from sources the engine already trusts. We publish observation based editorial and secure independent coverage across publications, communities and video.
Answer presence measurement
Every month we re-run the question set on fresh sessions with a pinned locale and record whether the answer names you, with the full run log attached.
What you receive.
- Question to engine map with a named primary outcome
- Technical and entity readiness fixes on your site
- Observation based articles published under real bylines with disclosure
- Independent third party placements across trusted sources
- Monthly Answer Presence report with dated evidence and screenshots
- Verified month settlement statement so billing is never a guess
How the engagement runs.
Step 1
Map
Agree the buyer question and the engine, then baseline what the answer is currently built from and who it names today.
Step 2
Expand
Build for up to ninety days at no charge across editorial, publications, video and community sources.
Step 3
Verify
Re-run the measurement each month. If the answer names you, the month is billable. If it does not, nothing is billed and the work continues.
Read the full measurement methodology or see a sample report.
What you pay.
$5,000 per verified month, per buyer question, per engine. Nothing during the build phase of up to ninety days. Nothing in a month the answer does not name you. Every month, verified or not, you receive the run log so you can check the result yourself.
AEO questions we get asked.
- What is Answer Engine Optimization?
- Answer Engine Optimization is the practice of becoming the answer an AI engine gives, rather than one of ten links. It combines question research, answer ready page structure, entity clarity and trusted third party evidence so the engine has enough consistent material to name your brand.
- How is AEO different from traditional SEO?
- Traditional SEO competes for ranked positions on a results page. AEO competes for inclusion inside a single generated answer. The technical foundation overlaps, but the evidence work, the measurement and the definition of success are different.
- What does AEO cost at LinkinGrow?
- $5,000 per verified month, per buyer question, per engine. There is no charge during the build phase of up to ninety days, and no charge in any month where the measurement does not confirm the answer names you.
- How long before an AI engine names my brand?
- Most engagements need a build phase of up to ninety days before presence is stable. That phase is unpaid, so the timeline risk sits with us rather than with you.
- Which engine should we start with?
- Usually Google AI Overviews, because it reaches the widest US buying audience and the outcome is easy to verify. Once presence holds there, the same true story is extended to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity.
Start with one question and one engine.
We will show you what the engines say about your category today, at no cost, before any work begins.
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