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Answer & Generative Engine Optimization (AEO/GEO)

AEO Audit

This is the flagship diagnostic behind every serious AEO engagement, hundreds of real buyer-intent prompts run systematically across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews to produce a hard number on citation rate, share of voice against named competitors, and the sentiment of how the brand is described. It replaces guesswork and anecdote (someone asked ChatGPT once and didn't see the brand) with a measurement taken the same way every time: one fixed prompt set, run across every engine, so this month's number can be compared with the next one rather than argued about. It's for brands ready to treat AI visibility as seriously as they treat traditional search rankings, and who need a defensible baseline before investing further. The output becomes the scorecard every subsequent AEO workstream is measured against.

This is a capability we deliver for you as a service, not a role we’re hiring for.

How We’d Approach This

A clear, staged plan, not a black box

These are the service-specific steps inside our six-step process.

  1. 1

    Build a prompt set of hundreds of real buyer-intent questions spanning the full funnel and run them systematically across every major AI engine.

  2. 2

    Pilot the scoring methodology on one prompt cluster to validate citation-rate, share-of-voice, and sentiment scoring before running it at full scale.

  3. 3

    Review the validated methodology and initial findings with you before the full audit run is finalized.

  4. 4

    Deliver the full audit report and set up the recurring re-run cadence needed to track movement over time.

What You Get

Deliverables from this engagement

  • A full AEO audit report scoring citation rate, share of voice, and sentiment
  • The complete prompt set used, reusable for future tracking
  • A competitor benchmark comparison
  • A prioritized list of the highest-impact gaps to close

Six Ways We Could Architect This

Different engagement, different build, pick the shape that fits

There’s more than one way to deliver on this service. Browse a few of the ways we’d structure the work, depending on your speed, budget, and integration needs.

Read all 6 architectures as text

Lean Fast-Start Architecture

Setup

  • Buyer Intent Prompt List Compiled
  • Competitor Set Defined
  • Target Engines Selected

Execution

  • Prompts Run Manually Across Engines
  • Responses Logged In Spreadsheet
  • Citations Tagged By Brand

Scoring

  • Citation Rate Calculated
  • Share Of Voice Calculated
  • Sentiment Manually Rated

Delivery

  • Draft Audit Report
  • Client Review Session
  • Final AEO Audit Delivered

Cloud-Native / Managed Services Architecture

Data Layer

  • Managed Prompt Testing Platform
  • Multi Engine API Connectors
  • Response Warehouse

Analysis Operations

  • Automated Citation Detection Service
  • Share Of Voice Calculation Engine
  • Sentiment Analysis Model

Reporting Layer

  • Scorecard Generation Service
  • Benchmark Comparison Engine

Delivery

  • Client Facing Audit Dashboard
  • Automated PDF Report Export
  • Historical Trend Tracker
  • Quarterly Refresh Scheduler

Event-Driven & Automation-First Architecture

Triggers

  • Audit Cycle Kickoff
  • Automated Prompt Batch Generated
  • New Competitor Content Detected
  • Auto Added To Comparison Set

Automation Layer

  • Auto Dispatched Across All Engines
  • Auto Citation And Sentiment Tagging
  • Auto Scored Results Aggregated

Review Gate

  • Anomalous Score Shift Detected
  • Flag For Analyst Review
  • Auto Published To Scorecard

Delivery

  • Automated Client Notification
  • Scheduled Executive Digest
  • Audit Scorecard Updated

Enterprise-Grade & Compliance-Ready Architecture

Governance Layer

  • Audit Methodology Documentation
  • Approved Prompt Bank
  • Data Sourcing Policy

Secure Process

  • Access Controlled Response Archive
  • Role Based Analyst Access
  • Versioned Scorecard Records

Auditable Analysis

  • Statistical Validity Review
  • Cross Analyst Quality Check
  • Documented Scoring Rationale

Compliance Delivery

  • Audit Trail Export
  • Redundant Data Backup
  • Signed Off AEO Audit Report
  • Repeatable Benchmark Schedule

AI-Augmented, Human-in-the-Loop Architecture

Data Ingestion

  • Hundreds Of Buyer Intent Prompts
  • Raw Multi Engine Responses

AI Analysis Layer

  • AI Citation And Sentiment Classifier
  • Draft Citation Rate Scores
  • Draft Share Of Voice Analysis

Human in the Loop

  • Senior Analyst Review Session
  • Scores Accurate And Defensible
  • Flag Corrections To AI Classifier
  • Human Approved Audit Scorecard

Delivery

  • Final Audit Report Published
  • Client Presentation
  • Baseline Saved For Tracking
  • Downstream Workstreams Prioritized

Integration-Heavy / Ecosystem-Connected Architecture

Client Systems

  • Client Analytics Platform
  • CRM Competitive Intelligence Data
  • Content Management System

Audit Core

  • AEO Audit Engine
  • Citation And Sentiment Model
  • Scorecard Output

Two Way Sync Layer

  • Analytics Platform Sync
  • CMS Content Gap Sync
  • Marketing Analytics Dashboard
  • Content Team Backlog

Shared Governance

  • Joint Review With Marketing Leadership
  • Published Cross Functional Scorecard

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