answerengineagencies.comThe directory is built from one database of agency records. Each record holds facts, and each fact holds the URL it was read from. Pages are generated from the database at build time, so a page cannot show a fact that is not in a record with its source.
Sources
- The agency's own website first: service pages, pricing, terms, case studies, about and contact pages.
- Then public third-party profiles: Clutch, G2, LinkedIn and official partner directories of the platforms.
- Never another ranking or review list. We do not copy facts from other "best agency" pages.
If a fact is not public, the page says "not published". We do not estimate prices or guess terms.
What puts an agency on a page
| Page | Rule |
|---|---|
| Service directory | The agency sells the service on a page (or clearly named section) of its own site. A blog post about a topic is not a service. |
| Industry page | The agency's own site shows the industry: an industry page, a named case, a client logo, or the industry named in its list of industries served. "We work with all industries" puts it on no industry page. |
| Country page | The agency's headquarters or an office with an address or city in that country, from its own site or LinkedIn. |
GEO, AEO, LLM SEO and AI SEO are one service here: agencies sell them under different names for the same work, so separate pages would repeat the same list.
Thresholds
A service or segment page is published only when 5 or more agencies qualify. Below that, the page is not generated. If a published page falls below the threshold at a monthly check, it carries a note for one month and then redirects to its service directory; the change is logged in the changelog.
Sorting
Every list is sorted A–Z by agency name. Position on a page says nothing about quality, and no agency can pay to move up or to be listed.
Prices
The entry price shown for a service is the lowest monthly price the agency publishes for it. If none of its prices is monthly, the first published price is shown with its period (one-off, per year, per post). Prices are copied as written, in the agency's currency, with a link to the page. Many agencies quote on request; those show "not published".
AI mentions
We track how often ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity name agencies when buyers ask about these services. Mention counts will be published on separate leaderboard pages once the tracked brand list covers every agency in the directory. Until then they are not shown, because a partial list would undercount agencies that are not yet tracked.
Updates
- Monthly: prices, terms, service pages and thresholds are re-checked; dates on the pages change with them.
- On request: agencies and readers can send corrections with a source URL — see for agencies.
- Every added or removed agency, price change and published or retired page goes into the changelog.