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What do AEO, GEO, AI citation, and AI share of voice mean?

Four terms, each defined in one sentence an engine can quote on its own, then explained with a diagram and an example. AEO is being named in AI answers; GEO is the content work behind it; an AI citation is one mention or source link; share of voice is your slice of all the mentions.

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SEO · results page… positions 7–10 still get clicksAEO · one answer“For freelancers, the best options areBrand A,Brand B,and Brand C.”named, or not
Ten slots versus three names. There is no position 8 inside an answer.

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Definition first, then the rest.

  • Answer Engine Optimization

    What is AEO?

    Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of getting a brand named, recommended, or cited inside the answers that AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity generate, the way SEO gets a page ranked in Google results.

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  • Generative Engine Optimization

    What is GEO?

    Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of shaping content so that generative AI engines such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity draw on it and name the brand behind it when they generate answers.

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  • AI citation

    What is AI citation?

    An AI citation is a mention of a brand, product, or page inside an answer generated by an AI engine such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity, either as a named recommendation or as a linked source the answer draws on.

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  • Share of voice in AI search

    What is AI share of voice?

    Share of voice in AI search is the percentage of brand mentions across a set of AI answers that belong to one brand: mentions of that brand divided by mentions of every brand tracked, for the same prompts, engines, and period.

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