Ask Me Anything About Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Local Businesses

Hey everyone 👋 I’m Rahil, founder of upword.

We’re now live on Product Hunt, and I want to use this space to answer your real questions about surviving (and winning) in an AI-first search world.

Quick refresh: upword. helps local businesses become the actual answer customers see in Google AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity, instead of just another skipped blue link.

We’ve recently shipped:

• Rankmine: Track your visibility across AI answer engines

• Threadmine: Find Reddit questions in your niche to answer

• AEO Reports: Score your pages for AI crawler-friendliness

• Improved article generation from business expertise

What do you want to know?

• How does AEO differ from traditional SEO?

• Examples of businesses crushing it (or tanking) in AI answers?

• How to get started without a technical team?

• Will this even matter for [your business type]?

Drop any question below, I’ll answer everything personally today.

No topic off limits.