Can AI Find Your Podcast? A Real-World AEO Test

Can AI find your podcast? We’re digging into answer engine optimization (AEO), how it overlaps with podcast SEO, and whether making a few changes to an episode can help it show up in AI recommendations.

Jordan put it to the test with a Happy to Help episode that wasn’t appearing in her searches. After updating the title, description, transcript, and chapters, she tried again and the results surprised us! Sure, one experiment isn’t a magic formula, but it gives us some practical ideas to try improving discovery without re-recording anything.

We cover how to:

• Test your podcast using questions a potential listener would actually ask.
• Make episode titles and chapter names more specific.
• Use the “bite, snack, meal” approach to make information more digestible.
• Clean up transcript errors and make it clear who’s speaking.
• Help people find the full episode when they discover a clip.

Plus, we talk about Dial Flipper, a podcast discovery app that feels like flipping through radio stations, explain why your listener location stats might look off, and discuss whether podcast app ads are worth the money.

Try this with one of your episodes and send us Fan Mail with what you find. We’re curious to see whether your results surprise you, too!

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Thanks for listening and Keep Podcasting!