Colleen Newlin
12.17.2025
12.17.2025
If you’ve been online lately, you’ve probably noticed a lot of acronyms floating around: AI SEO, AEO, GEO, LLMO and more. At first glance, it might feel like the industry is inventing a new term every week.
But the truth is, they’re all pointing to the same thing: making your brand visible to the audiences and AI systems that actually shape decisions today.
Think of this as the umbrella for using AI-powered insights and tools to improve content performance in search. It blends traditional SEO principles with data-driven optimization to ensure your content is found and understood by both humans and AI.
Optimizing your content to be pulled as a direct answer by AI tools like Google’s AI Overviews, Bing Copilot and ChatGPT. This involves crafting content that’s clear, structured, helpful content that AI can quote directly rather than simply link to.
Focused on AI platforms that synthesize information into conversational responses. GEO ensures your brand and content are part of the answers these systems generate, rather than just appearing in lists.
LLMO is similar to GEO, but focuses specifically on optimizing for the large language models that power AI systems. The goal is to make your content credible, relevant and likely to be cited in AI-generated responses.
Search behavior is evolving. People no longer just type keywords; they ask questions in natural, conversational language and expect precise, contextual answers. While traditional SEO still matters, the focus has shifted. It’s no longer enough to be visible, but rather, your content must also be trusted and understood by AI systems that influence how audiences discover your brand.
Call it AI SEO, AEO, GEO, LLMO — the goal is the same. Make sure your brand gets found, understood and trusted in every search experience, whether human or AI.
At BRK Marketing, we turn these acronyms into real strategies that helps your business show up where it matters most and get chosen when it counts.