Hey AEO Community! - 🎥 Here you'll find the latest "State Of AEO" call recordings. - ❓Also you'll be able to ask questions in advance! (Specially useful for people that cannot make it to the call!) So every week make sure to: 1️⃣ Check out the latest "State of AEO" call recording. 2️⃣ Send Us your questions to the next Call!

We’re looking for a host for the AEO Show, a podcast focused on the future of search and AI-driven discovery. You will interview founders, marketers, and technical experts about the shift from SEO to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). Details - Pay: $100 per hour - Expected schedule: ~4 episodes per month - Production, editing, and logistics are fully handled for you - The show will receive significant promotional support - The entire Smart Marketer team is behind this project - This will be a high-visibility opportunity for the host Profit share may be available on paid ad placements accepted by the show Important: You do not need SEO or AEO knowledge to apply. The ideal host is someone who can ask great questions and guide conversations with technical experts. Technical curiosity helps, but the role is to represent the non-technical audience while interviewing technical guests. Apply here: https://forms.gle/RS5pWYaxEePpxJjR8

In today's call I got to share interesting new tools we're testing: As much as we're used to follow Google Analytics (GA4) as a trusted source of data, it's undeniable that the data layer is the most challenging one at this moment. I've been actively looking for a server side tracking tool that is accesible enough to share here, so far it seemed like those tools were highly technical and complex. But I've found a couple of really simple to set up and test for /Wordpress/: - Hueston LLM Bot Tracking. - Dark Visitors. -Attached you'll see a couple of screenshots of how they look like. Have you got any experience tracking AI bot traffic or you got any software recommendation?

Hey y'all! Checkout the AEO Audit we created: https://audit.aeo.co/ It's a work in progress. What do you think so far?

First, hello! Long time, no talk. Sorry I've been absent from the AEO group. @Julian Lopez took over (and crushed it) and I went off and did other things. Second, I owe y'all a huge apology. We launched this cohort to help us gather data, test, and figure out what the hell this AEO thing is. Everyone who joined signed up as a pioneer and put their faith and trust in us. THANK YOU!! Quick detour: For those of you who don't know. I'm dealing with some health issues and have been winding down my involvement in extracurricular activities (like starting new businesses). Because of that: I needed to find someone to partner with on the AEO front who could take the lead in building the company from a day-to-day perspective. I just don't have it in me right now. Good news: I found them!! Molly Pittman and Ezra Firestone of Smart Marketer were actually looking to launch an AEO service and so the timing was perfect. They're absorbing us into their company and taking the reigns from here. This lets me and Julian stay active in the "mad scientist" roles and brings in other grownups who want to actually run a business. It also brings us the financing, staff, and infrastructure necessary to really launch something meaningful. The reason I'm telling you this... I really, really screwed up. Here's how it happened (from my perspective): - My decades long health journey comes to a crossroads and I realize I need to buckle down and focus on getting well. - I pull the plug on everything other than Pareto (my main business). If I can't sell it, I just wind it down or give my share of the equity back. The only thing I can't let bring myself to let go of is AEO. - I post to Facebook in a desperate plea to find someone who can help take over AEO while still allowing me to stay involved. The response is overwhelming! Some massive names reach out and exciting conversations ensue. - I settle on Smart Marketer. They're an obvious choice and I've admired Molly for years and years. I'm so excited and also nervous because we need to move FAST! - We decide on what me and @Julian Lopez have known for a while: We have enough data. We just need to pull the trigger and go for it. We all agree we're going to bring on ten "test" clients for an initial phase of testing. - We pull together an application form. Smart Marketer goes to fire it off to their list and I go post it to my socials.