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Free AEO Checker & GEO Score Tool — AI Search Readiness Audit

Name: SEOShouts AEO Checker & GEO Score Tool
Author: Rohit Sharma

An AEO checker audits your web page across seven AI readiness categories — schema markup, AI crawler access, content structure, E-E-A-T signals, FAQ readiness, technical signals, and performance — returning a 0–100 score with specific fixes for every failed check.

Last updated 18 October 2026

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What this tool checks

7-Category Audit

Schema, crawler access, content, E-E-A-T, FAQ, technical & performance

0–100 Composite Score

Weighted scoring shows exactly where you rank on AI readiness

Fix Recommendations

Every failed check includes a specific actionable fix

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Built by Rohit Sharma — 13+ Years in Technical SEO

“I started tracking AI search citations for clients in late 2024. The pattern was immediate: sites getting cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews all shared the same structural traits — question-format headings, FAQPage schema, clear E-E-A-T signals, and AI crawler access. Sites missing even one of these consistently got ignored. This checker scores all of them in one pass.”

— Rohit Sharma, Founder of SEOShouts · Meet Our Experts

The New SEO Landscape

What are GEO and AEO and why do they matter?

GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) are the two dominant optimization frameworks for AI-era search. While traditional SEO focuses on ranking in blue-link search results, GEO and AEO focus on getting your content cited, extracted, and surfaced by AI systems — including Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot.

The distinction matters because AI search is changing where web traffic originates. SparkToro's 2024 zero-click study (clickstream data from 2022 to 2024) found that 58.5% of US Google searches ended without a click to any website. As AI Overviews and AI Mode answer more queries on the results page, being the source those answers cite matters more.

AEO focuses on structuring content so that AI answer engines — voice assistants, featured snippets, and AI chatbots — can extract clear, direct answers to specific questions. It prioritizes question-format headings, FAQPage schema, concise answer paragraphs, and structured data markup.

GEO is broader — it focuses on building content that generative AI models trust enough to cite as a source. This requires not just structural signals but also E-E-A-T signals, external citations, factual depth, and proprietary data that AI models cannot generate themselves.

The research is still early, and much of it comes from tool vendors. One of the few peer-reviewed studies, the GEO paper from Princeton and partners (KDD 2024), found that adding citations, quotations and statistics to content raised its visibility in generative engine answers by up to about 40%. Evidence that schema markup alone earns AI citations is mixed. That is why this tool scores structure, crawler access and E-E-A-T together instead of relying on any single signal.

Audit Breakdown

The 7 categories this AEO checking tool audits

20pts

Schema Markup

Schema markup gives AI systems clean, machine-readable facts about your page: what it is, who wrote it and who publishes it. This category carries the most points because it is easy to verify, but schema alone does not earn citations; it works together with the content and E-E-A-T signals below. It checks for FAQPage schema (the most impactful for AI answer extraction), Organization schema with entity signals, BreadcrumbList for hierarchy understanding, Article schema with author attribution, and HowTo or SoftwareApplication for tool and tutorial pages.

18pts

AI Crawler Access

Your content cannot be cited by AI if AI crawlers cannot access it. This category fetches your site's live robots.txt and tests 15 AI crawlers (including GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended) against it for this page, checks page-level blocks via meta robots tags or X-Robots-Tag headers, verifies a canonical tag is present, confirms HTTPS, and checks whether a real /llms.txt file is served at the domain root, the emerging standard for telling AI models what a site is about.

18pts

Content Structure for AI Extraction

AI models extract answers from content that is structured for extraction. This category checks for a direct answer capsule in the first 300 characters, question-format H2/H3 headings, presence of data and statistics, appropriate paragraph length (under 120 words), comparison tables, and minimum content depth (500+ words). The key insight: AI models do not read content the way humans do. They parse structure.

15pts

E-E-A-T Signals

Google's E-E-A-T framework (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) governs both traditional ranking and AI citation eligibility. This category checks for visible author attribution, author schema with Person type, explicit expertise or credential mentions, links to About/Team pages, external citations and references, publication dates, contact information, and legal page links.

12pts

FAQ & Q&A Readiness

FAQs give AI systems ready-made question and answer pairs to match against what users ask. This category checks for FAQPage schema with 3+ Q&A pairs, a visual FAQ section in the HTML, question-format headings throughout the content, and substantive answers (50+ words each) in the FAQ schema.

10pts

Technical AI Readiness

Basic technical signals that affect AI model confidence in your content: meta description presence, Open Graph tags (used by AI scraping tools for entity data), HTML lang attribute for language classification, UTF-8 charset declaration, viewport meta for mobile-friendliness, and hreflang for multilingual sites.

7pts

Page Performance Signals

Performance signals that affect how easily bots can crawl your page: GZIP/Brotli compression, image alt text coverage, browser caching headers, and lazy loading. Slow pages tend to be crawled less often by all bots, including AI crawlers, so your updates take longer to be picked up.

Score Guide

How to read your AEO and GEO score

How the score is calculated. The tool fetches the live HTML and HTTP headers of your URL, plus your site's robots.txt and /llms.txt. It runs 43 checks across the 7 categories above. Each check is rated High (3), Medium (2) or Low (1) impact, and a category's points are shared out by the weight of the checks you pass. For example, passing checks worth 6 of 9 weight in the 18-point Content Structure category scores 12. The 7 category scores add up to your total out of 100.

What the score cannot see. It reads the HTML your server sends, so content that only appears after JavaScript runs is not counted. It does not measure backlinks, domain authority or brand mentions, and it does not ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity whether they cite you. Treat it as a readiness check, then confirm with the citation tests further down this page.

Score Range	Grade	What It Means
85–100	A — AI-Ready	Strong across all categories. Likely being cited in AI responses.
70–84	B — Good	Most signals present. Fix remaining high-impact issues to reach top tier.
55–69	C — Average	Several gaps. AI models may crawl but rarely cite this page.
40–54	D — Poor	Major structural issues. Content likely ignored by AI answer systems.
0–39	F — Critical	Not AI-ready. Fundamental signals missing across multiple categories.

Priority Order for Fixes

Always fix high-impact failed checks first. The tool labels every failed check as High, Medium, or Low impact. High-impact fixes — missing FAQPage schema, no answer capsule, AI crawlers blocked — move your score the most. A page going from grade F to grade C typically requires fixing 3–5 high-impact checks. Going from C to A requires fixing medium-impact checks systematically.

Score vs. Rankings: What to Expect

→Days 1–7: AI crawlers re-index updated pages
→Weeks 2–4: Schema changes begin reflecting in rich results
→Weeks 4–12: AI citation frequency increases as models incorporate updated pages
→Months 3–6: Compounding authority effects — more citations → more brand searches

Example Reports

What a GEO/AEO report looks like: two real results

Both results come from running this tool on 18 October 2026: a bare demo page and one of our own blog posts.

example.com

21/100

Grade F, Critical · 8 of 43 checks passed

Schema Markup0/20
AI Crawler Access10/18
Content Structure5/18
E-E-A-T Signals0/15
FAQ & Q&A Readiness0/12
Technical AI Readiness2/10
Page Performance4/7

Top fixes the tool lists: add Organization and WebPage schema, add FAQPage schema, add a canonical tag, rewrite H2s as questions, and add a visible author byline with Person schema.

seoshouts.com/blog/internal-linking-ai-search/

98/100

Grade A, AI-Ready · 41 of 43 checks passed

Schema Markup19/20
AI Crawler Access18/18
Content Structure18/18
E-E-A-T Signals15/15
FAQ & Q&A Readiness12/12
Technical AI Readiness9/10
Page Performance7/7

The two failed checks are HowTo or SoftwareApplication schema and hreflang. Neither applies to a single-language article, which is why 85 or more counts as AI-ready.

Quick Wins

The Fastest GEO/AEO Wins (High Score Impact, Low Effort)

If your score is below 60, these changes will have the biggest immediate impact:

Add FAQPage Schema

It is the highest-weighted check in this tool and one of the quickest to add. Use our Schema Generator to create FAQPage markup. Impact: +8–15 points.

Write an Answer Capsule

A 120–300 character direct-answer paragraph as the first content on the page. No preamble — just a factual answer to the primary question. AI models extract this as the page summary.

Convert H2s to Questions

Change "Our Services" to "What SEO Services Does SEOShouts Offer?" AI models match user question intent to question-format headings directly. Convert 2–3 H2s per page.

Add Organization Schema

Organization schema with sameAs links to your LinkedIn, Twitter/X, YouTube, and other profiles tells AI models that your brand is a real entity with verified presence across the web.

Unblock AI Crawlers

Check your robots.txt for blocks on GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended. Use our Robots.txt Generator to fix this correctly.

Track & Re-Test Weekly

After implementing fixes, re-run this checker weekly. AI crawlers re-index pages within days. Schema changes show in rich results within 2–4 weeks. Citation frequency increases in 4–12 weeks.

Framework Comparison

GEO vs AEO vs SEO: what's the difference?

Dimension	SEO	AEO	GEO
Goal	Rank in blue-link results	Get extracted as a direct answer	Get cited by generative AI models
Primary signals	Backlinks, on-page, authority	FAQPage schema, question headings, answer capsules	E-E-A-T, structured data, proprietary data, citations
Traffic mechanism	User clicks on blue link	Featured snippet / voice answer (often zero-click)	Citation in AI response (brand awareness + some clicks)
Content format	Long-form, keyword-rich	Q&A structured, concise answers	Expert-authored, data-rich, citable
Time to results	3–6 months	2–8 weeks	4–12 weeks

The optimal strategy is to optimize for all three simultaneously. They share many signals: structured content helps SEO and AEO; E-E-A-T signals help SEO and GEO; schema helps SEO, AEO, and GEO.

Verification Protocol

Testing your AI visibility after optimization

Improving your score is step one. Verifying it with real AI citation tests is step two. Here's the weekly testing protocol we recommend:

Queries to test

•"[Your brand name] reviews"
•"best [service] for [audience]"
•"[primary keyword your page targets]"
•"how to [thing your tool helps with]"
•"what is [topic your page defines]"

Platforms to test

•ChatGPT (with search)
•Perplexity
•Claude (claude.ai)
•Google AI Overviews
•Gemini & Microsoft Copilot

What to track

•Was your brand cited? (Yes/No)
•What content was cited? (URL)
•Which competitors were cited?
•What sentiment was expressed?
•Change after GEO fixes (2–3 weeks)

Tool Comparison

Free AEO checkers compared: page scanners vs brand graders

AEO tools come in two types. Page scanners, like this one, Foglift and VisRank, check whether a page has the signals AI systems can read. Brand graders such as HubSpot AI Search Grader ask AI engines what they say about your brand. Use a scanner to fix pages and a grader to see the result. Details checked on each tool's own page on 18 October 2026.

Feature	SEOShouts	Foglift	VisRank	HubSpot AI Search Grader
What it checks	Your page	Your page	Your page	Your brand in AI answers
0–100 page score	✅	✅	✅	✗
Schema markup	✅ 6 checks	✅	✅	✗
AI crawler access (robots.txt)	✅ 15 bots	✅	✅	✗
llms.txt check	✅	Listed as a fix	Optional	✗
Author and E-E-A-T signals	✅ 8 checks	Entity identity	Entity clarity	✗
Fix for each failed check	✅	Issues and wins	Paid report ($10)	✗
Asks AI engines about you	✗	Separate tool	✗	✅ ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
Price	✅ Free, no login	Free scan; account adds history	Free scan; $10 report	Free one-time check

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about GEO & AEO optimization

What is a GEO/AEO score?

A GEO/AEO score is a 0–100 composite measure of how well-optimized a web page is for AI search engines and answer engines. It combines scores across seven categories: schema markup, AI crawler access, content structure, E-E-A-T signals, FAQ readiness, technical signals, and page performance. A higher score means more of the signals AI systems can read are in place. It does not guarantee citations in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT or Perplexity.

What is the difference between GEO and AEO?

AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) focuses on structuring content so AI answer engines can extract direct answers — through FAQPage schema, question-format headings, and concise answer paragraphs. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is broader — it focuses on making content trustworthy and citable by generative AI models, which requires E-E-A-T signals, proprietary data, and expert attribution in addition to structural signals. In practice, optimizing for both simultaneously is the most effective approach.

How accurate is the GEO/AEO score?

The score is based on signals that are directly detectable in your page's HTML and HTTP headers. It does not access Google's internal scoring, Perplexity's index, or any AI model's training data. Think of it as a structural audit — it tells you whether your page has the signals that research shows correlate with AI citations. Actual citation frequency depends on many factors including domain authority, content quality, and competition.

Why is my schema score low when I have schema markup?

The checker looks for specific, high-impact schema types: FAQPage, Organization, Author (Person), and BreadcrumbList. Having WebSite or Product schema alone will not score highly. FAQPage schema carries the most weight in the schema category because it maps questions to answers directly.

Can a page score 100?

In theory yes, but in practice a score of 85–90 is excellent. Some checks — like hreflang (relevant only for multilingual sites) — may not apply to your page. Focus on A grade (85+) rather than perfect 100.

How often should I run the GEO/AEO checker?

Run it after any significant content update, after adding schema markup, after changing your robots.txt, and monthly as part of your regular SEO audit. The tool tracks your score history per URL automatically (stored privately in your browser): re-check the same page and it shows your previous score next to the new one, so you can measure the impact of each improvement. You can also download a branded report of any run to share with your team or clients.

Does improving my GEO/AEO score hurt traditional SEO?

No — the signals this tool checks (schema markup, E-E-A-T, content structure, FAQ sections) are all positive signals for traditional Google search rankings too. GEO/AEO optimization and traditional SEO are complementary, not competing.

What should I fix first after getting my score?

Fix High-impact failed checks first. The tool sorts your issues by impact level. Typically, the fastest wins are: adding FAQPage schema (if missing), writing an answer capsule, converting H2s to question format, and ensuring AI crawlers are not blocked.

What makes this the best AEO checking tool to start with?

Most AEO checking tools either audit a single signal (like schema) or sit behind a paid subscription. This checker runs 30+ checks across all seven categories that influence AI citations: schema markup, AI crawler access, content structure, E-E-A-T, FAQ readiness, technical signals, and performance, and it is completely free with no login. It also explains how to fix every failed check, so it works as both an AEO checker and a prioritized to-do list.

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