Agentic Search
An emerging search paradigm where AI agents autonomously research, compare, and synthesize information from multiple sources to complete complex queries on behalf of users.
AI
Updated 2/5/2026
AEO Glossary
Expert definitions, real-world examples, and practical insights for SEO professionals, marketers, and business owners working with AI-powered search optimization.
AI Agent
An AI system that can autonomously plan, reason, and take actions to complete tasks, often by using external tools and browsing the web.
AI
Updated 2/5/2026
AI Citation
A reference or attribution made by an AI system to a specific source when generating responses, indicating where the information originated.
AEO
Updated 9/2/2025
AI Content Optimization
The practice of optimizing existing content to perform better in AI-powered search engines and answer platforms by improving its structure, clarity, authority, and citability.
AEO
Updated 2/5/2026
AI Crawler
Automated bots deployed by AI companies (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.) that crawl websites to index content for AI-generated responses.
SEO
Updated 2/5/2026
AI Discovery
The process by which AI engines find, index, and surface content in their generated responses, serving as the AEO equivalent of traditional search's crawl-index-rank pipeline.
AEO
Updated 2/5/2026
AI Hallucination
When an AI system generates information that appears confident and plausible but is factually incorrect, fabricated, or unsupported by its training data or retrieved sources.
AI
Updated 11/17/2025
AI Mode (Google)
A conversational AI-powered search experience within Google that generates comprehensive, multi-step answers directly in the search results page.
AEO
Updated 2/5/2026
AI Overview
A feature in Google Search that displays AI-generated summaries at the top of search results, synthesizing information from multiple sources to directly answer user queries.
AI
Updated 9/2/2025
AI Search
A new paradigm of information retrieval where artificial intelligence systems generate direct answers to queries by synthesizing information from multiple sources, rather than returning a list of links.
AI
Updated 9/2/2025
AI Search Visibility
The measurable presence and frequency with which a brand or website appears in AI-generated answers across search platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and other answer engines.
AEO
Updated 2/5/2026
AI Traffic Attribution
The process of identifying and measuring website traffic that originates from AI-powered answer engines, distinguishing it from traditional search and direct traffic.
Analytics
Updated 2/5/2026
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