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Visibility Optimization with TYPO3 (SEO, GEO & AEO)

For companies to remain visible online, websites today must be optimized equally for classic search engines (SEO), AI search engines (GEO), and direct answer systems (AEO). TYPO3 provides an ideal technical foundation for this.

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SEO / AEO / GEO Explained

What is SEO? (Search Engine Optimization)

SEO stands for search engine optimization. It involves improving a website so that it is found more easily on Google. The goal of SEO is a higher ranking in Google's classic, organic search results.

What is GEO? (Generative Engine Optimization)

GEO means optimization for AI search engines or AI agents such as ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews. The goal of GEO is to be mentioned more often in AI answers or used as a source.

What is AEO? (Answer Engine Optimization)

AEO refers to optimizing content so that it is selected as directly as possible as a concrete answer by search and answer systems – for example in featured snippets, voice assistants, Google AI Overviews, or AI chatbots.

In simple terms

  • SEO: How do I achieve a good position in the results list?
  • AEO: How do I become the direct answer to a question?
  • GEO: How do I get considered by generative AI as a relevant and trustworthy source?

Search Engine Optimization Measures

There are numerous ways to optimize your website for search engines. The most important ones are:

  • High-quality, relevant and regularly updated content – Google's "helpful content" principle should be observed here
  • Increasing visitor engagement (time on page): easy usability, responsiveness, fast load times, easy accessibility, etc.
  • Good machine readability (content structure, logical navigation paths, structured data, sitemaps, robots.txt, metadata, etc.)
  • Visitor safety (HTTPS, Content Security Policy, up-to-date technologies, etc.)
  • High visibility (e.g. backlinks, social media, local visibility)
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Play by the rules: Don't try to "outsmart" search engines. Sooner or later, this leads to painful penalties from which your domain – if at all – only recovers very slowly. We recommend reading Google's Webmaster Guidelines.

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The Essentials of SEO and GEO with TYPO3

  • verified

    TYPO3 & E-E-A-T: E-E-A-T tells Google whether content is factually accurate, credible and trustworthy. Websites with high E-E-A-T rank more consistently and are cited more often in AI answers.

  • smart_toy

    AI Optimization: Optimizing the website for AI agents such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overviews – with clear content structures and semantic HTML.

  • place

    Local SEO: Local search engine optimization increases your website's visibility for local search queries.

  • table_chart

    Structured Data: It helps search engines better understand your content and is considered one of the most important technical SEO measures – more on this in our article Structured Data with TYPO3.

  • monitoring

    Matomo: A tracking tool that stands out compared to Google Analytics as particularly privacy-friendly.

  • edit_note

    SEO for TYPO3 Editors: Everything editors can do in their day-to-day work to optimize the website for search engines.

  • tune

    TYPO3 "seo" Extension: TYPO3 offers its own system extension that includes important functions for on-page search engine optimization, among other things.

  • speed

    Pagespeed Optimization: Fast load times are an important criterion for user experience and have a major impact on search engine ranking.

  • link

    Domains, URLs and Slugs: Search engine crawlers gain insights into a website's content structure from the domain and structural URL layout.

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    Web-safe Fonts: Fonts available by default on every system – they don't need to be loaded separately, which improves load times.

  • description

    Metadata Optimization: Particularly SEO-relevant are the title and description, which are usually not directly visible to visitors.

  • link_off

    Link Validator: Automatically checks outgoing links in TYPO3 for validity, avoiding unwanted 404 errors.

  • shield

    TYPO3 and Security: Google places great importance on security ("trust"). A more secure website is also rewarded with a better ranking – more on this on our TYPO3 Security page.

  • image

    Image Optimization with TYPO3: Web-optimized images at the maximum resolution required for each device (desktop/tablet/smartphone) contribute significantly to a better user experience.

SEO: An Ongoing Exercise in Patience

Search engine optimization is an ongoing, iterative process. By regularly reviewing, updating, and adjusting your content, meta tags, social media channels, etc., you sustainably improve your website's ranking, as well as visibility, visitor numbers, and conversions.

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Whether SEO audit, AI optimization or technical groundwork – we advise you free of charge on the most sensible next steps.

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