Answer Engine Optimisation

South Africa's First AEO Platform

SEO gets you into the list. AEO gets you quoted as the answer — by Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. Zamzi Connect is built to be cited, and the rankings prove it.

The proof, not the promise

An independent Google ranking — with not a cent of advertising spend behind it. As of October 2026.

Google ranking

Behind only Facebook and YouTube on a 70-search-a-month phrase.

Commission

Every lead your profile wins is yours. We never take a cut.

#3 on Google — behind Facebook and YouTube

Search a phrase with about 70 searches a month and the result page shows Facebook first, YouTube second, and Zamzi Connect third. A zero-commission platform built by a small South African team, outranking incumbents a hundred times its size — because the page is structured so both search engines and answer engines can read, trust and quote it.

What Answer Engine Optimisation actually means

When someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini a question like “who does this near me?”, they get one answer, with a handful of sources cited underneath — not ten links to compare. Google is heading the same way: its AI Overviews sit above the results and quote a few sources directly, and for question-shaped searches like “how much does this cost near me?” they already appear most of the time. The map pack and your ranking still matter — but more of the journey now happens inside an answer, and an answer can only quote what is written clearly. You have to be quotable.

That means machine-readable structure: schema.org data that names your business, your services and your location; HTML every crawler can read, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot; an llms.txt feed that tells AI systems where your facts live; and the same verifiable details everywhere your business appears.

That is what Zamzi Connect builds into every profile — and it is the same discipline that took a brand-new platform to #3 on Google behind Facebook and YouTube.

Questions about AEO and our rankings

What is AEO?: AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimisation. It is the practice of structuring your content so that AI answer engines — Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot — quote you as the source. Where SEO optimises for a list of blue links, AEO optimises for being the answer itself.
How is AEO different from SEO?: SEO ranks pages for keywords. AEO makes a business machine-citable: clear entity data, schema.org structured data, crawlable HTML for every crawler including GPTBot and ClaudeBot, an llms.txt feed, and consistent facts across the web. You still need SEO — AEO is what makes AI assistants pick you when they answer a buyer's question.
How did Zamzi Connect rank #3 behind Facebook and YouTube?: For a search phrase searched about 70 times a month, Zamzi Connect ranks third on Google — behind only Facebook and YouTube. There is no ad spend behind it: the ranking comes from structured, crawlable, entity-clear pages that search engines and answer engines can quote directly. It is the same discipline the platform sells to South African businesses.
How do I get my business cited by AI?: Create a Zamzi profile. It publishes your business as structured, schema-marked data with trust signals, pricing and contact details — the format answer engines quote. Profiles are crawlable by every major AI bot, and the platform never charges commission on the leads you win.

Get your business found — on Google and in AI answers

One profile, structured to be cited. No commission, ever.

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The proof, not the promise

An independent Google ranking — with not a cent of advertising spend behind it. As of October 2026.

Google ranking

Behind only Facebook and YouTube on a 70-search-a-month phrase.

Commission

Every lead your profile wins is yours. We never take a cut.

#3 on Google — behind Facebook and YouTube

What Answer Engine Optimisation actually means

That is what Zamzi Connect builds into every profile — and it is the same discipline that took a brand-new platform to #3 on Google behind Facebook and YouTube.

Questions about AEO and our rankings

What is AEO?

AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimisation. It is the practice of structuring your content so that AI answer engines — Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot — quote you as the source. Where SEO optimises for a list of blue links, AEO optimises for being the answer itself.

How is AEO different from SEO?

SEO ranks pages for keywords. AEO makes a business machine-citable: clear entity data, schema.org structured data, crawlable HTML for every crawler including GPTBot and ClaudeBot, an llms.txt feed, and consistent facts across the web. You still need SEO — AEO is what makes AI assistants pick you when they answer a buyer's question.

How did Zamzi Connect rank #3 behind Facebook and YouTube?

For a search phrase searched about 70 times a month, Zamzi Connect ranks third on Google — behind only Facebook and YouTube. There is no ad spend behind it: the ranking comes from structured, crawlable, entity-clear pages that search engines and answer engines can quote directly. It is the same discipline the platform sells to South African businesses.

How do I get my business cited by AI?

Create a Zamzi profile. It publishes your business as structured, schema-marked data with trust signals, pricing and contact details — the format answer engines quote. Profiles are crawlable by every major AI bot, and the platform never charges commission on the leads you win.