What are the 48 AEO criteria?

The 48 criteria are organized into 5 pillars with fixed target shares: Answer Readiness 40%, Content Structure 25%, Trust & Authority 15%, Technical Foundation 10%, and AI Discovery 10%. Inside those pillars, criteria cover topic coherence, original data, depth, fact density, direct answers, Q&A structure, entity authority, freshness, visible dates, schema, semantic HTML, extraction friction, llms.txt, robots.txt, licensing, canonicals, sitemap coverage, and RSS. Each criterion is scored 0–10, converted into an effective weight after confidence and overlap controls, then rolled into the final score.

Do I need technical skills to improve my AEO Site Rank?

Some improvements — writing FAQ content, adding author bios — require zero technical skills. Others — deploying JSON-LD schema, modifying robots.txt — require basic HTML knowledge or developer access. Our Knowledge Base guides include code examples for each criterion. For hands-on help, we offer professional services.

What is the fastest way to improve my AI visibility?

Start with high-impact, low-effort wins: (1) Create an llms.txt file, (2) Add Organization JSON-LD to your homepage, (3) Update robots.txt to allow AI crawlers, (4) Add FAQPage schema to existing FAQ content. These four changes take under a day and typically produce noticeable improvements within weeks.

Can I implement AEO improvements on WordPress?

Yes. WordPress has excellent AEO support. Use Yoast SEO for schema markup, create llms.txt via FTP or a custom plugin, edit robots.txt through Yoast or directly, and build FAQ pages with Gutenberg blocks. Most WordPress themes already produce clean, crawlable HTML.

What is the minimum viable AEO setup for a new website?

Four things on day one: (1) Organization JSON-LD schema on every page, (2) a well-structured llms.txt at your domain root, (3) robots.txt explicitly allowing GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot, (4) at least one FAQ page with FAQPage schema. This baseline takes a few hours and establishes the foundation everything else builds on.

vendah.com.br - AEO Audit Report | 52/100

WINTER 2023 vendah.com.br

Moderate AI visibility with 27 of 48 criteria passing. Biggest gap: comprehensive faq section.

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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%9/10+13.5

FAQ Sections10%0/10+0.0

Original Data10%4/10+4.0

Content Freshness7%5/10+3.5

Direct Answer Paragraphs7%7/10+4.9

Fact & Data Density5%7/10+3.5

Definition Patterns4%2/10+0.8

Query-Answer Alignment8%10/10+8.0

Content Cannibalization5%10/10+5.0

Subtotal71%+43.2

Structure5 criteria

Schema.org JSON-LD15%7/10+10.5

Clean, Crawlable HTML10%5/10+5.0

Semantic HTML55%5/10+2.5

Table & List Extractability7%7/10+4.9

Schema Coverage3%8/10+2.4

Subtotal40%+25.3

Discovery5 criteria

llms.txt10%10/10+10.0

robots.txt for AI5%5/10+2.5

Internal Linking10%0/10+0.0

Sitemap Completeness5%10/10+5.0

RSS/Atom Feed3%0/10+0.0

Subtotal33%+17.5

Trust Signals6 criteria

Entity Authority10%4/10+4.0

Content Licensing4%0/10+0.0

Author & Expert Schema4%0/10+0.0

Canonical URL4%10/10+4.0

Content Velocity3%10/10+3.0

Visible Date Signals4%3/10+1.2

Subtotal29%+12.2

Overall Score100%52/100

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

6/10

Content Structure

~25% weight

7/10

Trust & Authority

~15% weight

3/10

Technical Foundation

~10% weight

4/10

AI Discovery

~10% weight

8/10

Verdict

Below-average AEO readiness at 52/100 - multiple areas need attention. Key strengths include llms.txt File, Sitemap Completeness, and Canonical URL Strategy. Priority gaps: Comprehensive FAQ Section, Internal Linking Structure, and RSS/Atom Feed.

Top priorities

Comprehensive FAQ SectionStructure+10 pts

Internal Linking StructureTrust+10 pts

RSS/Atom FeedDiscovery+10 pts

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How to Improve

Current

52/100

Projected

80/100

40Total Fixes

10Quick Wins

~90hEst. Effort

Quick Wins

Create /llms.txt fileFix HTML structure and meta tagsConfigure robots.txt for AI crawlersImplement semantic HTML5 elementsAdd ai.txt and content licensingAdd visible date signalsMake pages solve the user task fasterImprove citation-ready writing qualityEliminate cross-page duplicate contentReduce render-blocking resources

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.

high

low

Fix HTML structure and meta tags

high|low

Reduce render-blocking resources

Minimize blocking scripts and stylesheets in <head> to improve content availability for AI crawlers.

high

low

Reduce render-blocking resources

high|low

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

Comprehensive FAQ Section

critical+10 pts0/10

Internal Linking Structure

critical+10 pts0/10

RSS/Atom Feed

critical+10 pts0/10

Content Licensing & AI Permissions

critical+10 pts0/10

Author & Expert Schema

critical+10 pts0/10

Speakable Schema

critical+10 pts0/10

Evidence Packaging

critical+10 pts0/10

Owned Data Density

critical+10 pts0/10

Definition Patterns

critical+8 pts2/10

First-Hand Experience Signals

critical+8 pts2/10

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URLCitationSiteIn-linksCategoryIssuesWords

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F38

content

2,139

vendah.com.br/blogs/vendah/fornecedores-da-chinaF38

Fornecedores da China: os melhores para o seu negócio – Vendah

vendah.com.br/products/kit-cachos-5-itens-2?️ Kit Cachos - Shampoo, Condicionador, Gelatina, Máscara, Ativador e Spray Finalizador (6 Itens): Produto Exclusivo ? – Vendah

F30

content

2,065

vendah.com.br/products/kit-cachos-5-itens-2F30

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vendah.com.br/products/acido-glicolico-acido-salicilico-a...🏷️ Sérum facial antiacne e oleosidade 10% ácido glicólico + 0,5% ácido salicílico: Produto Exclusivo 🛒 – Vendah

D40

blog

1,671

vendah.com.br/products/acido-glicolico-acido-salicilico-a...D40

🏷️ Sérum facial antiacne e oleosidade 10% ácido glicólico + 0,5% ácido salicílico: Produto Exclusivo 🛒 – Vendah

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F31

blog

1,632

vendah.com.br/products/vita-c-18F31

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FAQ Sections: 87 Questions Turned Our Score Into 88

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Internal Linking: The Web AI Uses to Map Your Expertise

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Criteria0/10

RSS Feed Presence & Quality

Sitemaps tell crawlers what exists. RSS feeds tell them what changed. If you don't have one, your new content waits days -or weeks -to be discovered.

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Criteria0/10

Content Licensing Signals

You want AI engines to cite your content. But have you actually told them they're allowed to? Most sites haven't -and AI systems default to conservative behavior.

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