The overlap
AEO does not replace SEO. Crawlable pages, technical health, fast performance, helpful content, and authority signals still matter.
The difference
SEO often optimizes for rankings and clicks. AEO optimizes for whether AI can produce a useful, sourced answer that includes your business.
The practical takeaway
Keep your SEO foundation, then add answer-first pages, direct FAQs, entity clarity, schema, reviews, and profile consistency.