Get cited by the AI engines, not just ranked.
In short
What is answer engine optimisation?
- 4
- Answer engines targeted
- 58
- More AI citations
- 30
- To first citations
- 100
- Visibility monitored
Everything machines need to trust and cite you.
Question
Answer
An answer engine assembles a short response and cites the sources it trusts. The goal of AEO is to make your business one of those cited sources.
Entity graph
A connected map of your brand, people, services and facts the engines read as one trusted entity.
Structured data
Clean, validated schema markup that tells AI exactly what your business is and offers.
Answer-first content
Pages written to answer real questions in 40 to 60 words, the format engines love to quote.
FAQ schema
Question and answer markup that feeds AI Overviews and chat answers directly.
Citation building
Australian-relevant mentions and references that build the authority engines reward.
AI visibility monitoring
Ongoing tracking of how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews describe you.
See if AI is recommending you, or your competitor.
Enter your website and we will check how ready it is to be cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.
Instant and indicative. No sign-up for the grade. Unlock the full report with your email.
Analysing your AI visibility
This usually takes 10 to 20 seconds
Your AI visibility grade
We found things affecting whether AI engines cite you.
Unlock your full AI visibility report
See which AI crawlers can reach you, the pass-or-fail breakdown, your answer-readiness, and a prioritised fix plan. We will email you the report too.
Which AI crawlers can reach you
Readiness breakdown
Your prioritised fix plan
Results we have engineered.
Real growth, measured against a baseline. Here is what compounding search, AEO and automation looks like for Australian businesses.
The challenge: Invisible for high-intent local searches, with new work arriving only through referrals.
- +312%
- Organic traffic
- #1
- For 40+ keywords
- 3.1x
- Qualified leads
The challenge: A strong offer that buyers simply never saw inside their AI research.
- Cited
- By ChatGPT & Perplexity
- +186%
- Branded search
- 2.4x
- Demo requests
The challenge: A slow storefront and manual workflows capping both traffic and team capacity.
- +248%
- Organic revenue
- 0.9s
- Largest paint (LCP)
- 15 hrs
- Saved weekly via automation
Results from individual client engagements, measured against each client's own baseline in Google Search Console and Google Analytics 4. Client names are withheld by agreement. Outcomes vary with market, competition, budget and starting point.
AEO packages, scoped to your goals
Pick the level that fits where you are. Every engagement is tailored and quoted to you, with no lock-in and every line tied to an outcome.
Starter
New sites and local businesses getting found.
- Technical and on-page foundations
- Local SEO and Google Business Profile
- Core schema and answer-first content
- Monthly reporting
Growth
Businesses ready to scale search and AI visibility.
- Everything in Starter
- Full SEO plus AEO and GEO
- Content and digital PR
- Conversion tracking and dashboards
- Fortnightly reporting
Scale
Ambitious brands competing nationally.
- Everything in Growth
- AI automation and custom builds
- Paid media management
- Dedicated strategist
- Weekly reporting
We do not publish fixed prices. Every engagement is scoped and quoted to your goals after a free audit, with no lock-in.
Vikilinks vs a typical SEO agency
| Vikilinks | Typical agency | In-house DIY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranks in Google | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini | Yes | No | No |
| Structured data and entity graph | Yes | Partial | No |
| Transparent, real-time reporting | Yes | Partial | No |
| AI automation and time saved | Yes | No | No |
| Core Web Vitals built in | Yes | Partial | No |
| No lock-in contracts | Yes | Partial | No |
AEO, answered
Answer engine optimisation is the practice of structuring your content, data and authority so AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews quote your business directly. It combines clear answer-first writing, structured data, an entity graph and citation building so machines can read, trust and recommend you.
SEO earns clicks by ranking blue links in a search results page. AEO earns mentions inside the AI answer itself, often before any link is shown. Traditional SEO still matters, but AEO targets how machines extract, trust and cite facts about your business. The two work best together, not apart.
Most Australian businesses invest at a level scoped to your competition, content volume and goals. We confirm the exact figure after a free AI visibility audit, with no lock-in and every line tied to an outcome. Beware fixed cheap packages that ignore your entity graph and schema.
Many clients see new AI citations within 30 to 90 days, because answer engines re-crawl and re-rank faster than classic search. Schema and answer-first wins can land first, while building entity authority and citations compounds over several months. We monitor every engine and report your visibility against a clear baseline.
No honest agency can guarantee a specific citation, because OpenAI, Google, Perplexity and others control their models. What we guarantee is a proven method: structured data, a clean entity graph, answer-first content and citation building, plus transparent monitoring so you can see your AI visibility improve against an agreed baseline.
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Understand answer engine optimisation
New to AEO? Start with these plain-English guides on what it is, how it differs from SEO, and how AI answer engines decide who to cite.
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