Answer Engine Optimization
Ranking has quietly stopped meaning getting found. In 2026 your buyer asks an AI a question and gets one answer built from a handful of sources. Either your business is one of those sources, or it does not exist in that moment. Answer engine optimization is the work of becoming a source the answer is built from.
The reframe
The value does not vanish. It moves. When a buyer reads one synthesized answer instead of scrolling, the brands named inside that answer capture the attention that used to go to the top organic result. This is the one thing almost no SEO provider in the Philippines actually does. I'm Mark Buraga, an independent SEO consultant, and getting businesses cited and mentioned inside AI answers (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) is the specialty this page is about.
The deliverable
A GEO / AEO engagement covers four things, measured by citation, not just rank.
The proof
Most "AEO" offers are ordinary SEO repackaged with a new label and a higher price. So I will do the opposite of a pitch: give me one question your buyers actually ask an AI, and I will show you who it cites today, why, and the specific structural gap keeping you out of it. That is the work, done in front of you, before any retainer.
Honesty gate
AEO will not help if your site cannot be crawled, you have no genuine expertise to encode, or you need customers this week. It compounds over months and rewards real depth, not budget. The advantage of that last point: AI engines reward niche expertise and clean structure over size and ad spend, so a focused business can out-position a bigger competitor here. If it will not work for you, I will tell you and point you somewhere that will.
Local edge
For Philippine businesses, deep local knowledge is a citation advantage. Encoding the local context that generic providers miss, the areas you serve, local terms, PH-specific corroboration, is exactly what lets an AI cite a local source with confidence. AI-search visibility is part of every plan, starting at the $799/month founder rate, with a $599/month Founding Client rate for the first five clients. Full pricing is on the services page.
FAQ
Start here
Give me one query your buyers ask an AI, and I will show you who it cites today and the gap keeping you out of it, before any retainer.