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AEO and AI search visibility

Answer Engine Optimization That Gets Your Business Found in AI Search Results

ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews are changing how customers find local businesses. Tin Roof Digital helps small businesses get found, understood, and recommended by AI search tools - before competitors figure out this is happening.

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What is AEO

Answer Engine Optimization is the next frontier of local business visibility.

When someone asks ChatGPT or Perplexity to recommend a campground, a landscaper, a contractor, or a local business - how does it decide what to say? It pulls from publicly available information about your business: your website, your Google profile, your reviews, and how well your content answers questions people are actually asking.

Answer Engine Optimization, or AEO, is the process of making sure AI tools can find, understand, and confidently recommend your business. Most small businesses are completely invisible to AI search right now. The ones that optimize early have a significant advantage before the space gets crowded.

Tin Roof Digital offers AEO as an add-on to existing Get Found or Stay Found clients. It layers on top of your local SEO foundation and is designed to work alongside everything else we do.

Why it matters now
  • +AI search usage is growing fastest among 25 to 45 year olds - your customers
  • +Google AI Overviews now appear above traditional search results
  • +Early movers in AEO have a meaningful first-mover advantage
  • +Most local businesses are completely invisible to AI tools right now
  • +AI recommendations carry high trust - often higher than ads or search results
  • +The foundation for AEO is good local SEO - which we already build
What we do

AEO that makes your business visible to AI tools and the customers using them.

AI Search Profile Optimization

We optimize how your business appears in AI search results by making sure the right information is clearly available, accurate, and structured in ways AI tools can parse and trust.

Structured Data and Schema Markup

Schema markup tells search engines and AI tools exactly what your business does, where you are, and what makes you credible. We implement the right schema for your business type.

Answer Engine Content Strategy

AI tools answer questions. We make sure your website answers the questions your customers are actually asking - in clear, structured language that AI tools can read, understand, and use.

Featured Snippet Targeting

Google AI Overviews pull from featured snippets. We optimize key pages to target the snippet positions that drive AI overview inclusion for your most important local searches.

Monthly AI Visibility Tracking

We test how AI tools respond to prompts about your business category and location monthly so you can see your AI visibility improving over time.

Add-On to Existing Plans

AEO requires a strong local SEO foundation to work. It is available as an add-on starting at $699 setup and $99 per month for existing Get Found or Stay Found clients.

Free check

Find out if AI tools can find your business right now.

Sam tests how major AI tools respond when asked about businesses like yours in your area and sends back an honest assessment of your current AI visibility.

  • 1
    AI recognition check - can ChatGPT and Perplexity find and describe your business?
  • 2
    Schema and structured data review - is your site set up for AI parsing?
  • 3
    Content readiness - does your site answer the questions AI tools look for?
  • 4
    Google AI Overviews check - are you appearing in AI-generated search summaries?
  • 5
    Top 3 recommended fixes to improve AI visibility.

Get your free AI visibility check

Tell Sam your business name and what you do. He will test your current AI search presence and send back a clear assessment of where you stand and what to fix first.

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No pressure. No confusing report. Just a practical look at what to fix first.
Common questions

Questions about AEO and AI search visibility.

What is the difference between SEO and AEO?
SEO optimizes your business for traditional search engines like Google. AEO optimizes for answer engines - AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews that answer questions directly instead of returning a list of links. Both are important and they share a strong foundation in local SEO basics.
Do small businesses really need to worry about AI search?
It depends on your customers. If your customers are between 25 and 50 years old, many of them are already using AI tools to find and evaluate local businesses. The businesses that optimize for AI search now will have a meaningful advantage as usage grows.
Does AEO work without a strong local SEO foundation?
No. AEO builds on top of local SEO - your Google Business Profile, website structure, reviews, and local signals are the foundation that AI tools read. That is why Tin Roof Digital requires an existing service plan before adding AEO. We build the foundation first.
How much does AEO cost?
The AEO add-on starts at $699 setup and $99 per month additional on top of an existing Get Found or Stay Found plan. It is designed to layer on efficiently because the local SEO foundation is already in place.

Ready to get found in AI search before your competitors figure it out?

Get a free AI visibility check from Tin Roof Digital. Sam will test how AI tools respond to searches about your business and send back your clearest opportunities to improve your AI search presence.

Get My Free AI Visibility Check
No pressure. No confusing report. Just a practical look at what to fix first.