The AEO Report

Vol. 1 · Issue 1

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About The AEO Report

Independent editorial on the AI search era — for the people signing the checks.

Who's behind this

Editor & Founder

David Corey

Greater Seattle Area

U.S. Air Force veteran · IT networking

David is the founder of ByteBox LLC , a veteran-owned digital marketing consultancy specializing in Answer Engine Optimization and SEO for businesses in the Puget Sound region. He launched The AEO Report in 2026 as the publication he wished existed when his own clients started asking why their brands weren't showing up in ChatGPT.

Editorial here runs independently of any ByteBox client engagement. Vendor assessments are not influenced by paid relationships — see the disclosure below.

Reach him at david@theaeoreport.com or LinkedIn.

The AEO Report is independent editorial research on Answer Engine Optimization — the discipline of getting brands cited, mentioned, and recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude.

We exist because the AEO category lacks what every emerging discipline needs: a trade publication of record. Every other site in the space is either a tool company writing about its own product, an SEO incumbent recycling old advice, or a solo Substack with no programmatic depth. We're built to be none of those.

Editorial principles

Independent.
We don't sell an AEO tool. We don't take vendor money for editorial placement. When we recommend a tool, it's because we tested it.
Buyer-first.
We write for the people deciding what to buy or build, not the practitioners learning what an acronym means. Our default reader is a CMO, VP Marketing, or agency owner with budget authority.
Decision-grade.
Every piece ends with a recommendation, a benchmark, or a checklist. We don't ship "it depends" essays. Our content makes you ready to act before the next planning cycle.
Methodologically transparent.
When we publish data — prompt sweeps, brand visibility scores, vendor comparisons — we publish the methodology too. You should be able to replicate our findings.

What we cover

Contact

Editorial
david@theaeoreport.com
Tip lines
tips@theaeoreport.com — anonymous tips welcome
Pitches
We accept guest research from senior practitioners with first-party data. Pitch first; don't send a finished draft.
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Disclosure

The AEO Report is published by the team behind ByteBox, an AEO/SEO consultancy. Editorial is walled from services: we do not sell an AEO tool, we take no vendor placement fees, and tool assessments are not influenced by any ByteBox client relationship. Nothing in our editorial is gated behind the consultancy. If you want hands-on implementation help, ByteBox is the connected practice — but the reporting stands on its own, and we'd rather you disagree with us than buy anything.

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