Answer Engine Optimization, run by an agent that ships the work. Not a dashboard you drive yourself.
AEO is the practice of getting cited inside AI answers — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overview. Cite prepares long-form writing behind a quality gate, records citations from configured sources, and drafts an outreach queue for review. Publication does not guarantee a citation.
5 quality-gated articles a month on Cite Pro. Citation outcomes are measured, not guaranteed.
By Ville Ylläsjärvi · Updated October 19, 2026 · Written & optimized by Cite
A scoped founder-reported result
Impressions on the founder’s own LinkedIn account. Last 365 days to October 2026: 478,769 impressions, up 1,276% on the year before. Individual results vary with posting consistency and audience.
This is the founder’s LinkedIn account measurement reported on the FeedSquad homepage. It is not a Cite citation result or evidence that FeedSquad alone caused the change.
No successful citation observations are available to display for this page. An empty or unavailable measurement is not evidence of zero citations. Dated observations will appear here when available; there is no guaranteed time to a citation.
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Paste your URL. Cite names the three pillar topics you should own to get cited by AI search.
Search results and AI answers give buyers different ways to discover a source. Measure the result you actually observe.
of US Google searches in the SparkToro/Datos 2024 panel ended without a click. This is historical panel data, with limited iOS coverage; it is not a current AI Overview rate or evidence that AI caused every zero-click search.
Source: SparkToro / Datos, July 1, 2024 · Accessed 2026-10-19 ↗A source link and an unlinked brand mention are different observations. Semrush explains both first-party and third-party citations. Its linked guide does not establish a universal percentage of citations that go to brand-owned domains.
Source: Semrush: first-party and third-party citations, April 27, 2026 · Accessed 2026-10-19 ↗Semrush’s July 2025 article analyses 100,000 US desktop and 100,000 US mobile keywords that triggered an AI Overview during September 1–10, 2024. This filtered historical sample cannot establish what share of all searches trigger an Overview today.
Source: Semrush: 200,000 AI Overviews, July 22, 2025 · Accessed 2026-10-19 ↗Google says its existing SEO practices remain relevant to AI Overviews and AI Mode. Crawlable, helpful content and clear internal links matter; special AI text files and special schema are not required for those features.
Source: Google Search Central: AI features and your website · Accessed 2026-10-19 ↗What Answer Engine Optimization is, actually.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of making content easier to find, understand and cite in AI-generated answers. It complements technical SEO and useful, attributable content. A citation links an answer to a source; a brand mention alone does not. Neither indexing nor publication guarantees a citation.
AEO work starts with a buyer question, a useful answer and sources a reader can inspect. Publish the explanation on a crawlable page, connect it to related material and keep product facts current.
AEO and GEO are overlapping industry labels. Google does not require a separate technical optimization for AI Overviews or AI Mode beyond its existing Search requirements.
Measure source links separately from brand mentions. Keep the prompt, source, date and returned URL with each observation. A few sampled responses describe those checks, not every answer a customer will see.
See where the terms overlap, which measurements differ, and what evidence to check before choosing a workflow. Compare AEO, GEO and SEO →
Four jobs. One agent. No retainer.
Citation tracking with source evidence
Cite checks the providers configured for the deployment and reads connected search-console accounts. Returned links can identify a direct citation or a third-party page that mentions the brand. Check the source, query, date and successful-sample count before interpreting a trend.
Written in full context, independently scored
Every article runs through Write → Critique → Rewrite → Voice-pass → Score. If it doesn’t clear 80, it goes back through. You never see a draft that hasn’t earned the right to be published under your name — which is the only way the citation math works.
Earned-media outreach in your voice
A relevant third-party page can be cited alongside your own domain. Cite prepares authority opportunities and draft outreach for review. Treat an opportunity, a sent pitch, an earned mention and an observed citation as separate outcomes.
Anchor query watcher (Pro)
Name the queries you must own. Cite records first-citation observations returned by configured providers. Review the exact query, source and check time; an observation is not a guarantee that every user sees the same answer.
A quality gate, shown step by step.
The same Quality Gate loop that runs on every Cite article. Each stage is checkpointed — if anything fails, the workflow resumes from where it stopped instead of restarting.
Full-context write — voice profile + glossary + your facts, guardrails built in
- Write
- Independent review
- Result
Each pass is checkpointed — if anything fails, Cite resumes from where it stopped instead of restarting.
What a Cite article looks like next to generic AI.
The same writing task, twice: explain AEO to a B2B founder.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, it's not just about ranking on Google anymore. Answer Engine Optimization is a game-changer for B2B founders who want to level up their content strategy.
We're excited to share that by leveraging AEO, you can unlock unprecedented visibility across AI engines. It's not just about being found — it's about being the answer. Through thought leadership and strategic content, you can position your brand at the forefront of this paradigm shift.
AEO work makes a useful answer easier to find, understand and cite. Start with the question a buyer is trying to resolve and publish an explanation with sources the reader can inspect.
Google Search Central says its existing SEO practices apply to AI Overviews and AI Mode. Making the page accessible helps it qualify for discovery; it does not guarantee that an answer will cite it.
Keep observations separate from promises.
These are interpretation rules, not cohort benchmarks. A measured result needs a source, a query set, a collection window and a sample count.
Publication, indexing and a citation are separate events. Record when each happens. We do not have a published cohort benchmark that establishes a typical time to first citation.
A quality score is an editorial check, not a probability of ranking or citation. Inspect the source material and approve the exact version before publication.
Report the successful-sample denominator, tracked queries, source and measurement window. Failed or missing checks are not proof of zero citations.
Cite vs. a generic AEO tracker vs. building it yourself.
One price. €24.90 onboarding credits month one.
Cite is €99/mo — citation tracking, 5 pillar articles, the Quality Gate, the Voice Operating Manual, unlimited anchor query watchers, Slack alerts, earned-media tracking, and the full authority outreach queue. The €24.90 paid 7-day onboarding builds your voice corpus and credits to month one.
AEO questions, answered.
Cite · Long-form Article Agent
Stop reading AEO checklists. Hire the agent that runs the playbook.
Seven days of paid onboarding (€24.90, credited to month one) builds your Voice Operating Manual, indexes your competitive landscape, and ships your first pillar article. Tracking depends on configured providers and account connections; review the actual completed checks and proposed outreach before drawing conclusions.
Start with one real job. FeedSquad shows you the finished work before anything publishes, and you keep the final say.
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