Plain-English guides on Answer Engine Optimisation, AI citations, and getting recommended by the engines your customers now ask. Written for owners, not agencies.
Getting cited by AI search means your business is the source ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude or Google AI Overviews uses when it answers a customer's question. The three pillars and six practical steps a UK SME can use this month, clear answers, structured data and verifiable trust signals. Built on the same playbook AEO-REX uses with clients.
Read the full article →The AEO-REX 2026 benchmark walked through end to end. The six numbers behind the £10,500 a month UK small businesses lose to better optimised competitors when AI search does not recommend them.
Read article →800 million weekly ChatGPT users, AI Overviews on roughly 13% of Google searches, a 34% click drop and a 58% zero-click rate. The four numbers that prove how UK customer discovery changed in 2026, with sources.
Read article →By 2030 AI agents will orchestrate trillions of pounds of retail spend. Four stats, the agent flow, and the 14 checks your website needs to pass to stay in the game.
Read article →Article 50 transparency rules hit 2 August 2026. What UK small businesses with EU customers actually have to put on their website, chatbot disclosure, AI-content labelling, policy updates, in plain English.
Read article →Google AI Overviews now appear in nearly half of all search results, up from 7% just two years ago. The practical steps to get cited, in plain English.
Read article →Inside the April 2026 masterclass: what AEO actually means in 2026, why SEO alone is no longer enough, and the three moves every owner left ready to make.
Read article →Teaching Birmingham adults to use AI safely, ask the right questions, and spot when a chatbot is wrong. What the classroom revealed about local SMEs.
Read article →Getting cited by ChatGPT needs clear authorship, structured content, and the right technical markup. Tested across hundreds of UK businesses.
Read article →Perplexity searches the live web in real time. Most UK businesses are completely invisible on it. How to get cited before your competitors do.
Read article →From ChatGPT Search to AI agents making purchasing decisions: the 7 trends every UK SME must prepare for right now.
Read article →Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant each recommend one business per query. If it is not yours, the competitor wins. How to fix it.
Read article →AEO explained without the jargon: what it is, why it matters for your small business, and how to get started this week.
Read article →SEO gets you ranked on Google. AEO gets you recommended by AI. In 2026 you need both, and they work together.
Read article →Find out in 60 seconds. Run the free AI Visibility Check across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI.