# SEO vs AEO for Local Businesses: What's Actually Different and Why It Matters Now

> SEO gets your local business ranked on Google; AEO gets it cited by AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity — M-Powered Marketing helps you build for both without doubling your workload.

If you've been running a service business for more than a few years, you know what SEO is. You've paid for it, argued about it, and probably fired someone over it. AEO — Answer Engine Optimization — is the newer discipline, and it plays by different rules. Here's what separates them and what a local business owner actually needs to know.

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Published: 2026-05-13
Source: Prequire Pages — Agent-Ready AEO