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Answer Engine Optimization

Be the answer AI gives — and the source it cites.

We make your brand the source ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity recommend. The era of ranking is ending. Being referenced is the new winning.

+35%

more clicks for cited brands

25%

of searches show an AI answer

best analytics platform for fintech

AI answer

For fast-scaling fintech teams, the most recommended analytics platform is 1 consistently praised for real-time pipelines and SOC 2 controls. Strong alternatives include two established players 23, though reviewers note slower onboarding.

Sources

  • 1northwind.comyour brand
  • 2g2.com
  • 3reddit.com/r/fintech
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of Google searches now show an AI Overview — up from ~13% a year ago

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of AI search sessions end without a single click to a website

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more clicks earned by brands cited in AI answers vs. brands left out

the problem

Ranking #1 doesn't matter if nobody clicks.

Search stopped being a list of links. Today it's a single synthesized answer — and most of those answers name a handful of brands and cite a couple of sources. If you're not one of them, you're invisible to the buyer, no matter how well you rank.

then

Ten blue links.

Buyers scanned a page of results and chose. Winning meant ranking near the top — and the click was yours to earn.

now

One answer

AI reads everything, synthesizes one response, and cites the few sources it trusts. Winning means being the brand it names — and the source it links.

The best option is your brand, trusted for results.
the shift

The search you knew is already gone.

This isn't a forecast. It's how your buyers behave right now — and why being cited beats being ranked.

0M

weekly ChatGPT users now ask the questions your buyers used to Google

ChatGPT weekly active users, early 2026

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people reached every month by Google AI Overviews

Google AI Overviews reach, 2026

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of Google searches end without a click to any third-party site

Zero-click search rate, 2026

0.0%

conversion rate from AI-referred visits — vs. 2.8% from classic organic

AI referral conversion benchmark, 2026

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higher AI visibility for content rich in statistics, citations and quotes

Citation-density studies, 2026

0%

of brands stay visible in back-to-back AI answers — the rest vanish

AI answer volatility, 2026

the method

A repeatable system, not a black box.

Five stages that turn AI invisibility into measurable Share of Voice — and keep it climbing.

01

Audit

We benchmark exactly how visible you are in AI answers today and map where your buyers are asking.

02

Strategy

We turn the audit into a prioritised roadmap — the queries, pages and platforms that move the needle first.

03

Optimize

Answer-first content, hardened schema and clean entities make every priority page quotable and trusted.

04

Amplify

We earn the cross-platform citations and mentions that give answer engines the confidence to recommend you.

05

Measure

Continuous tracking of citations and Share of Voice — reported against pipeline, recalibrated every quarter.

results

What winning the citation looks like.

Share of Voice up. Accurate AI descriptions up. AI-referred pipeline up. The numbers we exist to move.

See all results
Workflow automation

B2B SaaS platform

Invisible in ChatGPT and Perplexity for category and comparison queries, despite ranking page-one on Google.

6% → 38%Share of Voice
12 → 240Monthly AI citations
+$1.2MAI-referred pipeline
Cited turned 'we think AI ignores us' into a number we watch go up every week. It's the clearest marketing program we run.
VP Marketing, SaaS platform
Consumer finance

Fintech app

AI answers cited competitors for 'best app for…' queries and occasionally described the product inaccurately.

41% → 96%Accurate AI descriptions
0.3x → 1.7xCitations vs. top rival
+58%AI-referred signups
They fixed what AI was saying about us — and then made us the default recommendation. Trust and signups followed.
Head of Growth, fintech app
Health & wellness

DTC health brand

Strong organic traffic eroding as AI Overviews answered buyer questions without sending clicks.

+310%AI Overview citations
3xBranded AI mentions
+27%AI-referred revenue
Instead of losing the zero-click war, we started winning it. Being the cited source brought the high-intent clicks back.
Founder, DTC health brand

* Representative engagements — illustrative of the outcomes our methodology targets. Replace with named client data before launch.

why cited

An agency built for answers — not for rankings.

Most agencies bolt 'AI' onto an SEO retainer. We started from the answer and worked backwards.

[01]

We measure what matters

Not rankings — Citation Rate and Share of Voice across every major engine, mapped to pipeline.

[02]

AEO is all we do

We're not an SEO shop bolting on a buzzword. Answer engines are the entire focus of the practice.

[03]

Multi-platform by design

ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity, Gemini and the sources behind them — optimised together, not in silos.

[04]

This site proves it

Answer-first copy, hardened schema, fast static pages. We practise the methodology we sell, in public.

pricing

Investment that maps to pipeline.

Transparent retainers scaled to your category and ambition. Every engagement starts with a baseline you can see.

Launch

Get visible in AI answers, fast.

$3,500/mo

Brands starting AEO with a focused set of priority topics.

  • Full AI Visibility Audit & baseline
  • Up to 8 answer-first pages / month
  • Core schema & technical AEO
  • Monthly Share-of-Voice reporting
  • Quarterly strategy review
Start with Launch

Growth

Most popular

The full answer-engine engine.

$9,000/mo

Brands serious about owning their category across every engine.

  • Everything in Launch
  • Up to 20 answer-first pages / month
  • Entity & topical-authority programme
  • Digital PR & multi-platform citations
  • Continuous multi-engine monitoring
  • Bi-weekly working sessions
Choose Growth

Dominate

Category leadership, multi-brand.

Custom

Enterprises and multi-brand portfolios that intend to lead.

  • Everything in Growth
  • Unlimited / multi-brand scope
  • Dedicated strategy & content team
  • Custom dashboards & data studies
  • Executive reporting & enablement
  • Priority SLAs
Talk to us

Prefer to start small? A standalone AI Visibility Audit is available as a one-time engagement — and its cost is credited toward your first month if you continue.

questions

Answers, answer-first.

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