Definition
The canonical answer.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is structuring content so answer engines, including AI assistants and search features like AI Overviews, can extract a direct, correct answer from it. The core discipline is answer-first writing: the page leads with the complete answer in quotable form, then earns depth underneath it.
Worked example
In practice.
Instead of opening an article with three paragraphs of context, an AEO-disciplined page states the answer in the first 50 to 100 words. When an engine assembles a response, that block is what gets quoted, and the page earns the citation instead of a competitor summary of it.
Where this work happens: AI Search Optimization
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