Answer engine optimization
Answer engines like ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, Perplexity and Gemini build their shortlists from pages that answer the question and sites they trust. RankFire finds the questions you’re missing, publishes the answers on your site, and earns the mentions that get you named.
Same foundations, different finish line. SEO aims for a blue link; AEO aims to be the firm the answer names. Both reward specific pages, structured data, and mentions on trusted sites. We do all three.
Buyers ask AI full questions: “who’s the best CPA for a dental practice in Austin?” We map those to the searches behind them and publish one clear answer page each.
Pages ship with FAQ and LocalBusiness schema, clean headings and a short direct answer up top, the format AI Overviews and assistants quote from.
AI engines cite directories, review sites and industry publications. Your free check shows which ones Google trusts for your searches; we get you listed and linked there.
Software that helps your business get named in AI-generated answers (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini). Most AEO tools only track mentions; RankFire also publishes the pages and earns the links that create them.
Practically, yes. Generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) both mean optimizing to be cited by AI answers.
No one honestly can. We control the work (answer pages, structured data, trusted mentions) and show you weekly what changed.