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If you’re not in the trenches of search every single day, it’s hard to know how seriously to take answer engine optimization strategy. There are two dominant camps right now: those who see generative AI as the most disruptive shift search has ever experienced, and those who argue that AEO (or GEO ) is simply an extension of traditional SEO.  Predictably, the truth lives somewhere in the middle — a lot of AEO is SEO, with some pivots, enhancements, or attention diverted to prominent tactics that help brands gain visibility in AI tools. On the other hand, you can gain visibility in AI tools without ranking well in traditional SEO listings; the tactics can be separated. What‘s harder to separate is your brand from the consequences of ignoring AI’s impact on search. Google’s AI Overviews (AIO) is taking clicks from websites; clicks drop by 61% when AIO is present and more alarmingly, yo