What are conditional audit criteria?

Conditional criteria are checks that only apply to certain site types. Product/Offer schema applies only to e-commerce. Hreflang only to multilingual sites. ai.txt/TDM policy only to sites with substantial original content. Speakable schema was previously conditional but is now an active scored criterion in the 48-criteria framework. The remaining conditional criteria supplement the 34 universal audit criteria.

What is query-answer alignment and how do I improve it?

Query-Answer Alignment measures how well your content's headings and phrasing match the natural language questions users ask AI engines. Generic headings like "Overview" or "Features" don't match any real queries. Rewrite them as questions users actually ask: "How Much Does Live Chat Cost?" or "How Do I Set Up AI Support?" Use your visibility report's MISS queries as a roadmap.

How does direct answer density work?

Direct Answer Density (5% weight) measures how consistently your content leads with the answer right after each heading. AI doesn't read full articles - it scans headings and grabs the first 1-2 sentences. If those sentences contain filler ("In today's fast-paced world..."), AI moves on. Lead every section with a concrete fact or answer, then elaborate. This applies to all headings, not just questions.

yieldx.biz - AEO Audit Report | 46/100

yieldx.biz

Weak AI visibility with 23 of 48 criteria passing. Biggest gap: speakable schema.

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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%2/10+3.0

FAQ Sections10%2/10+2.0

Original Data10%3/10+3.0

Content Freshness7%5/10+3.5

Direct Answer Paragraphs7%4/10+2.8

Fact & Data Density5%10/10+5.0

Definition Patterns4%7/10+2.8

Query-Answer Alignment8%0/10+0.0

Content Cannibalization5%10/10+5.0

Subtotal71%+27.1

Structure5 criteria

Schema.org JSON-LD15%8/10+12.0

Clean, Crawlable HTML10%7/10+7.0

Semantic HTML55%8/10+4.0

Table & List Extractability7%3/10+2.1

Schema Coverage3%9/10+2.7

Subtotal40%+27.8

Discovery5 criteria

llms.txt10%10/10+10.0

robots.txt for AI5%5/10+2.5

Internal Linking10%10/10+10.0

Sitemap Completeness5%9/10+4.5

RSS/Atom Feed3%3/10+0.9

Subtotal33%+27.9

Trust Signals6 criteria

Entity Authority10%6/10+6.0

Content Licensing4%2/10+0.8

Author & Expert Schema4%5/10+2.0

Canonical URL4%10/10+4.0

Content Velocity3%2/10+0.6

Visible Date Signals4%3/10+1.2

Subtotal29%+14.6

Overall Score100%46/100

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

5/10

Content Structure

~25% weight

3/10

Trust & Authority

~15% weight

5/10

Technical Foundation

~10% weight

5/10

AI Discovery

~10% weight

6/10

Verdict

Below-average AEO readiness at 46/100 - multiple areas need attention. Key strengths include llms.txt File, Internal Linking Structure, and Fact & Data Density. Priority gaps: Speakable Schema, Query-Answer Alignment, and Entity Disambiguation.

Top priorities

Speakable SchemaTechnical+10 pts

Query-Answer AlignmentStructure+10 pts

Entity DisambiguationStructure+10 pts

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How to Improve

Current

46/100

Projected

78/100

40Total Fixes

11Quick Wins

~88hEst. Effort

Quick Wins

Create /llms.txt fileConfigure robots.txt for AI crawlersAdd direct answer paragraphsAdd ai.txt and content licensingEnhance author and expert schemaAdd visible date signalsIncrease content depth and structureMake pages solve the user task fasterReduce extraction frictionImprove server response efficiencyReduce 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

Reduce document weight

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

critical

medium

Reduce document weight

critical|medium

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

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

Speakable Schema

critical+10 pts0/10

Query-Answer Alignment

critical+10 pts0/10

Entity Disambiguation

critical+10 pts0/10

Owned Data Density

critical+10 pts0/10

Answer-First Placement

critical+9 pts1/10

Image Context for AI

critical+9 pts1/10

Q&A Content Format

critical+8 pts2/10

Comprehensive FAQ Section

critical+8 pts2/10

Content Licensing & AI Permissions

critical+8 pts2/10

Content Publishing Velocity

critical+8 pts2/10

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URLCitationSiteIn-linksCategoryIssuesWords

www.yieldx.biz/blog/categories/poultry-diseasesPoultry diseases

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blog

528

www.yieldx.biz/blog/categories/poultry-diseasesD41

Poultry diseases

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Criterion

Delta

llms.txt File

0/10

10/10

+10

Q&A Content Format

0/10

2/10

Sitemap Completeness

8/10

9/10

Content Cannibalization

3/10

10/10

Content Depth

2/10

4/10

Citation-Ready Writing Quality

5/10

6/10

Answer-First Placement

3/10

1/10

-2

Evidence Packaging

4/10

3/10

-1

Entity Disambiguation

1/10

0/10

-1

Cross-Page Duplicate Content

7/10

10/10

Entity Density

8/10

6/10

-2

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Guides for the criteria with the most room for improvement

supplementary0/10

Speakable Schema Markup

Voice assistants need to pick which paragraph to read aloud from your page. Without Speakable markup, they guess -and they frequently guess wrong, reading your cookie notice.

Beginner·3 min readRead guide →

Criteria0/10

Query-Answer Alignment: Does Your Content Match What People Actually Ask?

You wrote a 3,000-word guide on "customer support automation." But people ask AI "how do I reduce support ticket volume?" If your content doesn't match the actual queries, AI can't connect the dots.

Beginner·8 min readRead guide →

Criteria0/10

Entity Disambiguation: Stop Making AI Guess What You Mean

You say "Mercury" on your homepage. The planet? The element? The banking startup? AI doesn't know - and when it can't tell, it doesn't cite. Entity disambiguation is how you draw clear lines around what your business is and isn't.

Intermediate·5 min readRead guide →

Criteria1/10

Answer-First Placement: The 300-Word Window That Decides Everything

AI engines give your page about 300 words to prove it has the answer. Sites that open with "In today's rapidly evolving landscape..." waste that window. Sites that open with the answer win the citation. We track this across every audit - and the gap is brutal.

Intermediate·8 min readRead guide →

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