65% of search queries trigger AI answers. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini — they recommend businesses every day. The ones with proper schema and structured content get cited. Everyone else gets nothing.
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28 signals. 6 categories. The exact checkpoints AI uses to decide who gets cited and who gets ignored.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of structuring website content so AI search engines can find, understand, and cite it. This means adding schema markup, creating llm.txt files, and formatting content as direct answers that AI can extract and reference.
| Score | Grade | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 90-100 | A+/A | AI-ready — actively being cited |
| 70-89 | B | Good foundation, minor gaps |
| 50-69 | C/D | Significant gaps — AI struggles to cite you |
| 0-49 | F | Invisible to AI search engines |
According to schema.org, structured data helps search engines understand content. Google Search Central confirms that JSON-LD is the recommended format for structured data implementation.
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