The Citavion method
How answer engine optimization works: invisible to cited in four moves.
AEO is not a bag of tricks. It is a sequence, where each step earns the next. You cannot be cited without being citable, and you cannot stay cited without staying current. Here is exactly how we move a firm through it.
How does answer engine optimization work, step by step?
AEO works in four steps: diagnose current citations, build answer-first content, establish attorney and off-page authority, then monitor and refresh. Each step earns the next, because you cannot be cited without being citable, or stay cited without staying current.
Map the answer landscape
Diagnose
We test the exact questions your ideal clients ask AI, engine by engine, and document who gets cited, what earned it, and where your firm stands today. You get a citation baseline and a prioritized roadmap.
Engineer citable answers
Build
Each priority question gets an answer-first page: the direct answer up top, jurisdiction and date named, structured for extraction, marked up with schema, and reviewed for compliance before it ships.
Establish the entity
Authorize
Credentialed attorney profiles, a consistent firm identity across the web, and off-page authority signals that tell answer engines your firm is the source to trust.
Monitor, refresh, defend
Sustain
We track citations across all five engines, refresh answers as the law changes, and defend the positions you have won from competitors trying to take them.
What to expect
How long does AEO take to work for a law firm?
Early movement, meaning featured snippets and AI Overview mentions, typically appears in 45 to 90 days, with broader citation growth building after that. Freshly changed legal topics can be won faster, because the field is still open.
Start with the Diagnose step.
The free Visibility Audit is step one of the method, and it costs you nothing. See exactly where your firm stands before deciding anything.