Published May 27, 2026 | Version v1
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AEO Methodology: A Reference Implementation for Engine Optimization Across AI-Mediated Retrieval Systems

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  • 1. ThatDevPro

Description

A reference implementation methodology for unified engine optimization (SEO + AEO + AIO + GEO + LLMO) using declarative AI-citation surfaces (llms.txt, llms-full.txt, aeo.json, entity.json, brand.json), live Schema.org JSON-LD injection via nginx SSI, and a 26-page canonical reference library of HTTP/HTML signals.

Companion software: aio-surfaces (Python) and seo-sidecar (FastAPI+nginx). Living reference at thatdevpro.com/reference.

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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139901957 (URL)
Is documented by
Other: https://www.thatdevpro.com/reference/ (URL)
Is supplemented by
Software: https://github.com/Janady13/aio-surfaces (URL)
Software: https://github.com/Janady13/seo-sidecar (URL)