AEO Report Documentation
Understanding your AI Engine Optimization analysis
What is AEO Analysis?
AEON analyzes your website's readiness for AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Our comprehensive report examines 45+ parameters across 7 major categories to measure how well your content is optimized for discovery and citation by AI systems.
Report Sections
1. Brand Visibility (20% weight)
Measures how frequently and favorably your brand appears in AI responses compared to competitors.
- Brand Mention Frequency: How often your brand appears in AI engine responses
- Citation Quality: Authority and context of sources citing your brand
- Competitive Position: Your ranking vs. competitors in AI citations
- Sentiment Analysis: Positive vs. negative brand mentions
2. Structured Data (18% weight)
Evaluates Schema.org markup implementation enabling AI engines to parse and understand your content.
- Schema Coverage: Essential schemas like Organization, Article, FAQPage
- JSON-LD Quality: Proper implementation and validation
- FAQPage Schema: Q&A markup (boosts citations by up to 180%)
- Article Schema: Author, dates, and publisher information
3. Content Readiness (17% weight)
How well your content is structured for AI extraction and citation.
- Answer-First Format: Direct answers in first 40-60 words
- FAQ Sections: Presence and quality of question-answer content
- Heading Hierarchy: Logical H1-H6 structure
- Information Density: Comprehensive topic coverage
- Content Freshness: Recent updates and publication dates
4. Technical Accessibility (15% weight)
Technical factors affecting AI crawler access and content processing.
- Robots.txt Configuration: Proper AI crawler permissions
- Page Speed: Core Web Vitals and loading performance
- Mobile Readiness: Responsive design and mobile optimization
- Indexability: No blocking meta tags or directives
- Zero Duplicate Content: Unique, original content
5. AI Crawler Signals (12% weight)
Specific optimizations for AI-powered crawlers.
- CCBot Access: Permissions for Common Crawl bot
- GPTBot Configuration: OpenAI crawler settings
- Claude Bot: Anthropic crawler access
- Perplexity Bot: PerplexityBot permissions
- AI-TXT Protocol: Machine-readable AI directives
6. Authority Signals (10% weight)
Trust and credibility indicators following Google's E-E-A-T guidelines.
- Author E-E-A-T: Author bios, credentials, and expertise
- Internal Linking: Topic authority and site structure
- External Citations: Links to authoritative sources
- Content Originality: Unique insights and research
- Topic Authority: Comprehensive subject matter coverage
7. Voice Search Readiness (8% weight)
Optimization for voice assistants and conversational AI.
- Natural Language: Conversational, question-based content
- Featured Snippets: Optimization for position zero
- Concise Answers: Brief, direct responses (<500 characters)
- Question Formats: Who, what, when, where, why, how structure
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