Zero-click is the default
Many searches are now resolved on the results page itself. If your answer isn’t the one shown, you don’t exist for that query.
AEO · Answer Engine Optimisation
Many searches are now resolved on the results page itself. If your answer isn’t the one shown, you don’t exist for that query.
Long, story-first pages bury the answer. Engines prefer a clear question, a 40–60 word answer, then depth.
Without schema, engines have to guess what your page is about, who wrote it and how it relates to your business.
Deliverables
People Also Ask, autocomplete, forum and sales-call questions — clustered into answerable topics.
Restructure key pages: question H2s, direct answers, lists, steps and tables an engine can quote cleanly.
FAQPage, HowTo, Service, Product, Organization, LocalBusiness, Article and BreadcrumbList — validated and kept in sync.
Track which snippets you own, which competitors hold, and rewrite to win them.
Natural-language phrasing for Google Assistant, Siri and in-car search — including Manglish and BM variants where useful.
Real author bios, credentials, review processes and citations that make answers trustworthy.
Process
Part of the LAUNCH Method — the same steps for every client, reported every month.
Gather every question your buyers ask, from search data to WhatsApp chats.
Rank by commercial value and how winnable the answer box is.
Rewrite pages answer-first and add validated schema.
Track snippet, PAA and AI Overview ownership monthly.
They overlap. AEO focuses on being the extracted answer in search features (snippets, PAA, voice, AI Overviews). GEO is broader — being cited and recommended by generative assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity, including through off-site mentions.
Google shows FAQ rich results for far fewer sites than before, but FAQPage markup still helps machines parse question-and-answer content, and the on-page Q&A format itself remains highly extractable for AI Overviews and LLMs.
Roughly 40–60 words for definitions, a numbered list for processes, and a table for comparisons. Then expand below with depth, examples and sources.
Some informational clicks may be absorbed by the answer box, but you gain visibility, trust and brand recall — and the clicks you do get tend to be higher intent.
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