AEO Intelligence · August 31–September 6, 2026

AEO Intelligence Digest — Week of August 31, 2026

AEO has officially crossed into mainstream market infrastructure: G2 now lists it as a standalone software category, and every major SEO publication — Moz, Semrush, Ahrefs, Search Engine Land, and Search Engine Journal — has built a dedicated editorial cluster around AI visibility this week alone. The most actionable finding: OtterlyAI documented a 61% AI citation lift simply from appending the year to article titles, and BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) formatting is now consensus-level best practic