Free AEO Audit Tool
Check your website's AI search visibility in 60 seconds. Get scored across 6 critical AEO checks for ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude.
What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?
AEO is the practice of optimizing your content to be cited by AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and other generative AI systems. Unlike traditional SEO which targets search engines, AEO focuses on making your content easily extractable by AI.
The 6 Critical AEO Checks
- 1. AI Crawler Access (20 pts): Ensures GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot can access your site via robots.txt
- 2. llms.txt (15 pts): Validates presence of llms.txt file with sitemap and use case references
- 3. Structured Data (25 pts): Checks for JSON-LD schemas (WebSite, Person, BlogPosting, FAQPage)
- 4. Extractability (20 pts): Analyzes semantic HTML, heading hierarchy, and text-to-HTML ratio
- 5. AI Metadata (10 pts): Verifies canonical URLs, OpenGraph tags, and meta descriptions
- 6. Answer Format (10 pts): Checks for FAQ/HowTo schemas, lists, tables, and proper heading structure