AEO / GEO readiness
example.com
AEO/GEO foundations are absent — AI engines will struggle to cite this site.
AI crawler access
10/20- robots.txt present0/5
- AI search bots not blocked10/10
- Explicit directives for AI bots0/5
Recommendation
Create /robots.txt with a 3-tier strategy: allow search bots (OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, MistralAI-User), decide on training bots.
llms.txt standard
4/10- Valid markdown format (H1 + H2)0/2
- /llms.txt present4/8
Recommendation
Add /llms.txt at the root. Format: H1 (site name), blockquote (description), H2 sections listing your key pages in markdown.
Structured data
0/25- Content schema (Article, FAQ, Product…)0/5
- Organization schema present0/5
- dateModified field present0/5
- Valid JSON-LD detected0/5
- sameAs links to Wikipedia/Wikidata/LinkedIn0/5
Recommendation
Implement a connected entity graph with @graph + @id linking Organization, Article, Person. Add sameAs links to Wikidata, Wikipedia, LinkedIn.
Meta & Open Graph
4/15- Multilingual hreflang links0/1
- Well-sized <title> tag3/3
- Well-sized meta description0/3
- Complete Open Graph (title + desc + image)0/5
- Twitter Card present0/2
- <html lang="…"> attribute1/1
Recommendation
Set title (10–70 chars), meta description (50–160 chars), full Open Graph (title + desc + image), and hreflang for bilingual EN/FR.
Semantic HTML
3/15- Clean heading hierarchy0/2
- Single <h1>3/3
- <main> element present0/3
- <article> or <section> tags0/4
- <time datetime> element0/3
Recommendation
Restructure with <main>, <article>, <section>, <time datetime>. H1>H2>H3 hierarchy without skipped levels.
Content & freshness
0/15- Scannable structure (sub-headings)0/5
- Content freshness signal0/5
- Sufficient content volume0/5
Recommendation
Add a visible "Last updated on X" date. Front-load the answer, break into 120–180 word sections.
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