# GEO vs SEO vs AEO Explained

> SEO, AEO, and GEO are three overlapping disciplines describing how content gets found in the age of AI-mediated search. SEO ranks pages on Google and Bing. AEO optimizes for direct answers - featured snippets, voice, and AI Overviews. GEO optimizes for citation inside generative responses from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. The 2026 consensus: they are additive, not substitutive.

## Achievements

- Reframed 'search visibility' from ranking to citation.
- Prompted Google to publish an official AI optimization guide for creators.
- Made structured data, schema, and clean facts strategically valuable again.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Google's AI optimization guide continues to nudge creators toward extractable, well-sourced content.
- **2026-06** — Citation share emerges as an early GEO metric, tracked by tools like Profound and Otterly.

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