Are GEO and AEO the same thing with different names?

No. There is technical overlap in the foundations, but AEO optimises for traditional search engines and their direct answer blocks, while GEO optimises specifically for generative language models.

Do I need to implement llms.txt and ai.json separately?

Yes, they serve complementary but distinct purposes: llms.txt guides AI crawlers through the site, while ai.json provides structured metadata about the brand itself.

Does high RAG-Readiness guarantee a high GEO Score?

Not necessarily. RAG-Readiness measures technical content readiness; GEO Score measures whether that content has already been incorporated into the models' organic knowledge — there can be a time gap between the two.

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