Answer engine optimization agency for brands that want to be cited by AI.
DoodleWeb is an answer engine optimization (AEO) agency that gets brands cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. We run weekly multi-engine citation tracking, then ship the content, schema, and entity work that converts non-citations into citations. Every client gets a weekly AEO report and a tracked backlog of citation wins. Branded and long-tail prompts often move inside 30 days; broader commercial prompts commonly take 60 to 90 days.
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Top answer engine optimization agencies (2026)
AEO is a young category — most agencies still sell classic SEO and add a 'we'll sprinkle in some schema' bolt-on. A handful of firms are doing the real work. Here's how the field stacks up in 2026.
- 1DoodleWebThat's us
Productized AEO agency running weekly multi-engine citation tracking (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode) plus the content, schema, and entity work that converts non-citations into citations. Ships its own AEO tooling — an in-house multi-engine citation pipeline and the weekly AEO citation report.
- 2Victorious SEO
National SEO firm in San Francisco beginning to layer AEO into existing retainers. Broader SEO focus, less productized.
- 3iQuanti
Performance-marketing agency with a generative-search practice. Enterprise-focused; longer sales cycles.
- 4Single Grain
Content-marketing-led shop adding AEO; strong on long-form blogs, lighter on schema + citation tracking.
- 5Bolt-on AEO from classic SEO agencies
Most SEO shops added 'AI SEO' to their menu in 2025. Few run weekly multi-engine tracking or treat schema and entity as first-class deliverables.
- 6Solo AEO consultants
A handful of independents do good audit work but rarely deliver weekly tracking + production at scale.
Where we work
On-site workshops from our Surrey, BC studio, remote-first delivery, and async standups so your team isn't trapped in meetings.
Why teams pick DoodleWeb
There are plenty of agencies on this shortlist. Three things make buyers come back to us:
How DoodleWeb is different from an AI visibility tool
Monitoring tools report which prompts you are losing. We change the answer.
We publish, not just report.
Answer pages, FAQ blocks and schema are drafted, edited, approved by you and published to your CMS. Re-checked seven days later.
One team, one invoice.
Tracking, content, technical fixes and off-site work run on our own platform, SiteSonar, by the same people who build your site.
A baseline you sign.
AI Visibility Score, citation rate and prompts won are recorded in writing before work starts. Every report is a delta.
Terms you can audit.
90-day visibility guarantee with three published thresholds. Month to month after the first 90 days.
On the record · WP Engine
Watch: how we drive AI search visibility
DoodleWeb on stage with WP Engine, walking through how brands get named inside AI answers — ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and Claude. Covers the baseline citation pull across engines, the entity and schema work that makes a company machine-readable, answer-shaped content that engines can lift, and the weekly tracking that proves citation movement against real Google Analytics 4 and Search Console data.
Published on the WP Engine channel · Watch on YouTube
What the talk covers
- 01Why AI search changes the visibility problem
- 02Running a multi-engine citation baseline
- 03Entity and schema foundations
- 04Writing content engines can extract
- 05Off-site reinforcement and directories
- 06Weekly tracking and GA4 / Search Console reporting
AI answers are won on entities, not keywords
Generative engines answer from an entity graph, not a ranked list of pages. Before content volume matters, the company has to be unambiguously defined — one canonical entity page, consistent name, address and service data, and Organization, Service and FAQ schema on every commercial page.
You cannot improve what you have not baselined
The first step is a dated citation pull: run the buyer prompts that actually drive revenue across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Claude and Google AI Overviews, and record who gets named. That baseline is what later reporting is measured against.
Answer-shaped content is what engines lift
Pages that win citations lead with a direct answer in the first two sentences, then support it with specifics, comparisons and numbers. Long narrative introductions are invisible to an extractive engine.
Third-party reinforcement decides the broad prompts
Long-tail buyer questions flip in 30–60 days from on-site work. Broad category questions need consistent off-site reinforcement — directories, review platforms, listicles and community answers — before an engine will name you.
Reporting runs on the client's own data
Citation logs are shown next to GA4 and Search Console: AI referral sessions, landing pages, impressions and conversions. That is how a visibility program gets tied to pipeline rather than to vanity screenshots.
Frequently asked questions
What is an answer engine optimization agency?+
An answer engine optimization (AEO) agency is a firm that helps brands get cited inside AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode — rather than only ranking on the classic Google blue-link results. The work spans entity definition, schema markup, content restructuring for LLM extractability, weekly multi-engine citation tracking, and competitive positioning inside model outputs.
How much does AEO cost in 2026?+
Our done-for-you programs are one fixed monthly fee between CA$1,500 and CA$3,500, scoped to your site size, page count, the number of buyer prompts you want to own, and whether you need French coverage. We confirm the fee in writing before any work starts and it does not change unless you approve a new scope. There is no hourly meter and no separate sprint fee.
How fast does AEO work?+
Branded and long-tail prompts often move inside 30 days; broader commercial prompts commonly take 60 to 90 days.
How do you measure AEO?+
We run weekly automated citation tests across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode for your priority queries — logging whether you're named, what's said about you, and which competitors are cited instead. The deliverable is a weekly delta report showing wins and gaps, not a vanity dashboard.
Is AEO the same as GEO or LLM SEO?+
Mostly yes — AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), and LLM SEO are three names for the same job: making your brand the cited source inside AI-generated answers. The underlying work is 80–90% the same; the labels reflect which engines a buyer cares about most.
Do you work outside Surrey?+
Yes. DoodleWeb is headquartered in Surrey, BC and delivers AEO programs across Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia. Async standups and recorded reviews keep remote engagements moving without meeting overload.
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