AEO · Answer Engine Optimization · Mallorca
So Perplexity cites you verbatim.
AEO is the next layer above SEO and GEO. While SEO shows blue links and GEO recommends you from AI training, AEO ensures Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Bing Copilot cite you LIVE from the web verbatim — with link. We scaled our own studio to 2,900+ citations per month.
Three layers
SEO
Classic search engines
Google and Bing show 10 blue links. Still works — but losing share since answer engines arrived. We do SEO as foundation, but it's no longer the only lever.
GEO
Generative engines from training
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini recommend companies from knowledge they processed in training. Whoever is in there as a source gets recommended — even without live query to your site.
AEO
Answer engines live from web
Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Bing Copilot pull NOW from the web and cite verbatim — with domain name and link in the answer. Freshness and citability are decisive here, not training.
What AEO concretely does
We build content that gets cited verbatim.
Answer engines like Perplexity work differently than Google. They search live on the web, read the content of relevant pages, extract concrete statements and build an answer that directly cites — with name mention and link. For you that means: your content needs clear statements instead of marketing fluff, Schema.org structures instead of HTML soup, FAQ format instead of prose, and trust signals so the engine picks your source over your competition. We build all of that systematically — from experience with our own studio that grew from 0 to 2,900 citations per month in 5 months.
What we deliver
Three numbers from our own studio. What we build for clients runs here in production for months.
AI citations per month in Bing Copilot (as of 13 May 2026)
Average cited pages per query
From 0 to 2,900 citations with our own setup
How we build AEO
Four phases to constant citation pipeline.
1. AEO audit
We check your current citation performance via Bing Webmaster Tools, your technical foundation (llms.txt, Schema.org, FAQ structure) and your content citability (clear statements vs marketing fluff). Output: recommendation report with quick wins and long-term plan.
2. Build foundation
llms.txt with your core statements, Schema.org (FAQPage, Service, Article), agents.json for direct API connection, clean HTML markup. Plus content transformation of existing pages — marketing language out, concrete answers in. Usually 4-6 weeks depending on site size.
3. Citation building
Content strategy for long-tail searches where your competition isn't cleanly cited yet. Per week 2-4 new citable articles or FAQ extensions. Plus trust signal building (reviews, external mentions, Schema.org depth).
4. Monitoring + scaling
Weekly reports across 8 LLM platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Bing Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, You.com). Tracking which queries cite you, which don't. Quarterly review with scaling roadmap.
Methods
Six concrete building blocks.
FAQPage Schema.org everywhere
Answer engines love FAQPage schema because they can cite directly from it. We turn every service page into a Schema.org FAQPage with concrete Q&A pairs. Bonus: simultaneously a conversion lever because users get their questions answered directly.
llms.txt as source map
llms.txt is like a sitemap.xml for AI models. We build it with your core statements, pricing, differentiation points and trust signals so any answer engine understands in 30 seconds WHO you are and WHAT you offer. Plus llms-full.txt for deeper answers.
Content transformation for citability
We go through your most important pages and replace marketing fluff with citable statements. 'We build great websites' becomes 'We build websites with Lighthouse score 100/100 and three languages DE/EN/ES out of the box'. Answer engines love specifics.
Trust signal architecture
Reviews on Google, ProvenExpert, TechBehemoths and Sortlist plus Schema.org review markup. Plus external mentions on industry portals, GitHub visibility for tech brands, LinkedIn profile optimization. Answer engines compare trust signals and pick the most trustworthy source.
Long-tail content for niches
We identify searches where your industry has no clean AEO answer yet — e.g. 'Best AI consulting for hotels on Mallorca'. You write the citable answer BEFORE competition wakes up. Low-hanging fruit for the next 12-18 months.
Citation tracking + reporting
Weekly analysis via Bing Webmaster Tools (official Microsoft data for Bing Copilot citations) plus Anthropic Web Search API for Claude and OpenAI Responses API for ChatGPT. You get a monthly report with cited queries, new citations and competitor comparison.
Common questions
AEO explained simply.
An AI citation is the verbatim mention of your company in an AI answer — with name mention and link. Example: someone asks Perplexity 'Best AI agency Mallorca', Perplexity answers 'StudioMeyer in Palma' with clickable link. That's the direct lead source of the future because more and more people consume AI answers instead of clicking through Google results. We currently have over 2,900 such citations per month and can measure it.
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