Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) agency in Australia
An AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) agency makes your website the easiest source for an AI engine to quote. Cited AI is an Australian AI Search and AI Visibility agency, and AEO is one of our core specialisations: we research the questions your customers ask, rebuild the pages that should answer them, add the structured data that helps engines parse them, and track whether you are cited as a result.
AEO in one paragraph
AEO grew out of featured snippets and voice search. Its focus is the answer itself: a clear, direct, well-structured response to a specific question, from a source the engine trusts. Where GEO looks at how a brand is represented across the web, AEO concentrates on your own pages. Full definition: What is Answer Engine Optimisation?
Signs you need AEO
- Customers ask detailed questions before buying, such as price, process, eligibility and timeframes, and your site does not answer them plainly.
- Your service pages are written as marketing copy, with the key facts buried or missing.
- AI engines describe your services inaccurately, or quote a competitor’s explanation of something you do.
What our AEO work includes
| Workstream | What we do |
|---|---|
| Question research | Map the questions asked in your category from search data, sales calls, reviews and AI prompt testing |
| Answer-first pages | Rewrite service and FAQ content so each page answers its main question in the first two sentences |
| Structure | Headings, tables, steps and definitions that are easy to extract, without turning pages into FAQ lists |
| Structured data | Organization, Service, FAQPage (only where valid), HowTo, Article and Breadcrumb schema |
| Evidence | Dates, sources, authors and specifics that make a page safe to quote |
| Measurement | Track which pages are cited, for which prompts, on which engines |
An example of an answer-ready rewrite
Before: “We offer competitive home loan solutions tailored to your needs.”
After: “We are a Gold Coast mortgage broker for first home buyers and self-employed borrowers. We compare loans from more than 30 lenders, and our service is free to you because lenders pay our commission.”
The second version gives an engine a category, a location, an audience and a verifiable fact in two sentences. That is most of AEO. (Illustrative example; the business and figures are hypothetical.)
AEO and pricing
AEO is included in all Cited AI plans, from $290 a month. For market rates and what each tier should include, see how much AEO costs in Australia.
Why businesses choose Cited AI
| What you get with Cited AI | |
|---|---|
| Focus | AI search and AI visibility is our core service, not an add-on |
| Who does the work | Senior-led delivery, with direct access to the people doing the strategy and implementation |
| Measurement | Your own prompt set re-run across six AI engines every month, with mention rate and citation rate reported separately |
| Starting point | A free AI Visibility Audit, with a report in 3–5 business days |
| Pricing | Published pricing from $290 a month, with no long lock-ins |
| Method | A published methodology and original research you can check before you sign |
We will never promise that ChatGPT or any other engine will recommend you, because no one controls that. We will show you exactly where you stand, what we changed and what moved.
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Frequently asked questions
What does an AEO agency do?
An AEO agency researches the questions customers ask, makes a website answer them clearly with supporting structured data, and measures whether AI engines cite those pages.
What is the difference between an AEO agency and an SEO agency?
An SEO agency aims to rank pages in search results; an AEO agency aims to have a business quoted or named inside AI-generated answers. The foundations overlap, but the content format and measurement differ.
Does FAQ schema still help AEO?
FAQ markup helps engines parse question-and-answer content, but Google shows FAQ rich results only for a limited set of sites. We use it only where the content genuinely is a FAQ.
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