SEO and AISO are related, but they are not the same thing. SEO focuses on helping pages rank in search engines. AISO focuses on helping organizations become understandable and referenceable in AI-generated answers.
In simple terms: SEO helps people find your page. AISO helps AI systems understand and mention your business.
| SEO | AISO |
|---|---|
| Optimizes pages for search rankings | Optimizes entities for AI understanding and mention |
| Focuses on keywords, links, and crawlability | Focuses on clarity, trust, structure, and referenceability |
| Main output is search traffic | Main output is AI visibility and answer inclusion |
| Useful for traditional search journeys | Useful for AI-assisted discovery journeys |
Globalcare treats SEO and AISO as complementary. SEO improves search visibility. AISO improves AI interpretability and referenceability.