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Guides, tutorials, and insights on Answer Engine Optimization.
The AEO Checklist: 47 Points to Audit Before Launching Any Page
A comprehensive 47-point AEO checklist covering AI bot access, structured data, content quality, meta tags, Open Graph, sitemaps, performance, security, and accessibility. Audit every page before launch.
How to Improve Your AEO Score: A Step-by-Step Guide
Walk through a complete AEO audit and fix every category — robots.txt, structured data, meta tags, content, and more — to raise your score from F to A.
AEO Score Methodology: How AEOprobe Grades Your Website
AEOprobe publishes its full scoring methodology — 9 audit categories, category weighting, severity penalties, and A+ to F grading. Learn exactly how your AEO score is calculated and why transparency matters.
We Audited 50 Sites for AI-Readiness — Here’s What We Found
Original research: we audited 50 websites across industries for AI search readiness. Average AEO score, most common failures, and key findings.
AEO for SaaS: How B2B Software Companies Get Cited by AI Search
Learn how B2B SaaS companies can optimize product pages, documentation, pricing, and comparison content for AI search engines. Includes SoftwareApplication schema examples and an 8-step AEO playbook.
AI Search Audit: A Technical SEO Audit for AI Readiness
An AI search audit is a technical SEO audit for AI readiness. Learn what it should check, how it differs from a normal audit, and what AEOprobe surfaces in one live report.
Programmatic SEO Audit: How to Catch Template Risk, Thin Pages, and Index Bloat
Learn what a programmatic SEO audit should check, how page-family risk shows up in audit data, and which signals matter before thousands of URLs become a crawl and quality problem.
Hreflang Audit Checklist: How to Fix International SEO Signals That Break Discovery
A practical hreflang audit checklist covering self-references, return links, invalid formats, relative URLs, x-default usage, and how AEOprobe surfaces the issues in one report.
Schema Markup Audit: How to Find Missing, Broken, and Misleading Structured Data
Learn what a schema markup audit should check, why valid JSON-LD is not enough, and how AEOprobe surfaces supported, limited, and removed markup patterns in one report.
XML Sitemap Audit: How to Catch Missing URLs, Bad lastmod, and Crawl Waste
A practical XML sitemap audit guide covering invalid URLs, duplicate entries, stale lastmod values, out-of-scope pages, 404 entries, and how AEOprobe surfaces the problems in one report.
Best AEO Tools in 2026: Which Platform Fits Your Workflow?
A practical comparison of the best AEO tools in 2026, including AEOprobe, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Semrush AI Toolkit, Profound, and AEOProof.
Semrush AI Toolkit vs AEOprobe: Which One Is Better for Small Teams?
A clear comparison of Semrush AI Toolkit and AEOprobe for agencies, consultants, and technical marketers working on AEO in 2026.
What Is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)? The Complete Guide for 2026
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of optimizing content so AI search engines can crawl, parse, and cite your website. Learn the 9 audit categories and how to check your score.
robots.txt for AI Bots: Should You Block or Allow GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot?
Learn which AI crawlers to allow or block in your robots.txt file. Covers GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and 11 more bots with 2026 best practices.
AEO vs SEO: What Changed in 2026 and What You Need to Do About It
AEO vs SEO explained: how AI search differs from traditional SEO, what changed in 2026, and the 9 technical signals your site needs to strengthen AI-search readiness.