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AEO — 19 articles for US service businesses
Answer Engine Optimization — how to get recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini chat assistants. Covers brand training-data presence, Reddit strategy, Clutch citation dominance, conversational query patterns, and measurement for the LLM recommendation layer.
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Barnacle SEO for AI: Ride the Lists AI Quotes
AI answers quote somebody else's list. Here is how to find the exact pages an engine cites for your money queries, and get your business onto them.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 20268 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
Bing SEO: The Cheapest Indexing Win You're Skipping
Bing is 8.73% of US search, so it will never carry your lead volume. It will get you indexed today and feed Copilot. Here's the one-hour setup.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 20268 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
FAQ, HowTo, Speakable: The Schema Google Retired
Google retired the FAQ rich result on May 7, 2026 and deleted the docs. What to keep, what to rewrite, and what to stop pretending schema does.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 20268 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
Featured Snippets for Service Businesses: How to Win
You cannot win a featured snippet unless you already rank top-10. Here is how to find the queries where you are eligible and take the box.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 20268 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
How to Rank in Google's People Also Ask Boxes
People Also Ask showed on 51.85% of searches. Here's how a site with no authority wins the whole question chain behind a service query.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 20268 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
How to Control What Google and AI Can Quote From You
nosnippet, max-snippet, data-nosnippet, Google-Extended: four directives, four jobs. Pick the wrong one and you delete yourself from AI Overviews.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 20269 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
People Also Search For: What It Is and How to Use It
PASF fires when a searcher clicks your result and bounces back to Google. Read those chips as a diagnostic, not a keyword dump — here is how.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 20269 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
SERP Features a Service Business Can Actually Win
A local service SERP stacks about nine features and you can win three of them. Here's the triage: content, money, Business Profile, or closed.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 202611 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
Do You Have a Featured Snippet? How to Tell for Sure
Search Console reports a featured snippet as plain position 1. Here is the CTR-anomaly read that shows whether you own the box — and why you lost it.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 13, 20269 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
AEO for Treatment Centers: How Families Find Rehab on ChatGPT
Families in crisis now ask ChatGPT and AI Overviews for the best rehab. Here's how AEO for treatment centers makes AI cite you. Get a free audit.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 4, 20269 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
AI Search for Industrial Buyers: How Engineers Source in 2026
Engineers now ask ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews who makes a part before they ever call. Here's how to become the supplier AI cites — and win the RFQ.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 4, 20269 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
AI Search for Veterinary Practices: How Pet Owners Find Vets Now
Pet owners now ask ChatGPT and Google's AI which vet to trust. Learn how your clinic becomes the answer AI cites and recommends — and book a free audit.
By The Foundgrove teamJul 4, 20267 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
Why Clutch.co Is a Top AI Citation Source for Agencies
Clutch's verified reviews and curated 'Top X' lists make it a go-to citation source in AI answers. Here's the playbook to win those listings.
By The Foundgrove teamJun 26, 20268 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
Reddit AEO: Build Brand Mentions Without Getting Banned
Reddit is one of the three most-cited sources in AI answers — and most brands get banned within 30 days trying to use it. The playbook that works.
By The Foundgrove teamJun 17, 20267 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
How to Get Cited by Claude in 2026 Buyer Recommendations
Claude leans heavily on listicles and favors .edu and trade publishers. Here's the conservative selection logic and prompts that show your standing.
By The Foundgrove teamJun 5, 20267 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
How to Measure AI Search Visibility Without Spending $500/mo
Enterprise AEO tools start at $500/mo. Here's the DIY stack that costs under $20/mo and gives cleaner data than most paid platforms.
By The Foundgrove teamJun 4, 20268 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
How to Get Recommended by ChatGPT in 2026
ChatGPT shapes the shortlist before your prospect calls. Here's the source-selection logic and the 5 prompts that reveal if you're in the answer.
By The Foundgrove teamMay 22, 20268 min readRead the aeo playbook → - AEO
Review Platforms for AEO: G2, Capterra, Clutch, Trustpilot
Clutch Verified profiles average 8.6x more AI citations. Which review platform earns AI mentions in your vertical, and how to sequence them.
By The Foundgrove teamMar 27, 202612 min readRead the aeo playbook →
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