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The Business Case for AEO

AI answers absorb clicks and concentrate the rest on cited sources. This lesson builds the board-ready case.

Learning objectives

  • ▸Explain the click-to-citation shift.
  • ▸Cite the demand-side data.
  • ▸Frame the board narrative.

The lesson

Read the full lesson →The Business Case for AEOAI answers are absorbing the clicks search used to send — Seer found organic CTR fell ~61% on AI Overview queries — while the citations concentrate traffic on a few named sources. The business case for AEO is simple — be one of those sources, or cede the category's highest-intent demand to whoever is.4 min read

Key takeaways

  • ▸Seer found organic CTR fell about 61% on AI Overview queries.
  • ▸Cited sources capture the surviving, higher-intent clicks.
  • ▸The ask is modest; inaction cedes demand.

Knowledge check

Knowledge check

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  1. 1. What is the core shift behind the business case?

  2. 2. What did Seer find on AI Overview queries?