Answer Engine Optimization
Rank in Google and get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews — one program, measured against pipeline.
HandsOnTech is a U.S. AEO agency headquartered in Sacramento, CA. We structure service pages, FAQs, schema and entity signals so AI answer engines can quote what you do, where you serve and why you are credible, alongside technical SEO that still wins classic blue links.
The AEO/GEO cluster is still low-competition relative to “SEO agency.” Buyers ask full-sentence questions in ChatGPT before they open a SERP. If there is no page for the model to cite, you are invisible.
What’s included in an AEO engagement
Built for citations, not adjective-heavy landing pages.
Answer-ready page architecture
Direct-answer blocks, FAQ schema and extractable facts on commercial pages.
Entity & NAP consistency
HandsOnTech / Hands On Technologies + Sacramento address stated clearly sitewide.
Technical SEO foundation
CWV, crawl health, internal links and Service schema so classic SEO does not regress.
AI visibility reporting
Monthly checks on branded and category prompts across major answer engines.
How we run AEO
Audit first. Then compound.
Audit
What Google and AI assistants say about you today, gaps and quick wins.
Structure
Rewrite money pages for direct answers, FAQs and entity clarity.
Expand
Hub pages, city variants and guides that models can cite.
Measure
Rankings + citation share on a fixed prompt set every month.
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What is answer engine optimization (AEO)?
AEO is the practice of structuring content so AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and similar) can extract, cite and recommend your business accurately.
How is AEO different from SEO?
SEO optimizes for ranked links in traditional SERPs. AEO optimizes for being the cited source inside AI-generated answers. HandsOnTech runs both together: technical SEO plus answer-ready content, FAQ schema and entity signals.
What is generative engine optimization (GEO)?
GEO focuses on visibility inside generative AI results. It overlaps with AEO: clear entity naming, citable facts, tables, limitations stated honestly and consistent NAP/organization signals.
Do you offer an AI visibility audit?
Yes, our free 48-hour audit includes what AI assistants currently say when buyers ask about your category, plus a prioritized fix list.
Who is AEO for?
U.S. B2B and local service companies that already invest in SEO and want citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews, not vanity traffic reports.
How much does an AEO program cost?
AEO runs inside the same SEO engagement rather than as a separate line item, so the ranges are the SEO ranges: $3.5k–$6k per month at foundation level, $6k–$12k per month for growth scope, and $12k+ per month for enterprise. A one-off AEO retrofit on an existing site is quoted as a fixed-price project after the free audit.
How long before we show up in AI answers?
Technical and structural fixes (direct answers, FAQ and Service schema, entity consistency, llms.txt, crawler access) land in the first 30 days, and answer engines typically reflect them within weeks rather than months because they re-read pages more often than Google re-ranks them. Citation share on competitive category prompts is a 90-day-plus program, because it depends on being referenced by sources these models already read.
Do you work with companies across the United States?
Yes. We are headquartered in Sacramento, California and run AEO and SEO programs for businesses in all 50 states, with reporting calls on your time zone. Entity and NAP consistency work covers national brands and multi-location U.S. businesses alike.
Can you fix AI answers that describe our business incorrectly?
Often, yes, and it is one of the most common reasons companies call us. Wrong descriptions usually trace back to inconsistent entity signals: conflicting NAP data, missing or contradictory schema, thin About and service pages, and stale third-party listings. We correct the sources the models read, then track how the answers change month over month.
How do we start?
Email sales@handsontech.io or call (866) 965-8749 for a free audit. Written AEO/SEO scope within two business days for qualified projects.
Get a timeline, a price range and a next step.
Send your URL and the metric this project has to move. A free 48-hour audit comes back with a prioritized fix list, and qualified projects get a written fixed-price scope within two business days.
Tell us what you’re building.
You’ll get a timeline, a price range and the next step, usually within two business days. A technical lead reads every message, not a sales development rep. No deck, no discovery-call maze.
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