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type: "Article"
title: "AI Search Visibility (AEO / GEO / LLMO): AI search visibility hub"
description: "Being the cited, trusted answer inside AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, not just ranking a blue link."
resource: "https://www.laurelinlabs.com/topics/ai-search-visibility"
tags: ["ai-search-visibility", "ai-search-visibility", "ai-search-visibility"]
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# AI Search Visibility (AEO / GEO / LLMO)

AI search visibility is how often, and how accurately, a brand is named as the source inside AI answers: Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot. It is earned differently from a blue-link ranking. The answer engines select entities they can verify, passages they can lift, and sources they can corroborate, so visibility rests on four dependent pillars: technical foundations (can the page be fetched), topical content (is it worth quoting), trust signals (is a real expert accountable for it) and authority network (can machines connect it to a known entity). This hub links every service, framework, tool and article that builds one of those pillars.

## Pages in this hub

- [AI Search Visibility (AEO / LLMO)](/pages/ai-search-visibility.md): Be the answer, not just a result.
- [AEO + LLMO Strategy](/pages/aeo-llmo-strategy.md): A joined-up 12-month roadmap tied to commercial targets.
- [Instant AEO](/pages/instant-aeo.md): A full programme in one premium engagement.
- [The Four Pillars Framework](/pages/four-pillars-framework.md): A strategic frame for generative search visibility.
- [Google AI Search Optimisation](/pages/google-ai-search-optimisation.md): What Google actually says, and what it debunks.
- [SEO / AEO Deliverables Planner](/pages/deliverables-planner.md): Our real 2026 service catalogue, published as a planning tool.
- [We reviewed 216 SEO deliverables from our 2018 playbook. We retired 14 of them.](/pages/what-seo-agencies-sell-in-2026.md) (article, 2026-07-29)

## FAQ

### What is the difference between SEO, AEO, GEO and LLMO?

They describe the same shift from different angles. SEO earns a ranking in a list of links. Answer engine optimisation (AEO) and generative engine optimisation (GEO) earn a citation inside a synthesised answer, and large language model optimisation (LLMO) covers how a brand is represented in the models themselves. The work overlaps heavily: an indexable, well-structured, expert-authored page is the input to all of them.

### How do you measure AI search visibility?

Three ways, in order of directness: citation tracking (how often a domain is cited in AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity for a prompt set, which Ahrefs Brand Radar and Google Search Console's AI features report now surface), assistant-referred sessions in analytics, and entity checks (does the model describe the brand accurately when asked). Laurelin reports all three; ranking position alone no longer describes the outcome.