
AEO vs SEO: What's the Difference?
AEO and SEO share real overlap, but they optimize for different outcomes. Here's where they agree, where they diverge, and why AEO isn't a replacement for SEO.
Read articlePractical guides on how AI search engines retrieve, verify, and cite business information, and what makes a website's evidence clear enough for automated systems to understand.
Query
A person asks an AI assistant a question
Evidence
The system looks for clear, verifiable facts
Citation
The clearest source gets named or linked

AEO and SEO share real overlap, but they optimize for different outcomes. Here's where they agree, where they diverge, and why AEO isn't a replacement for SEO.
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