The short answer
Google describes optimizing for generative AI search as an extension of search-experience optimization — that is, of SEO. CiteAngle builds on technical SEO, people-first original content and entity fact consistency, then directly observes what AEO and GEO are named for: answer-level brand mentions and citations, plus AI Overviews (AIO) exposure — one integrated visibility read across search and AI answers. Google's official guide
Why this matters
Treat the new labels as a rename and nothing gets added to the plan. The rank report keeps arriving on schedule while the part of the decision that now happens inside an answer goes unmeasured.
Both layers are read in one round on the same questions and kept in separate columns, so you can see which of the two actually moved.
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