What is AEO (AI Engine Optimization)?

AEO is the practice of structuring your website so AI answer engines - ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude - can find, understand, and cite it. SEO gets you ranked in search results. AEO gets you into AI-generated answers. Different game, different rules.

Is AEO only relevant for large businesses?

Not at all. Small businesses, local providers, niche e-commerce stores, solo consultants - they all benefit from AI visibility. We've seen smaller sites with well-structured content outperform larger competitors who haven't optimized for AI engines. Size matters less than structure.

Can AEO help with voice search and smart assistants?

Yes. Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant increasingly pull AI-generated answers from web content. The same structured data, Q&A formatting, and entity authority that drive AEO also make your content the go-to source for voice search answers.

What is the difference between AI visibility and AI readiness?

Readiness is your technical foundation - whether your site has the right schema, llms.txt, clean HTML, and entity signals in place. Visibility is real-world performance - whether AI engines actually cite you when users ask relevant questions. You need readiness first, then visibility follows. Our audit measures readiness; our visibility analysis measures actual citation rates.

What does the free AEO audit include?

The free audit analyzes your website across 48 criteria that determine AI visibility, including llms.txt, Schema.org structured data, Q&A content format, clean crawlable HTML, entity authority, robots.txt AI policy, FAQ sections, original data, content freshness, fact density, canonical URLs, and more. You get a score out of 100 with specific findings and actionable recommendations.

adaptyvbio.com - AEO Audit Report | 54/100

SUMMER 2021 adaptyvbio.com

Moderate AI visibility with 26 of 48 criteria passing. Biggest gap: schema.org structured data.

Healthcare & Patient Advocacy Healthcare Technology

Scoring Methodology

How Your AEO Site Rank Is Calculated

A weighted average of 48 deterministic criteria. Each scored 0-10, each with a specific weight. No AI judgment calls - every point is traceable.

Weak visibilityOut of 100 possible points

The Formula

Score = sum(criterion_score / 10 * weight * 100) / sum(weights)

Each criterion is scored 0-10 by deterministic checks, multiplied by its weight, and summed to produce a 0-100 overall score.

Your Score Breakdown

Content9 criteria

Q&A Content Format15%5/10+7.5

FAQ Sections10%0/10+0.0

Original Data10%8/10+8.0

Content Freshness7%4/10+2.8

Direct Answer Paragraphs7%7/10+4.9

Fact & Data Density5%8/10+4.0

Definition Patterns4%7/10+2.8

Query-Answer Alignment8%4/10+3.2

Content Cannibalization5%5/10+2.5

Subtotal71%+35.7

Structure5 criteria

Schema.org JSON-LD15%0/10+0.0

Clean, Crawlable HTML10%9/10+9.0

Semantic HTML55%9/10+4.5

Table & List Extractability7%5/10+3.5

Schema Coverage3%0/10+0.0

Subtotal40%+17.0

Discovery5 criteria

llms.txt10%10/10+10.0

robots.txt for AI5%2/10+1.0

Internal Linking10%6/10+6.0

Sitemap Completeness5%0/10+0.0

RSS/Atom Feed3%0/10+0.0

Subtotal33%+17.0

Trust Signals6 criteria

Entity Authority10%5/10+5.0

Content Licensing4%0/10+0.0

Author & Expert Schema4%2/10+0.8

Canonical URL4%0/10+0.0

Content Velocity3%0/10+0.0

Visible Date Signals4%2/10+0.8

Subtotal29%+6.6

Overall Score100%54/100

Score Ranges

86-100AI-first content architecture

71-85Strong AI visibility

56-70Moderate visibility

41-55Weak visibility

26-40Minimal visibility

0-25Not on the radar

Key Points

Topic Coherence carries the highest weight at 14%, followed by Original Data at 10%, across 48 total criteria.

No HTTPS means Clean HTML is capped at 3/10, costing approximately 3-4 overall points.

Every criterion uses deterministic checks. Same site, same audit, same score - every time.

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Citation Avg

Answer Readiness

~40% weight

7/10

Content Structure

~25% weight

5/10

Trust & Authority

~15% weight

4/10

Technical Foundation

~10% weight

5/10

AI Discovery

~10% weight

3/10

Verdict

Below-average AEO readiness at 54/100 - multiple areas need attention. Key strengths include llms.txt File, Duplicate Content Blocks, and Cross-Page Duplicate Content. Priority gaps: Schema.org Structured Data, Comprehensive FAQ Section, and Sitemap Completeness.

Top priorities

Schema.org Structured DataTrust+10 pts

Comprehensive FAQ SectionStructure+10 pts

Sitemap CompletenessDiscovery+10 pts

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How to Improve

Current

54/100

Projected

82/100

41Total Fixes

12Quick Wins

~80hEst. Effort

Quick Wins

Create /llms.txt fileAdd question-based headingsConfigure robots.txt for AI crawlersImplement semantic HTML5 elementsAdd ai.txt and content licensingEnhance author and expert schemaImprove query-answer alignmentAdd visible date signalsImprove citation-ready writing qualityReduce extraction frictionEliminate cross-page duplicate contentImprove server response efficiency

Fix

Impact

Effort

Create /llms.txt file

Add a machine-readable llms.txt file at your domain root that describes your site, services, and key pages for AI engines.

critical

low

Create /llms.txt file

critical|low

Add llms-full.txt with extended content

Create a comprehensive llms-full.txt with detailed page descriptions, content summaries, and topic taxonomy.

medium

low

Add llms-full.txt with extended content

medium|low

Fix HTML structure and meta tags

Ensure clean, well-structured HTML with proper meta tags, HTTPS, and parseable content for AI crawlers.

medium

low

Fix HTML structure and meta tags

medium|low

Reduce document weight

Trim oversized HTML, excessive DOM nodes, and large inline payloads that slow AI crawlers.

critical

medium

Reduce document weight

critical|medium

Configure robots.txt for AI crawlers

Update robots.txt to explicitly allow AI crawlers and include sitemap directive.

high

trivial

Configure robots.txt for AI crawlers

high|trivial

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Score Breakdown

Criteria

Status

Potential

Score

Schema.org Structured Data

critical+10 pts0/10

Comprehensive FAQ Section

critical+10 pts0/10

Sitemap Completeness

critical+10 pts0/10

RSS/Atom Feed

critical+10 pts0/10

Content Licensing & AI Permissions

critical+10 pts0/10

Canonical URL Strategy

critical+10 pts0/10

Content Publishing Velocity

critical+10 pts0/10

Schema Coverage & Depth

critical+10 pts0/10

Speakable Schema

critical+10 pts0/10

Image Context for AI

critical+9 pts1/10

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Criterion

Delta

llms.txt File

0/10

10/10

+10

Q&A Content Format

2/10

5/10

Clean, Crawlable HTML

6/10

9/10

Entity Authority & NAP Consistency

4/10

5/10

robots.txt for AI Crawlers

5/10

2/10

-3

Internal Linking Structure

2/10

6/10

Semantic HTML5 & Accessibility

5/10

9/10

Content Freshness Signals

2/10

4/10

Sitemap Completeness

6/10

0/10

-6

Table & List Extractability

10/10

5/10

-5

Definition Patterns

5/10

7/10

Direct Answer Paragraphs

10/10

7/10

-3

Author & Expert Schema

4/10

2/10

-2

Fact & Data Density

10/10

8/10

-2

Canonical URL Strategy

10/10

0/10

-10

Content Publishing Velocity

2/10

0/10

-2

Content Cannibalization

10/10

5/10

-5

Visible Date Signal

0/10

2/10

Content Depth

10/10

6/10

-4

Helpful Purpose Alignment

7/10

6/10

-1

First-Hand Experience Signals

4/10

5/10

Creator Transparency

2/10

4/10

Methodology Transparency

4/10

2/10

-2

Citation-Ready Writing Quality

6/10

4/10

-2

Answer-First Placement

4/10

8/10

Extraction Friction Score

5/10

4/10

-1

Duplicate Content Blocks

7/10

10/10

Cross-Page Duplicate Content

3/10

10/10

Page Speed: Server Response

5/10

6/10

Page Speed: Load Blockers

7/10

9/10

Page Speed: Page Size

3/10

8/10

Entity Density

8/10

10/10

Increase Content DepthAdd Structured Tables & ListsImprove Citation-Ready WritingImprove Internal Linking ArchitectureEliminate Cross-Page Duplicate ContentAdd Content Freshness Signals

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FAQ Sections: 87 Questions Turned Our Score Into 88

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Criteria0/10

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Criteria0/10

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