Answer engine optimization: work on whether AI assistants name and cite a business when someone asks. It overlaps with search work, because assistants read many of the same pages search engines do.

Can anyone guarantee an assistant will recommend us?

No. Nobody outside the company that makes an assistant controls what it says, and answers change from one asking to the next. We count how often it names you and report the change.

Should AI crawlers be allowed to read our site?

Usually the ones that answer questions should be. We set the policy with you in robots.txt rather than leaving it to chance.

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Answer engine visibility

Anaphora's answer engine visibility work, also called AEO, counts how often ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity name a business when buyers ask about what it sells, and changes what those assistants can read about it.

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What you get

Included

The same buyer questions put to the same assistants each month, so one month can be compared with the last.
Every answer kept as evidence, with the sources the assistant cited.
Between counts, the work: pages that answer those questions plainly, and the facts about the business kept consistent wherever an assistant reads them.

How it works

4 steps

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We settle the questions with you: the ones your buyers actually ask.
02
Each month we put the same questions to the same assistants and keep every answer, with the sources it cited.
03
Between counts we do the work: pages that answer those questions plainly, and the facts about the business made consistent wherever an assistant reads them.
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You get the count next to last month's, the answers themselves, and what we changed.

Examples

Each one says what it is

Illustrative, not a client

A passage rewritten so an assistant can quote it

For an IT support firm for small offices. Invented to show the format; not a client.

Before: We deliver comprehensive technology solutions tailored to your unique needs.
After: The firm supports offices of 5 to 50 people in Temecula and Murrieta, answers within one business hour, and handles Microsoft 365, backups and network setup.

Illustrative, not a client

One line of the monthly report

Invented to show the format. Not a result.

Question	Who handles IT support for small offices in Temecula?
ChatGPT	Named in 1 of 2 answers
Claude	Not named
Perplexity	Named, citing the firm's services page

Will not promise

Said before you ask

Nobody controls what an assistant recommends. We report how often it names you, not a promise that it will.

Questions

What is AEO?: Answer engine optimization: work on whether AI assistants name and cite a business when someone asks. It overlaps with search work, because assistants read many of the same pages search engines do.
Can anyone guarantee an assistant will recommend us?: No. Nobody outside the company that makes an assistant controls what it says, and answers change from one asking to the next. We count how often it names you and report the change.
Should AI crawlers be allowed to read our site?: Usually the ones that answer questions should be. We set the policy with you in robots.txt rather than leaving it to chance.

Often bought with

Website and AI visibility audit
What a buyer finds when they look for a business like yours, scored, with the evidence behind every number.
Search optimization
Technical and content work on the site, planned from the audit and reported against your own search data.

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Tell us your website and who buys from you. We will tell you what we would check first, and whether we are a fit.

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