AEO Step 1: Discovery & Audit
The first step into AI search. We find out where your business stands with ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and the rest, and exactly what it takes to get cited.
- AI visibility baseline
- Query and prompt map
- Citation and competitor gap
- Technical and schema readiness
- Content extractability audit
What's included
AI visibility baseline
How you show up across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Copilot today.
Query and prompt map
The real questions customers ask AI in your category, in an SA context.
Citation and competitor gap
Which competitors AI engines cite, for what, and the gaps you can claim.
Technical and schema readiness
Your current schema, content structure and whether AI crawlers can reach you.
Content extractability audit
Whether your key pages are written so AI can actually quote them.
E-E-A-T and authority audit
Author bios, About authority, citations and reviews that AI tools weigh.
How it works
You pay and we start
We get in touch to kick off and gather what we need.
We test and audit
We check how AI engines see you and work through the six audit areas.
Report and review
You get a written report with a visibility snapshot, your target queries, and ranked actions.
Move to Step 2 when ready
Step 2 implements the changes. Start now or come back when it suits.
Common questions
Answer Engine Optimisation. It is how your business gets found and cited by AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, not just classic search.
SEO Step 1 audits how you rank in Google search. AEO Step 1 audits how you show up in AI answers. They are siblings and work well together.
Usually around 5 working days from kickoff to report.
No. Step 1 is standalone. The report and target queries are yours to act on however you like.
