Manufacturing AEO

A practitioner’s wiki on answer-engine optimization for manufacturers. Built for engineers, product marketers, and web teams who need their products and documentation to be quotable, citable, and findable in AI Overviews, ChatGPT/Perplexity answers, and enterprise AI search.

Start with the hub page, or browse the silos below.

Fundamentals

• Manufacturing AEO
• How Manufacturing AEO works
• Strategy for answer engines
• Site architecture for AEO

Content & Entities

• Content for AI retrieval
• Entity & schema for AI visibility
• schema.org for industrial products
• Product taxonomy & attributes
• Handling part numbers & MPN
• Knowledge graphs for manufacturers

AI Surfaces & Measurement

• AI Overviews for manufacturers
• Measurement & citations
• Citations & quotability

Technical Foundations

• Technical foundations for AEO
• AI retrieval: structured vs vectors
• PLM/ERP → web pipelines
• CAD/BOM content surfacing

People & Vendors

• How to choose an AEO partner
• Agencies

Reference

• Glossary
• About, policy & changelog