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AEO, GEO, LLMO, AIO: the alphabet soup of AI search, explained

On a single sales call you'll hear four acronyms for the same thing. One person says AEO, the consultant says GEO, the board deck says LLMO, and a vendor emails about AIO. Everyone nods. Nobody's sure they mean the same thing. They mostly do.

Your buyers are asking AI about you. Are you in the answer?

Right now, one of your next customers is deciding who to call — by asking an AI. You're either in that answer, or you're not.

How to Use SEO Tools to Diagnose Your March 2026 Google Update Impact

Knowing an update has occurred is only the beginning. What follows is the harder work: using the right tools, in the right order, to pinpoint exactly what changed on your site and why. Here is our expert tool-by-tool checklist for the March 2026 Core and Spam Updates.

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