AEO Improvement
What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)? The 2026 Guide
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of making your website more likely to be cited by AI search engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Learn how it differs from SEO and how to get started.
Audit, simulate, improve, and monitor
AEO Improvement checks citability, brand authority, AI crawler access, technical SEO, schema markup, and per-platform readiness. Recommendations include their evidence source and remain in a domain-level checklist until the user marks them complete.
Current methodology
Citation-path bots are scored separately from training bots. OAI-SearchBot controls ChatGPT search discovery while GPTBot is used for model training. llms.txt is treated as optional because it is not a demonstrated citation gate. Fresh, server-visible content and explicit last-updated dates receive higher priority.