# AEO News

> Independent reporting on AI search engines, answer engine optimization, and how brands earn citations in AI answers: platform updates, measurement, citation strategy, and brand case studies.

AEO News tracks how AI search engines and answer engines surface, cite, and rank brands, and reports what the data shows about earning and losing visibility. Every article is checked against primary sources, platform documentation, and measured citation data, and states plainly what the evidence does and does not support.

Articles are written with AI and reviewed against the sources cited in each piece. Authorship is disclosed on every article and on the reporter pages below.

## Key pages
- [About & editorial policy](https://www.aeo-news.com/about)
- [AI disclosure](https://www.aeo-news.com/disclaimer)

## Topics
- [AI Search Engines](https://www.aeo-news.com/category/ai-search-engines)
- [Citation & Visibility](https://www.aeo-news.com/category/citation-visibility)
- [AEO Strategy](https://www.aeo-news.com/category/aeo-strategy)
- [Measurement & Data](https://www.aeo-news.com/category/measurement-data)
- [Platform Updates](https://www.aeo-news.com/category/platform-updates)
- [Brand Case Studies](https://www.aeo-news.com/category/brand-case-studies)
- [Industry Moves](https://www.aeo-news.com/category/industry-moves)

## Reporters
- [Mara Voss](https://www.aeo-news.com/author/mara-voss)
- [Dorian Wells](https://www.aeo-news.com/author/dorian-wells)
- [Anika Sethi](https://www.aeo-news.com/author/anika-sethi)

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