Answer Engine Optimization guides
Answer engine optimization for founders: how AI answers pick sources, how to check if you're cited, and the tools and checklists that help.
AEO: The Founder's Guide to Answer Engine Optimization
Ranking on Google no longer guarantees anyone sees your answer. Here's how answer engines pick what to cite, the five levers you control, and how to start without an agency.
Read articleAEO vs GEO vs SEO: What's Different and What to Do First
Three acronyms, one shared foundation, and three different ways to win. Here's what actually changes between SEO, AEO, and GEO, and the order a small team should tackle them.
Read articleBest AEO Tools: An Honest Look for Founders
Most AEO tools track citations. Few tell you how to earn them. Here's what five options actually do, based on their own sites, and what to check before you pay for any of them.
Read articleHow to Check if ChatGPT Cites Your Site
There's no Search Console for ChatGPT. You can still find out whether it cites you by combining three free signals, and a simple monthly routine keeps you from chasing noise.
Read articleAEO Checklist for SaaS Content: 12 Checks for Your Top Pages
A page that reads well can still be invisible to answer engines. These 12 checks show whether AI can find, parse, and quote your SaaS pages, and which fixes to make first.
Read articleAI SEO Agents for AEO: What They Can and Can't Do
AI SEO agents can research, cluster, and draft faster than any person. They can't decide what your answer is or make Google index a page. Here's where to draw the line.
Read articleBuild topical authority with Inbounder
Visual topic clustering, AI content generation, and direct CMS publishing — all in one platform.