Answer engine
In one sentence
A search surface that composes one answer instead of returning a ranked list of links. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Overview are all answer engines.
Not the same as
Traditional search engine
A traditional engine returns links; an answer engine returns one composed answer that may cite multiple sources.
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AI search
Answer Engine Optimisation: the 2026 playbook for ecommerce
AEO gets you cited inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini, not just ranked. Covers JSON-LD, llms.txt, conversational PDPs, evidence and citation tracking.
AI search
Answer Engine Optimisation for Ecommerce: The Complete AEO Library
Being cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews is the new ranking. The full AEO library for ecommerce: crawlability, schema, evidence and measurement.
AI search
How to make your product content readable by AI shopping agents
AI agents shortlist products by reading facts and evidence, not design. Fix three surfaces: structured data, plain-text claims, and a reachable review corpus.
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