SEO vs AEO vs GEO — the three search surfaces, explained
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is the classic discipline: titles, content depth, links and technical health so Google ranks your pages.
AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) is about being the answer — structured data, FAQ content and clear headings so featured snippets, voice assistants and answer boxes quote you directly.
GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) is the newest surface: making sure AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity can crawl you (robots rules, llms.txt), understand you (entities, schema) and recommend you in generated answers.
The Visibility module's Site Scan scores all three on your real site in about twenty seconds — that's the fastest way to see where you stand today.