The Dev-Tool AEO Checklist
You’ve spent years optimizing your way onto the top of Google rankings. Now in 2026, a developer opens ChatGPT, types "best error tracking tool for Rails", and gets a nice paragraph that recommends your competitor. And you are not even in a footnote. The audacity.
AEO is not a separate project from SEO. They go hand in hand. It, basically, paves your way toward users through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and the rest of the crew, by citing your product whenever someone asks a question that’s even remotely related to you.
TL;DR: Measure where you show up across major AI engines, and structure your pages so answers are easy to lift. Feed the models specific facts they like to quote, earn mentions on the sites they trust (shoutout to Reddit), and let their crawlers in. And remember, AEO doesn’t replace good SEO. It sits on top of it.
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