# Agency AEO: Insights on the Future of Search

> Plain English articles, videos, podcasts, and guides on Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and AI search visibility, by Mark Palmer, founder of Agency AEO (agencyaeo.com), Louisville, KY.

Hub: https://agencyaeo.com/insights/

## Published insights

- [How to Get Your Business Recommended by ChatGPT](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/how-to-get-recommended-by-chatgpt/) (2026-08-28): ChatGPT recommends specific businesses every day. Here's what those answers are built from, and the steps that put your name in them.
- [Why Doesn't ChatGPT Recommend My Business?](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/why-doesnt-chatgpt-recommend-my-business/) (2026-08-27): Five common reasons AI recommends your competitor instead of you, and exactly what to do about each one.
- [What Is AEO? Answer Engine Optimization Explained in Plain English](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/what-is-aeo/) (2026-08-27): AI search doesn't rank you, it recommends you or it doesn't. How answer engines pick their one answer, and how to make sure it's you.
- [How to Show Up in Google's AI Overviews](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/how-to-show-up-in-google-ai-overviews/) (2026-08-26): Google answers first now. Here's how AI Overviews pick their sources, and how your business becomes one of them.
- [One Plan for ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity & Copilot](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/get-recommended-on-every-ai-platform/) (2026-08-25): Four AI platforms, one strategy. The shared signals every answer engine reads, and the few places they differ.
- [Is SEO Dead? What AI Search Really Changed](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/is-seo-dead/) (2026-08-24): SEO isn't dead. The scoreboard changed. What still works, what stopped working, and what replaces the ranking mindset.
- [The 20-Minute AI Visibility Audit](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/ai-visibility-audit/) (2026-08-23): Nine prompts, four AI platforms, one score out of 72. Find out whether AI recommends your business, ignores you, or prefers your competitor.
- [How AI Picks Local Businesses to Recommend](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/how-ai-picks-local-businesses/) (2026-08-22): 'Near me' became 'for me.' The local signals AI weighs when it names a business, and how to strengthen every one of yours.
- [What AEO Costs and How Long It Takes](https://agencyaeo.com/insights/what-does-aeo-cost/) (2026-08-21): The budget conversation nobody publishes: what AEO work includes, DIY versus agency, and honest timelines for results.