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      "name": "AEO",
      "description": "Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of optimizing content to be selected as the direct answer in AI-powered search engines and answer platforms, including Google's featured snippets, voice search, and AI assistants.",
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      "category": "Core Concepts",
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          "name": "What is GEO? — GeoStack Guide",
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      ],
      "keywords": "AEO is the predecessor discipline to GEO — focused on featured snippets, People Also Ask, and voice answers | Optimized content answers one specific question per page with 40-60 word direct answers | Schema.org FAQPage and HowTo markup dramatically improve AEO eligibility | AEO success metric: featured snippet ownership rate and answer-engine citation rate"
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          "name": "How is AEO different from SEO?",
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            "text": "SEO optimizes for ranked links on a SERP. AEO optimizes for being extracted as THE answer in position zero, voice responses, and AI assistants. AEO pages typically have shorter paragraphs (40-60 words) and lead with the direct answer."
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          "name": "Does AEO still matter in 2026?",
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            "text": "Yes — AEO is a subset of GEO. The same content patterns that win featured snippets also win AI Overview citations. AEO remains the foundation for any GEO strategy."
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