
AEO: No One Has the Answer Key
No answer engine publishes how it picks citations, and most AEO statistics come from vendors selling AEO services. That does not make the work optional. It makes it an experiment.
The Machine Speaks
Published articles tagged Answer Engine Optimization, listed newest first. Usually filed under AI Strategy.
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No answer engine publishes how it picks citations, and most AEO statistics come from vendors selling AEO services. That does not make the work optional. It makes it an experiment.

AI agents are becoming buyers. Gartner expects 25% of enterprise software purchases to involve agent mediation by the end of 2026, and zero-click commerce is moving discovery, comparison, and checkout inside the AI conversation. GEO got you quoted.

I named it Orbit. Then I Googled it. Gum, sprinklers, strollers, and three other software companies. The SEO ceiling was zero. Here is what a complete rebrand looks like when you treat it like an engineering problem.