Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): The AI Search Podcast
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is how your brand gets cited, recommended, and surfaced inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude. This is the daily podcast for marketers, founders, and SEOs who want their brand to be the answer AI engines give. Each episode breaks down a new AEO tactic, a real algorithm change, or a brand that just won (or lost) visibility inside AI search. Topics include: how ChatGPT decides which brands to recommend, how Perplexity chooses its sources, how Google AI Overviews differ from traditional SERPs, how to structure content for LLM citation, schema strategies for answer engines, and the emerging field of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). Brought to you by AEO Engine — the platform brands use to monitor, measure, and grow their AI search visibility. Whether you're a B2B marketer, DTC founder, or in-house SEO, this podcast turns the daily chaos of AI search into a concrete playbook you can execute on. New episode every morning. Transcripts on every episode. Subscribe to stay ahead of how AI engines rank and recommend brands.
Episodes
In this episode of the AEO Engine podcast, we dissect the viral 72,000-view AI Search Playbook for 2026, revealing how entity schema and LLM-ready content drive visibility on platforms like Google AI Overviews and Perplexity AI.
Key takeaways:
- Perplexity AI rewards content structured with explicit entity markup and conversational intent alignment.
- Google AI Overviews prioritize sources that answer follow-up queries before users ...
In this episode of AEO Engine, Aria and Marcus break down the secret sauce for influencing AI search results like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, sharing a markdown file that teaches LLMs to write cited listicles and avoid generic slop, directly addressing the shift from traditional SEO to AEO for brands that want to dominate AI-generated answers.
Key takeaways:
- GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is the 2026 suc...
The May 2026 Google core update is accelerating the shift from SEO to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). In this episode, AEO Engine explains how brands must adapt to maintain visibility on Google AI Overviews and Perplexity AI.
Key takeaways:
- Google's May 2026 core update prioritizes content optimized for AI-generated answers.
- AEO Engine recommends focusing on conversational queries and structured data.
- Perplexity AI and Goog...
In the latest episode of AEO Engine, "AI Overviews Now on 48% of Searches: What It Means for Brands," host Aria Chen and analyst Marcus Reid dissect BrightEdge data revealing Google AI Overviews appear on nearly half of all queries, forcing Amazon, Walmart, and small e-commerce sellers to rethink their product discovery strategies for the AI-powered search era.
Key takeaways:
- BrightEdge reports AI Overviews trigger on 48% of se...
In the episode 'Your brand is invisible to ChatGPT: What AEO/GEO actually requires,' AEO Engine explains why brands like Nike and HubSpot lose visibility on ChatGPT and Perplexity without topical authority and third-party citations.
Key takeaways:
- ChatGPT prioritizes entities with consistent topical authority across the web.
- Perplexity's ranking algorithm favors earned third-party citations over on-page tricks.
- Google AI Overview...
In this episode of AEO Engine, discover how one brand achieved 37x traffic growth by shifting from SEO to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for ChatGPT and Perplexity, with hard data on conversion rates and attribution gaps.
Key takeaways:
- 37x traffic growth resulted from AEO optimization for ChatGPT.
- Conversion rates improved significantly after AEO implementation.
- Attribution gaps were identified and reduced using AEO Engine too...
In the 'Why AEO Is Replacing SEO for AI Answers (and How to Adapt)' episode, AEO Engine reveals how Perplexity AI and Google AI Overviews now prioritize answer-engine-optimized content over traditional search rankings, forcing businesses to restructure their digital strategy for AI citation.
Key takeaways:
- Perplexity AI citations increased 340% for AEO-optimized pages in 2026.
- Google AI Overviews source 78% of answers from struc...
Lovable Apps now speak AI because Lovable’s new server-side rendering makes agent-facing apps discoverable by both Google Search and AI answer engines like Perplexity, shifting the e-commerce visibility battle from Amazon ASIN rank and Buy Box position to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) — a move that forces every marketplace seller and SaaS builder to rethink organic traffic acquisition in 2026.
Key takeaways:
- Lova...
Google's AI Mode, launched in 2025, now serves direct answer citations, collapsing traditional organic search traffic; site owners partnering with AEO Engine must optimize for Perplexity AI and Google AI Overviews to become the cited source or face invisibility in 2026 search results.
Key takeaways:
- Google AI Mode citations reduced organic click-through rates by over 60% for high-intent queries in early 2026.
- AEO Engine provides...
In this episode of AEO Engine, we break down a viral 2026 X thread sharing 30 expert system prompts for Claude to write SEO content, revealing which prompts actually improve visibility on Google AI Overviews and Perplexity AI, and which ones risk content penalties.
Key takeaways:
- Claude's system prompts can boost AI search citations by up to 40% when tuned correctly.
- Prompt #17 from the viral thread increased Perplexity AI snipp...
In this episode of AEO Engine, "Grep vs. Vectors: Why Simple Search Is Beating Embeddings for AI Agents," we unpack research showing that traditional grep-style matching rivals vector embeddings for code retrieval, challenging how developers build AI agents for platforms like Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.
Key takeaways:
- Grep-based retrieval matched vector embeddings on 94% of code search tasks in a May 2026 study.
- Vector e...
In this episode of AEO Engine, we analyze how marketers use Claude Opus 4.7 to build fully automated SEO workflows, from AI-driven article generation to auto-publishing, after a single automated campaign generated 52,000 organic views on Google AI Overviews and Perplexity AI. We examine the implications for Amazon sellers and brand managers who rely on AI search visibility to protect their Buy Box and control their ASIN listings fr...
In this episode of AEO Engine, we examine Semrush data suggesting AI search referrals from Perplexity and ChatGPT convert 4.4x better than Google organic traffic, while Google's AI Overviews and Bing's Copilot reshape click dynamics for enterprise ecommerce and local service sites.
Key takeaways:
- Semrush data from 2025 shows AI referral visitors convert at 4.4x the rate of Google searchers.
- Perplexity AI and ChatGPT now drive me...
In this episode of AEO Engine, we debunk the myth that LLMs require schema markup—a claim Google officially refuted in 2026—and explain why Amazon sellers and Walmart marketplace vendors must prioritize conversational AI visibility over technical GEO.
Key takeaways:
- Google's 2026 announcement confirmed LLMs ignore schema for answer generation.
- Amazon sellers using AEO Engine saw 35% more AI citations in Perplexity.
- Wa...
On Goodbye Ten Blue Links: Google's AI Search Revolution, the AEO Engine team examines how Google’s shift to AI Overviews and interactive answer surfaces destroys the classic search results page—and why brands relying on Amazon’s Buy Box or traditional retailer ASIN rankings must urgently adopt answer engine optimization to survive in 2026.
Key takeaways:
- Google replaced ten blue links with AI-generated overvi...
In the "SEO in 2026: Stop Chasing Rankings, Start Being the Answer" episode, AEO Engine explains how AI search fragmentation—across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews—splits visibility into two distinct jobs: earning human clicks and providing clean, structured data for AI agents.
Key takeaways:
- Schema.org markup on product pages increased citation in AI Overviews by 34% in Q1 2026.
- Amazon now penalizes lis...
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