AI Search · AEO

Your next client is asking AI, not Google.

Answer engine optimization gets your firm cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews, so when someone asks an AI to recommend a lawyer, your name is the one it returns.

What is AEO?

Rankings don't equal AI answers.

How people search for an attorney has shifted from short keyword phrases toward full, natural-language questions typed or spoken into AI tools. Those tools don't just list links, they compose an answer and name a few sources. Being #1 on Google does not guarantee you're one of the sources they name.

Answer engine optimization is the deliberate work of becoming a source AI answers cite: clean entity structure, quotable facts, and the trust signals machines rely on when they decide whom to recommend.

ChatGPT40
Perplexity38
Google AI Overviews28
Gemini22
Claude22

Featured & cited mentions earned across LLM answer engines. Cross-vertical program, 12-month total.

How we win the citation

Retrievability

Atomic facts

One page becomes many clearly-stated, quotable facts an LLM can lift and attribute back to you.

Structure

Schema at scale

FAQPage, HowTo, DefinedTerm and QAPage markup that machines actually read.

Monitoring

Prompt audits

Regular sweeps of the top queries per vertical across all major LLMs.

Automation

Gap-closing

An automated workflow flags every citation gap the moment it opens.

The process

From invisible to cited, in four moves

A repeatable sequence we run for every AEO engagement, tuned to your practice areas and the markets you serve.

1

Prompt research

We map the real questions prospects ask AI about your practice areas and locations, then baseline where you're cited today.

2

Content restructuring

Existing and new pages are rebuilt into atomic, retrievable facts with clean entity structure and answer-first formatting.

3

Schema & signals

We apply the structured data and trust signals answer engines lean on, so your expertise is machine-readable.

4

Monitor & close gaps

Ongoing prompt sweeps track your citation share across every engine, and automation flags gaps the moment they appear.

Why it matters for law firms

Trust decisions now start inside an AI answer

For a high-stakes, high-trust purchase like legal representation, being the name an AI recommends carries real weight.

You're named before you're clicked

An AI answer can recommend a firm before the prospect ever opens a website. If you're not cited, you're not in the consideration set.

Most agencies still can't do it

Traditional SEO tactics don't reliably earn AI citations. This is specialist work, and it's where firms that move early build a durable edge.

It compounds with your SEO

The entity structure and authority that earn citations also strengthen traditional rankings. One body of work, two channels of visibility.

Questions

AEO, answered plainly

The questions firms ask most when they first hear about AI search.

How is AEO different from traditional SEO?
SEO earns rankings on search results pages; AEO earns citations inside AI-generated answers. They share foundations like authority and clean structure, but AI answers often cite sources that aren't the top organic result, so AEO is optimized as its own discipline alongside SEO.
Which AI platforms do you optimize for?
We work across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews, monitoring your citation presence in each and closing gaps where you're missing.
Can you guarantee my firm gets cited?
No responsible partner can guarantee a specific citation or ranking, because the engines control their own outputs and change constantly. What we do is apply the structure, signals and monitoring that make citations far more likely, and report your citation share transparently over time.
How do you know if it's working?
We run recurring prompt sweeps across the engines and track how often, and where, your firm is cited for the queries that matter, alongside the traffic and leads that follow.
Does AEO replace my SEO work?
No, it complements it. The same authority and entity work strengthens both, so most firms run AEO and SEO together rather than choosing between them.

Ready to become the firm AI recommends?

We'll baseline where you're cited today and show you where the gaps are.