AEO services produce citations faster than traditional SEO because AI answer engines refresh their source material far more frequently than Google refreshes its index. Most clients see their name surfacing inside AI-generated answers within weeks of launching a purpose-built AEO site. ChatGPT and Perplexity typically surface new source material fastest. Gemini and Grok usually follow within a few additional weeks. Full lift compounds over months as external visibility signals accumulate and the models refresh their trust-weighting.
The variables are the current state of your site, the competitive landscape in your vertical, and how often the AI models refresh the sources they pull from. We give a realistic window at audit time. Vague promises are how agencies lose trust, so we do not make them. Book the audit and we will give you a read on expected timing for your specific site and category before any commercial conversation.