AEO Engine

Search changed shape faster than most marketing budgets did. Roughly 60% of Google searches now end without a click, which means a page that ranks well can still never be seen — the answer was assembled above it and the user moved on. AEO Engine is built for that reality. Instead of optimising for position on a results page, it optimises for citation: being the source an answer engine names when it responds to a buyer's question in AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and similar surfaces. The distinction matters commercially because AI-driven traffic converts differently. A Forbes-cited study puts LLM-referred conversion at roughly 9x traditional organic, and Shopify has reported AI-driven traffic up 7x with purchases up 11x. The people arriving from an AI answer have already had the comparison done for them; they are far further down the funnel than someone scanning ten blue links. Being the cited source is therefore worth disproportionately more than being the fourth result. The work itself is delivered as a managed service rather than a self-serve tool, which is the right framing to have before evaluating it — this is an agency engagement, not software you log into. The published case work leans on a legal client, Ask4SAM, with 472 AI citations and monthly visitors moving from 672 to 6,097, a 9.1x organic gain sourced to GA4. Across managed campaigns the company cites 920% average AI traffic growth, and the client roster of 50+ brands spans consumer product companies, ecommerce and professional services. The commercial hook is a 30% traffic growth guarantee within 90 days or the work is free, and entry is low-friction: a free AEO report before any commitment, or a strategy call. That structure is the most useful part for a founder evaluating whether AEO is worth attention at all — the report gives you a read on your current citation footprint without a contract. Caveats worth stating plainly: pricing is not published, this is not a DIY tool for teams that want to run optimisation in-house, and guarantee terms should be read closely before signing. For brands whose category is already being answered rather than searched, though, it addresses a gap that traditional SEO retainers largely do not.