Reply To: I want to learn more about SEO, but since AI has emerged, should I concentrate more on AEO/GEO or SEO? Additionally, offer recommendations for additional SEO practice.

[Pharoah350]

ur asking the wrong question…

it’s not SEO vs AEO vs GEO… it’s understanding that they’re all just “get found when people look for solutions”

everyone’s panicking about AI overviews killing SEO but missing that search behavior is just fragmenting, not dying…

people still need answers, they’re just asking in more places (google, chatgpt, perplexity, reddit)

the reason gurus are pushing “pivot to AEO now!” is bc it creates urgency to buy their new course…

but the fundamentals haven’t changed: solve a specific problem better than everyone else and distribution follows

here’s what actually works:

stop treating these as separate skills and focus on the underlying mechanic: intent matching

whether someone asks google, ChatGPT, or reddit “best CRM for small business”… they want the same answer… the platform just changes how u format it

ur 90-day play:

– one micro-niche u understand deeply (not “fitness”… something like “home gym equipment for apartments under 500 sq ft”)
– create 10 pieces of content answering the top 10 questions in that niche
– format each piece for multiple platforms: blog post (SEO), structured data (AEO), reddit comment (social SEO), twitter thread (discovery)

ur building topic authority that works across search platforms instead of optimizing for one algorithm that might change tomorrow

platforms reward depth over breadth… one person who owns “apartment home gyms” beats someone who writes surface-level shit about “fitness” everywhere

most people won’t do this bc they want to learn “advanced SEO tactics” instead of just publishing useful shit consistently (uncomfortable but it’s literally the only thing that compounds)

for practice:

– take a subreddit in ur niche and study the top 20 questions asked monthly
– write better answers than what currently ranks on google for those questions
– publish them on a simple blog (wordpress is fine)
– track which ones get organic traffic in 60 days
– double down on topics that got traction

10 pieces of content that actually help people > 100 pieces of “SEO optimized” garbage that doesn’t

alternative if ur impatient: find AI tools people are asking about on reddit/twitter (“best AI for X”), test them autistically for a week, then write the definitive comparison guide…

that intent is HIGH value rn and nobody’s covering it well yet

focus on solving problems in public regardless of platform… optimization is just distribution strategy after u have something worth distributing

or keep learning acronyms and waiting for the “right strategy” while others just publish and iterate. ur call.