Answer Engine Optimization
Is your site visible to
AI search engines?
Get a comprehensive audit of how ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude see your website, with a scored report and step-by-step playbook to fix it.
Results in ~15 minutes · Audit report + implementation playbook PDFs included
How it works
We crawl your site
Up to 20 pages analyzed for schema markup, heading structure, meta tags, robots.txt, and sitemap configuration.
We analyze everything
7-category analysis covering schema markup, E-E-A-T signals, crawler access, heading structure, competitive positioning, and query simulations.
You get two deliverables
An Audit Report PDF with your overall score (0 to 100) across 7 categories, plus an Implementation Playbook PDF with prioritized fixes and code templates you can hand to your dev team.
What's in the report
Schema Markup Audit
Page-by-page JSON-LD analysis checking for LocalBusiness, FAQPage, HowTo, Organization, Breadcrumb, and Article schemas, with ready-to-paste fix templates.
E-E-A-T Signal Check
Scores your author information, trust signals, and FAQ coverage. Identifies pages missing expertise markers that answer engines rely on.
Crawlability & AI Access
Tests whether GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended can actually reach your pages. Flags robots.txt and sitemap issues.
Query Simulations
We generate 10 queries your customers would actually search and send them to an AI assistant that searches the web and cites sources. You see whether your site gets referenced, your citation position, which competitors outrank you, and exactly what content you're missing for each query.
Competitor Gap Analysis
We identify who's winning the queries you should own, then break down exactly why: which schemas they have that you don't, what content topics they cover that you're missing, where their authority signals are stronger, and which FAQ topics they've claimed.
Implementation Playbook
A separate PDF with every fix ranked by impact and effort. Includes ready-to-paste JSON-LD schemas, XML sitemap templates, quick wins you can ship in under an hour, and a monthly monitoring checklist.
Frequently asked questions
What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?+
AEO is the practice of optimizing your website so AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude can find, understand, and recommend your content. Unlike traditional SEO which focuses on ranking in Google's blue links, AEO ensures your site appears in AI-generated answers.
How is AEO different from traditional SEO?+
Traditional SEO optimizes for keyword rankings in search engine results pages. AEO goes further by ensuring AI crawlers can access your content, your structured data is machine-readable, and your E-E-A-T signals are strong enough for AI engines to cite you as a trusted source.
What does the AEO audit check?+
The audit scores 7 weighted categories across up to 20 pages: schema markup, E-E-A-T signals, competitive gap analysis, crawlability and AI crawler access, query simulations, competitor positioning, and heading structure. Each category is scored 0 to 100 and rolled into an overall AEO score.
How long does the audit take?+
Results are delivered in approximately 15 minutes. Your site is crawled, analyzed across 7 categories, and two downloadable PDFs are generated automatically: a scored audit report and a step-by-step implementation playbook.
Is this a subscription?+
No. The AEO audit is a one-time $99 payment. There are no recurring charges, no monthly fees, and no hidden costs. You receive two downloadable PDFs: an Audit Report with your scores, competitive analysis, and query simulation results, plus an Implementation Playbook with prioritized fixes and ready-to-paste code templates. Both are yours forever.
How do the query simulations work?+
We analyze your site to understand your business, then generate 10 queries your potential customers would actually search, like "best [your service] in [your city]" or "how to [problem you solve]." Each query is sent to an AI assistant that searches the web and cites its sources. For each query, you see whether your site gets referenced, your citation position, the competitors that outrank you, and what content gaps are keeping you out of the results.
What does the competitor analysis cover?+
We identify which competitors are winning the queries you should own, then break down exactly why. The report compares you head-to-head on four dimensions: schema gaps (which structured data types they have that you don't), content gaps (topics and pages they cover that you're missing), authority gaps (trust signals like author bios, credentials, and reviews), and FAQ gaps (questions they answer that you haven't addressed). Each gap comes with a specific fix.
Which AI search engines does the audit cover?+
The crawler access check parses your robots.txt and reports whether you allow or block each major AI crawler: GPTBot and ChatGPT-User (ChatGPT), ClaudeBot and Anthropic (Claude), PerplexityBot (Perplexity), Google-Extended (Google AI Overviews), and CCBot (Common Crawl). The query simulations send 10 real customer questions to an AI assistant that searches the web and cites sources, so you can see whether your site gets referenced and who outranks you.
Stop losing traffic to competitors
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