An AI SEO agency in Singapore: which of the three jobs you are buying.
AI SEO, AEO and GEO get used as synonyms in proposals. They are not. One is about structure, one is about answers, one is about being named. Here is how to tell which one you were quoted for.
Same acronym soup, three different deliverables.
- AI SEOUsing AI to do SEO faster: briefs, drafts, clustering, internal links. The output is still a ranking. Deliverable: pages and structure.
- AEOAnswer engine optimisation: formatting so a page can be quoted — direct answers, schema, question-shaped headings. Deliverable: extractable pages.
- GEOGenerative engine optimisation: whether your name appears inside the generated answer, which depends on sources you do not own. Deliverable: a measured count and corrected sources.
- What most proposals sellAI SEO tools with a GEO label. Cheap to deliver, easy to invoice, and it does not change whether you are named.
Four lines to look for, and what each one tells you.
“We optimise for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity”
Ask what changes on your site as a result. If the answer is schema and headings, you are buying AEO — useful, but it will not create a third-party mention, which is what usually decides whether you are named. Schema makes you quotable; it does not make you recommended.
“We track your AI visibility”
Ask for last month's output. If it is a percentage with no question list and no raw answers, there is nothing to check. Our own check page shows what a usable record looks like: fixed questions, exact text, dates, engine.
“We will get you cited”
Nobody controls that. A published directory that ranks agencies in this market states the same rule in its own methodology: a real provider names GEO, AEO or LLM visibility as a service and links evidence, and generic “AI-powered SEO” wording is not enough. That is a sensible filter — apply it to us too.
“Our AI platform has 30+ tools”
Tool counts are procurement comfort, not outcomes. One agency here publishes a package from S$580 a month and a 32-tool platform on the same page. Ask instead how many questions, on how many engines, in which language, and who does the correction work when the answer is wrong.
Where TIY GEO sits, plainly.
We do the third job, and enough of the second to make it work. Fixed question set, four engines, one language to start, raw answers kept, source corrections made, monthly re-test. Ten questions, three months, then decide whether to widen. Our engagement page describes a week in the work.
We do not sell an AI content platform, and we will not quote a position. If what you actually need is more pages written faster, a competent AI-SEO freelancer is cheaper than us and a better fit. Saying so costs us a deal occasionally and saves both sides a quarter.
Four straight answers.
Do we need AI SEO and GEO?
Usually both, in that order. Pages that do not exist cannot be quoted. But if the budget only covers one, and buyers already ask assistants for recommendations in your category, GEO is the one that changes what a buyer reads.
Can we just use an AI writer and skip the agency?
For volume, yes, and it is often the right call. What a writer cannot do is correct a stale directory entry, get you into a partner page, or tell you whether last month's work changed the answer. That is the part we sell.
Is “AI SEO” a real service or a rebrand?
Both exist. The test is whether the deliverable is a ranking or a recorded answer. Ask which one, in writing, and the rebrand becomes obvious in one sentence.
What does an AEO-only engagement look like?
Schema, answer-shaped pages, clean headings, a fixed question set for structure, and a report on which pages are now extractable. No third-party work. It is a legitimate, narrower job — just do not expect it to change who gets shortlisted.
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