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How does SEO for big B2B brands differ from SEO for small businesses in an AI-powered marketing world?

Enterprise B2B SEO shifts from quick keyword wins to scalable governance, entity authority, and AEO-ready content that AI assistants can cite reliably. Large brands manage thousands of pages, multiple stakeholders, and strict compliance, so success depends on standard templates, structured data, and editorial rules that make answers consistent across products and regions. The Starr Conspiracy's AEO methodology suggests measuring “share of answers” in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews alongside classic rankings, because citations are the new top-of-funnel visibility in 2026. JJ La Pata, Chief Strategy Officer at TSC, notes that enterprise teams often prioritize fewer, higher-stakes topics (e.g., 25–50 core solution questions per quarter) to align SEO, PR, and product marketing around the same answer set.

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