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AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) is the practice of structuring your content so that AI-powered tools pull from your website when answering user questions. For Australian small businesses in 2026, AEO is no longer optional.
After testing dozens of AI tools over the past two years, I've settled on eight that earn their subscription every month — and cancelled three that didn't survive contact with real work.
Google's AI Overviews (formerly Search Generative Experience) now appear on a significant proportion of Australian searches. To be cited, your content needs to pass three tests: technical, content structure, and authority.
AI defaults to a generic, over-enthusiastic writing style because it averages everything it was trained on. Learn the 15-minute process to voice train your AI.
AI makes content creation faster, but it also makes mediocre content easier to produce at scale. Learn how to use AI to draft faster while keeping your expertise, voice, and judgment.
Positioning is the foundation underneath your marketing, sales, and website. When it's wrong, everything works harder than it should. Here is how to fix it.
AI platforms cite content that follows specific structural patterns. Research analysing millions of AI citations shows that 44% come from the first 30% of an article, pages with 120–180 word sections earn 70% more citations, content updated within three months gets twice the citation rate, and clear heading hierarchies produce 3.2 times more citations than flat structures. This guide translates those findings into practical writing rules.
AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) is the practice of structuring and optimising website content so AI-powered platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews select and cite it as a direct answer. This guide covers what AEO is, how it works, how it differs from SEO, and how Australian businesses can start optimising for AI search in 2026.
SEO and AEO aren’t competing strategies — they’re complementary. SEO helps you rank and win clicks; AEO helps you become the cited source inside AI-generated answers. This guide breaks down the differences, what to prioritise, and a practical plan for Australian businesses to build visibility in both Google and answer engines in 2026.
