SEO/AEO Sprint

Rank in Google. Get cited by AI. The search visibility Sprint built for the AI era.

The SEO/AEO Sprint is a fixed-price search visibility engagement that delivers a complete strategy for ranking in traditional search engines — and getting cited by AI answer engines including Perplexity, ChatGPT Search, and Google AI Overviews. It is built for businesses that understand search is no longer just Google, and that the rules for being found are changing faster than most SEO retainers can keep up with.

Commonwealth Marketing builds SEO/AEO Sprints through CMOS — our AI-powered audit and analysis platform — combining technical site analysis with content architecture strategy, all validated by a senior human consultant. You receive a deployment-ready plan and prioritised action list, not a generic keyword report.

Price: £2,500 | Delivered in: 14 days

What is the SEO/AEO Sprint?

The SEO/AEO Sprint is built for founders, marketing directors, and content leads who want to improve their brand's visibility in both traditional search and the new landscape of AI-generated answers. It is particularly valuable if:

  • You are investing in content but not ranking for the terms that matter to your business

  • You are aware of AI search engines like Perplexity and Google AI Overviews but do not know how to ensure your brand is cited rather than your competitors

  • Your website has not had a structured SEO audit in the last 12 months

  • You are launching a new product, service, or website and want to build search visibility from day one

  • You want to future-proof your content strategy for the shift from keyword search to answer-based discovery

Who is the SEO/AEO Sprint for?

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is the practice of structuring a website and its content to rank highly in traditional search engine results pages — primarily Google and Bing. It focuses on keyword strategy, technical site health, on-page content signals, and link authority.

AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) is the emerging practice of structuring content so that AI-powered answer engines — including Perplexity, ChatGPT Search, Google AI Overviews, and Bing Copilot — extract and cite it as an authoritative answer to user queries. AEO requires answer-first writing, structured data, entity clarity, and content architectures that AI systems can parse and attribute accurately.

Commonwealth Marketing's SEO/AEO Sprint addresses both disciplines together — because in 2025 and beyond, visibility requires both.

What is the difference between SEO and AEO?

What does the SEO/AEO Sprint include?

  1. Technical SEO Audit A structured review of your website's current technical health — covering site speed, crawlability, indexation, mobile performance, structured data, and Core Web Vitals. Identifies the fixes that have the highest impact on search visibility with a prioritised remediation list.

  2. Keyword & Topic Cluster Strategy A research-backed map of the primary keyword targets and semantic topic clusters your content should be built around — aligned to your actual commercial objectives, not just search volume. Includes both traditional SEO keywords and AEO query patterns (the questions your ideal customers are asking AI answer engines).

  3. Content Architecture Plan A structured content hierarchy and page-level brief map showing which pages need to be created, optimised, or restructured to capture your priority search and answer opportunities. Includes on-page guidance, internal linking logic, and recommended heading structures for both SEO and AEO optimisation.

  4. AEO Formatting Guide A bespoke guide to rewriting and structuring your key pages for AI engine citation — covering answer-first writing patterns, FAQ schema implementation, entity clarity guidelines, and structured data recommendations.

How does the SEO/AEO Sprint work?

  1. Discovery: You complete an intake form covering your business, target audience, current search performance, and commercial objectives. A virtual kick-off aligns priorities and identifies the highest-value areas to address.

  2. CMOS Processing: The Commonwealth Marketing Operating System runs your site audit, competitive keyword analysis, and AEO gap assessment — aggregating technical, content, and competitor data into a structured starting point.

  3. Human Validation: A senior Commonwealth consultant with direct SEO and content strategy experience reviews and refines the audit, builds the keyword and topic strategy, and writes the Content Architecture Plan and AEO Formatting Guide.

  4. Delivery: All Sprint outcomes are delivered within 14 days of Discovery, with a consultant-led walkthrough covering the audit findings, strategic priorities, and implementation sequence.

Why does AEO matter for your business?

AI search is not a future trend — it is the current reality. Google AI Overviews now appear on the majority of informational search queries. Perplexity is one of the fastest-growing search platforms in the world. ChatGPT Search is used by hundreds of millions of users. In each of these systems, the brands that get cited are not necessarily the ones with the most backlinks — they are the ones whose content is structured to be extracted, attributed, and presented as an answer.

Businesses that invest in AEO alongside traditional SEO today will compound a significant discoverability advantage over the next 24 months. Businesses that wait will find themselves invisible in the channels where their buyers are increasingly looking first.

The SEO/AEO Sprint is Commonwealth Marketing's answer to this shift — a structured, senior-led strategy that positions your brand for both the Google results page and the AI answer.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Answer engine optimisation (AEO) is the practice of structuring website content so that AI-powered answer engines — including Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT Search, and Bing Copilot — extract and cite it as an authoritative response to user queries. Unlike traditional SEO, which focuses on ranking position, AEO focuses on being cited as a source within AI-generated answers.

  • SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is the practice of ranking in traditional search engine results pages through keyword strategy, technical site health, and content quality. AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) is the emerging discipline of structuring content for extraction and citation by AI answer engines. The two disciplines overlap but require different content and technical strategies — Commonwealth Marketing's SEO/AEO Sprint addresses both simultaneously.

  • Ranking in AI search engines requires answer-first content writing, structured data markup (including FAQ schema), clear entity definition, topical authority within a specific subject area, and content architecture that AI systems can parse and attribute accurately. Commonwealth Marketing's SEO/AEO Sprint delivers a tailored AEO strategy covering all of these elements.

  • Commonwealth Marketing's SEO/AEO Sprint is priced at £2,500, fixed — delivering a technical audit, keyword strategy, content architecture plan, and AEO formatting guide in 14 days. Traditional SEO retainers for equivalent strategic scope typically run up to £5,000 per month, with no defined output or fixed timeline.

  • The SEO/AEO Sprint includes four guaranteed outcomes: a Technical SEO Audit, a Keyword and Topic Cluster Strategy, a Content Architecture Plan, and a bespoke AEO Formatting Guide. All four outcomes are delivered within 14 days of the Discovery session.