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01.03Answer engine optimization

Write the answer. Win the question.

Featured snippets, People Also Ask, voice assistants and AI chat all pull from the same thing: a clear, well-structured answer on a trusted page. AEO is how you become that page for the questions your customers ask.

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AI Search & Visibility — the Zorva bot (illustration)Module 01 · AI Search
The problem

Your customers ask questions. Your site makes statements.

Most service pages describe what a company does. Answer engines are looking for something else: the specific question a person asked, followed by a direct, quotable response. When your site never states the question, never answers it in the first sentence and never marks it up, engines pick a competitor's page — or a directory — to answer on your behalf.

What we do

Scope of the work

  • 01Question research from People Also Ask, Search Console queries, call transcripts and sales inbox
  • 02Answer blocks: 40–60 word direct answers under question-form headings on every service and location page
  • 03FAQPage and Speakable schema, validated, with answers that match the visible text word for word
  • 04Featured-snippet formatting — definitions, ordered steps, comparison tables — chosen per query type
  • 05Voice-ready phrasing for Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa results
  • 06Question-to-page mapping so no two pages compete for the same question
How it is measured
Featured snippets and PAA placements held
Questions answered by your pages in AI chat
Calls and forms from question-led landing pages
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How we run it

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), step by step.

Step 01

Harvest the questions

We pull every question people ask around your services, group them by intent and assign each to one page.

Step 02

Answer first, then explain

Each question gets a direct answer up top and the supporting detail below — the pattern every answer engine rewards.

Step 03

Mark it up

FAQPage and Speakable schema tell engines exactly which passage answers which question.

Step 04

Measure the wins

We track snippets, PAA placements and AI citations per question, and add the next batch each month.

Questions

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), answered.

What is answer engine optimization?
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is structuring content so that search engines, voice assistants and AI chat tools can lift a direct answer from your page and present it to the person asking. It relies on question-form headings, concise answers, FAQ schema and pages that stay focused on one intent.
How is AEO different from GEO?
AEO targets a single extracted answer — a snippet, a PAA box, a voice response. GEO (generative engine optimization) targets the longer synthesized answers that ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews compose from several sources. AEO is usually the foundation; GEO adds entity work, corroboration and citation strategy on top.
Do FAQs really need schema if they are already on the page?
The visible FAQ is what people read and what the models quote. The FAQPage schema is what tells engines those passages are question-answer pairs, which is what makes them eligible for rich results and easier to attribute. We always ship both, and the text must match exactly.
Can AEO help a local service business?
It is one of the strongest plays for local businesses. 'How much does a water heater replacement cost in Nashville?' or 'Do I need a permit to build a deck in Franklin?' are exactly the questions engines want a local expert to answer — and the businesses that answer them earn the call.
Works with

Related capabilities

01.02

Google AI Overviews & AI Mode Optimization (AIO)

Pages Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode can quote.

Open01.04

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)

Becoming a source the answer engines cite by name.

Open01.05

Schema Markup & Structured Data

Connected JSON-LD on every page, validated before launch.

Open02.06

SEO Content Writing

Pages written from the owner's facts, under their name.

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