SEO & AEO
SEO and AEO agency in the USA. Rank on Google and get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews — technical SEO and answer engine optimization, one program.
HandsOnTech runs SEO and AEO as one program — technical SEO and Core Web Vitals earn Google rankings, while direct-answer content, schema markup and entity signals earn citations inside ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude. Monthly reporting shows which AI prompts name you and which name a competitor.
Your next customer may never see a search result
American buyers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google’s AI Overview for a shortlist before they ever click a blue link. If your site isn’t structured to be quoted, you’re invisible at the exact moment the decision gets made — no matter how well you used to rank.
That’s the case for running SEO and AEO as one program. Google still sends the majority of high-intent traffic, and the AI engines are trained and grounded on much of the same signals Google rewards: clear answers, structured data, real authority. Optimize the page once, win in both channels.
What the program covers
Technical SEO. Crawl and indexation fixes, Core Web Vitals tuning, semantic HTML, XML sitemaps and internal linking architecture. The unglamorous plumbing that decides whether anything else works.
Answer-ready content. Every commercial page gets a direct answer a model can lift cleanly, question-formatted headings, and FAQ blocks marked up with schema. We write for three readers at once: the crawler, the model and the human with a credit card.
Entity and schema signals. Organization, Service, FAQ and Breadcrumb structured data; consistent name-address-phone across the web; llms.txt; and profile consistency so AI engines know exactly what you sell and where.
Citation building. AI engines lean on sources they trust — industry directories, review platforms, publications. We build your presence on the sources the models actually read.
Monthly AI visibility reporting. The report that changes conversations: these 12 prompts name you, these 9 name your competitor, here’s the plan for the 9.
Proof it works
This isn’t theoretical for us — it’s how our own clients get found. Recent engagements produced +184% AI citations, 3.1× organic clicks for a healthcare provider whose accessibility rewrite doubled as an AEO overhaul, and #1 rankings for 14 local terms for a home-services company. The pattern repeats because the method doesn’t depend on tricks: make the site fast, make the answers clear, make the entity unambiguous.
SEO-native builds beat retrofits
If you’re also planning a rebuild, sequence matters: an SEO retrofit onto a finished design is a compromise, while a site built on SEO-native architecture ranks from launch week. We do both, but we’ll always tell you which one you actually need — that’s what the free audit is for.
Start with the free 48-hour audit
Send us your domain. Within 48 hours you get a recorded walkthrough covering site speed, UX, technical SEO and — the part most audits skip — your current AI answer visibility: what ChatGPT and Perplexity say when buyers ask about your category. Plus a prioritized fix list you can act on with or without us.
Growth work that ties to pipeline
SEO, AEO, paid media and content — measured against leads and revenue.
Technical SEO
Crawl, Core Web Vitals, schema and indexation fixes that stick.
AEO & AI visibility
Content and structure built to earn citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews.
Google Ads & PPC
Campaigns managed to cost-per-qualified-lead, not click volume.
Content & email
Editorial calendars and nurture flows that support SEO and paid together.
How we grow what you built
Audit first, then compound month over month.
Audit
Technical SEO, AI visibility, ads and analytics — baseline in week one.
Fix
Quick wins on site speed, tracking, landing pages and answer-ready content.
Scale
Content, links, campaigns and experiments against one pipeline number.
Report
Live dashboard — including metrics that moved wrong and what we are doing.
Three ways to engage
Every model starts with a free consultation and a written quote — the price you sign is the price you pay.
Fixed-Price Project
A scoped build with a written price and a launch date — agreed before design begins.
- Written scope and fixed quote within 48 hours
- Two-week sprints with staging demos every other Friday
- Milestone payments tied to shipped work
- 30-day bug warranty in the contract
- Code, designs and content transfer on final payment
Growth Retainer
Monthly compounding work on organic and paid visibility, reported against pipeline.
- Monthly sprint plan agreed in advance
- Live dashboard — the same numbers we see
- AI visibility report: which prompts name you
- No long lock-in — cancel with 30 days notice
- Same team as your build, no handoff loss
Dedicated Team
Senior specialists embedded in your Slack, repo and standups — capacity without recruiting.
- Start within 1–2 weeks of the intro call
- Your tools, your process, your time zone
- Scale seats up or down with two weeks notice
- NDA and full IP assignment from day one
- Direct access — no account-manager relay
Rank on Google. Get cited by AI.
We structure every growth page so a language model can quote one clean sentence about what you do, where you serve and why you are credible.
- ✅ Direct-answer opening on every service page
- ✅ Service and FAQ schema
- ✅ Internal links between hubs and proof
- ✅ Stack and timeline stated in FAQ
Shipped, measured, still running
Live projects with measured results — visit them before you hire us.
BusyHen
A seven-screen booking flow rebuilt to three taps — around how parents actually book.
Ultimate Junk Removal
A brochure site rebuilt as a quote machine with local SEO in the structure, not sprinkled on top.
Angel Care
Rewritten in plain language, WCAG 2.2 AA throughout — and search finally found it.
HandsOnTech vs. typical marketing agencies
The difference shows up in what your CRM actually receives.
What our clients say
“HandsOnTech nailed our new website. The design was stunning, the development flawless, and their marketing lifted our visibility right away.”
“From concept to launch, they delivered. Their development brought a complex application to life and put us in front of exactly the audience we needed.”
“We needed a full brand refresh. They gave us the look, the platform and the growth engine — and the growth engine is still running.”
30-day warranty
Bugs found in the first month get fixed free — in the contract.
You own everything
Code, designs and content transfer on final payment.
U.S. hours overlap
Standups and demos on ET, CT, MT or PT — your pick.
Fixed price, fixed date
Quoted in writing before work starts. No surprise change orders.
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Common questions
What is AEO and how is it different from SEO?
SEO earns clicks from Google's search results. AEO — answer engine optimization — earns citations inside AI answers from ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude. AEO depends on direct answers, structured data, consistent entity signals and content a model can quote cleanly. The same page now has to satisfy a crawler, a language model and a human buyer, which is why we run both together.
How much do SEO and AEO services cost?
Monthly programs typically run $2.5k to $10k depending on site size, competition and how much content production is included. One-time technical audits and fix sprints are available as fixed-price projects. Every engagement starts with a free 48-hour audit so the quote is based on your actual site, not a rate card.
How long does SEO take to show results?
Technical fixes often move rankings within 4–8 weeks. Content and authority building compound over 3–6 months. AEO citations can appear faster — AI engines refresh their sources frequently — but durable visibility in both channels is a quarters game, not a weeks game. We report honestly either way.
How do you measure AI visibility?
We track a panel of branded and category prompts across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude every month, and report which answers cite you, which cite competitors, and which content gaps explain the difference. You see the exact prompts, not an abstract score.
What is llms.txt and do I need it?
llms.txt is a proposed standard — a plain-text file that gives AI crawlers a curated map of your most important, quotable content. It's low-cost insurance — alongside schema markup and clean HTML, it makes your site easier for answer engines to ingest accurately. We implement it as part of every AEO engagement.
Do you do local SEO?
Yes — service-area strategy, Google Business Profile optimization, citation consistency and city-level landing page architecture. A home-services client ranks
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