AEO, or answer-engine optimisation, is the work of becoming the source an AI assistant cites when a Belfast buyer asks it who to use. It builds on the same entities, structured data and third-party corroboration as strong local SEO, aimed at the passage a model quotes rather than only the link a person clicks. We run it for Belfast businesses and across Northern Ireland, senior-led, with public pricing from £1,500 a month. Bristol-based, working with Northern Irish clients over video and on the ground when a project needs it.
The answer is the new shortlist.
Buyers start with a question, not a search box
More Belfast buyers open ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI, ask who to use, and act on the names that come back. If you are not named, you are not on the list.
The answer resolves before the click
For a growing share of local queries the AI answer settles it on the page. We work to be the source it draws that answer from, and across Northern Ireland.
Local intent still decides it
An assistant weighs location, sector and corroboration. We make your Belfast relevance and your credentials legible, so the answer points to you rather than a directory.
Where you show up in Belfast.
AEO by sector, Belfast.
Cybersecurity
Buyers vet security vendors hard, and increasingly start with an assistant. We make your accreditations and track record quotable.
See the sector →Financial services
Regulated buyers check credentials before they call. We make sure an assistant names you, and names you accurately, when someone asks who handles their kind of finance work.
See the sector →SaaS
Buyers ask assistants to compare tools and build a shortlist. We get your product into that shortlist with clear, corroborated positioning.
See the sector →Creative and media
Portfolios do not read well to a machine. We make your work and credits legible so an assistant can surface and credit you.
See the sector →Professional services
For advisory and consultancy work, the assistant's answer is the new referral. We structure your expertise so yours is the name it quotes.
See the sector →AEO in Belfast, asked and answered.
Can you guarantee we appear in ChatGPT for Belfast searches?
No, and anyone who promises it is guessing. We move the inputs the models actually use, entities, structured data and corroboration, and report the share of answer honestly, up or down.
Is this just local SEO with a new name?
It shares the foundation, but the target is different: the quoted passage in an AI answer, not only the clicked link in a list. It runs alongside local SEO rather than replacing it.
Which assistants do you optimise for?
ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude as standard, with others added where your buyers use them.
Do Northern Irish sources count for citation?
Yes, and they matter. We build corroboration from the regional and sector publications assistants already trust, so your Belfast relevance is backed by sources a model recognises.