Answer Engine Optimization
Get discovered by ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and every AI-powered search engine. The new frontier of discoverability.
Search Is Splitting in Two — Traditional and AI-Powered
In 2025, millions of potential customers are bypassing Google entirely. They ask ChatGPT for recommendations. They use Perplexity for research. They rely on Google AI Overviews for instant answers. Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the discipline of ensuring your brand appears in these AI-generated responses.
This isn't a hypothetical future — it's happening now. Over 100 million people use ChatGPT weekly. Google AI Overviews appear on 80%+ of informational queries. Perplexity is the fastest-growing search engine in history. If your brand isn't optimized for these AI answer engines, you're invisible to a rapidly growing segment of searchers.
How AEO Works
AI answer engines don't index pages like Google. They synthesize information from across the web and cite sources that demonstrate authority, clarity, and structured expertise. AEO ensures your brand is the one being cited:
- Entity establishment: Building your brand's entity graph so AI models recognize you as an authority in your category.
- Structured content: Creating content formats that AI models can easily parse, summarize, and cite — JSON-LD, FAQ schemas, clear heading hierarchies.
- llms.txt implementation: Deploying machine-readable files that give AI crawlers direct access to your brand's key information.
- Citation optimization: Identifying how AI models currently reference (or don't reference) your brand and systematically improving your citation rate.
- Cross-platform monitoring: Tracking your brand's visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and emerging AI search tools.
Nativz: The First AEO Agency
Most agencies haven't even heard of Answer Engine Optimization. Nativz has been researching and implementing AEO strategies since 2024 — before most agencies knew AI search was a category. This website includes an llms.txt file, structured data optimized for AI parsing, and content architecture designed to be cited by large language models.
We're not retrofitting SEO tactics for AI. We're building the AEO playbook from the ground up — and our clients are first movers in a space that will define discoverability for the next decade.
“We don't run campaigns. We build marketing systems that compound over time.”
The Nativz Philosophy
Specialized Services
Each service is built as a system — not a one-off project. Click through to see how we approach each discipline.
What You Get
AEO Audit & Baseline
Comprehensive audit of your current visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude — establishing a baseline for improvement.
Entity & Authority Strategy
Building your brand's entity graph and topical authority signals to ensure AI models recognize you as a category leader.
llms.txt & Structured Data
Implementing llms.txt files, FAQ schemas, and structured content formats that make your brand machine-readable for AI crawlers.
Content Optimization for AI Citation
Restructuring and creating content specifically designed to be cited in AI-generated answers across all major platforms.
Monthly AEO Monitoring
Tracking your brand's citation rate, competitor positioning, and AI search landscape changes with actionable monthly reports.
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