20/08/2026
When a parent asks ChatGPT "what are the best independent schools in the UK?" does your school come up in the answer?
A quiet but significant shift is happening in how people find organisations online. AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews are increasingly the first stop, not just a second opinion. So the question is: is your website structured in a way that AI can actually read, understand, and cite?
This is what's being called Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) - and unlike traditional SEO, it's less about keywords and more about clarity: clear structure, authoritative content, and direct, useful answers to the questions your audience is actually asking.
HubSpot recently published a practical guide on how to rank in AI search results. The core principles - extraction-ready content, natural language alignment, building brand mentions across credible sources - translate directly to the kind of website work we do for education and membership clients.
It's early days, but the organisations that get this right now will have a meaningful edge over those that catch up later. ๐ cursor.co.uk/contact