Answer Engine Optimization

AI-powered insights. Real-time optimization. Human-led strategy.

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SEO That’s Built for How People Search Today


At MarketDesign, our AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) services go beyond keywords and checklists. We combine AI-powered insights with human-led strategy to help your brand rank, resonate, and convert. Whether you're scaling fast, working within a composable tech stack, or optimizing a HubSpot website, our approach adapts to your goals and your audience.

 

This isn’t about chasing traffic. It's about creating visibility that fuels pipeline growth.

What’s Included

When You Work with MDCo, You'll Get:

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Strategic SEO Planning Powered by AI


We start with a deep dive into your audience and industry using AI tools that surface real-time search trends, intent signals, and keyword opportunities. From there, our team creates a content strategy that targets what people are actually looking for—so your site becomes a trusted, visible resource in your space.

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On-Page SEO and Technical Optimization


We improve what already exists. That means refining meta titles and descriptions, improving internal linking, updating outdated content, and making your site easier to crawl. We also address page speed, site structure, mobile performance, and accessibility to strengthen your foundation for search engine rankings.

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SEO and Paid Media Alignment


SEO doesn’t live in a vacuum and neither should your campaigns. We align organic and paid strategies to increase search visibility, improve ad performance, and reduce wasted spend. By mirroring what’s working in search across Google Ads and social platforms, we help you convert more qualified users at every stage of the funnel.

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Custom Reporting and Monthly Insights


We believe reporting should do more than check a box. It should guide your next move. Every SEO engagement includes a custom reporting setup tailored to your business goals, tech stack, and marketing funnel. We track performance across the full customer journey from search visibility and keyword rankings to conversions and content performance.

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Building AI Visibility for a Regional MSP with AI SEO

Over 60 days, MarketDesign helped our MSP client improve visibility across priority AI search prompts and strengthen rankings for core industry terms. Through structured content updates, focused topic development, and ongoing optimization, the company saw measurable gains in organic traffic and most of all, client growth.

See How We Get Results

Process

A Scientific Approach to Answer Engine Optimization

Our perspective is backed by client experience, industry best practices, and proven processes.

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Learn

We begin with deep discovery of understanding your goals, audience, and digital ecosystem. This phase includes a comprehensive audit and insights gathering, so we can identify opportunities that align with how users search, and how answer engines deliver.

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Create

We craft content designed to be found and favored by both people and machines. Our AI-assisted content strategy focuses on answering real user questions, optimizing for featured snippets, voice search, and emerging answer engine formats. What you say—and how clearly you say it—matters more than ever.

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Execute

From technical SEO implementation to page builds and campaign rollouts, we bring the strategy to life. Execution includes optimizing for both traditional search engines and AI-driven answer engines by integrating schema, structured markup, and intent-based copy throughout your digital ecosystem.

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Analyze

We don’t just track rankings—we track answers. Using AEO-aware reporting, we monitor your content’s visibility across Google, Bing, and AI tools like Perplexity and ChatGPT. Each report includes actionable insights tied to keyword performance, visibility in answer engines, and engagement metrics across platforms.

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Optimize

Search behavior and AI algorithms evolve daily, so we do too. We refine your SEO and AEO performance continuously, updating structure, schema, and content based on what’s getting surfaced in answer boxes, snippets, and AI-generated summaries.

Start with an AEO Audit

Uncover the keywords, channels, and practices that will make the most impact on your business, and go from there.

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Packages

Explore Your Monthly Options

Foundation

For companies building consistent visibility in AI and search

$4,250

  • AI search visibility tracking across priority prompts
  • 1 high-intent article per month (1,000–1,500 words)
  • Monthly on-page updates to priority pages
  • Metadata, internal linking, and structural refinements
  • Competitor ranking and keyword movement tracking
  • Monthly performance report with action plan

Accelerate

For companies expanding their search footprint and content velocity

$7,000

  • AI visibility tracking across expanded topic sets
  • 2 high-intent, search-focused articles per month
  • Monthly optimization across priority site sections
  • Keyword expansion and topic roadmap development
  • Competitor gap analysis across core categories
  • Quarterly planning session
  • Monthly performance reporting + strategic recommendations

Leadership

For companies building authority across priority categories

$10,500

  • AI visibility monitoring across category-level topics
  • 4 content assets per month (blogs, landing pages, long-form)
  • Ongoing structural and performance optimization
  • Category-level keyword and topic mapping
  • Competitive positioning analysis
  • Quarterly growth roadmap
  • Monthly reporting with strategic recommendations
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Frequently Asked Questions

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Not sure which Package or Program is right for you?

Let's set up a quick call to discuss your goals and needs and go from there. 

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