New: AEO Content Score

Will AI Cite Your Content?

Your AEO (AI Engine Optimization) score measures how likely ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini are to cite your content in their answers. Enter any URL for a free 8-dimension analysis.

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What is AEO?

AEO (AI Engine Optimization) is the practice of optimizing your content to be cited by AI search engines. While GEO measures whether AI engines mention your brand, AEO measures whether your content is structured and formatted in ways that AI engines prefer to extract and cite.

Think of GEO as brand visibility (are you recommended?) and AEO as content citability (are you quoted?). Both matter for appearing in AI-generated answers.

8 Dimensions of AI Content Citability

Structured Data Richness

20%

JSON-LD depth: FAQPage, HowTo, Article, Product, Organization schemas. AI engines extract structured data to build accurate, attributed answers.

Heading Clarity & Hierarchy

15%

Clean H1-H6 hierarchy, question-format headings that match AI queries, and clear section organization for content extraction.

FAQ Quality

15%

Dedicated FAQ sections with FAQPage schema, Q&A patterns, and expandable content. FAQ content is among the most-cited by AI engines.

Content Depth

15%

Word count, paragraph structure, definitions, statistics, and publication dates. In-depth content gets cited significantly more often.

Entity Identity

10%

Organization/Person schema with sameAs social links, author attribution, and logo. AI engines cite content from established entities.

Citation Formatting

10%

Lists, tables, code blocks, definitions, bold key terms, and numbered steps. Structured formats are easier for AI to extract and quote.

AI Crawler Access

10%

robots.txt allows GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot. Plus llms.txt and sitemap for AI-native discovery.

Topical Authority

Internal linking depth, external citations, breadcrumbs, content categorization, and navigation breadth signal expertise.

AEO vs GEO vs SEO

	SEO	GEO	AEO
Goal	Rank in Google	Get mentioned by AI	Get cited by AI
Measures	Technical health	Brand visibility	Content citability
Key signals	Meta tags, speed, links	AI crawler access, schema	Content depth, structure, formatting
Question	Can Google find me?	Does AI recommend me?	Does AI quote me?

AEO Score API

Check any URL's AEO score programmatically. Free, no authentication required.

curl "https://foglift.io/api/v1/aeo-score?url=https://example.com"

# Response:
{
  "aeoScore": 72,
  "grade": "C",
  "dimensions": [
    { "name": "Structured Data", "score": 85, "maxScore": 100 },
    { "name": "Heading Clarity", "score": 60, "maxScore": 100 },
    ...
  ],
  "topRecommendations": [...]
}

See full API docs for content briefs, crawler analytics, and more.

Monitor Your AEO Score Over Time

Track how your content citability changes across AI engines. Get alerts when competitors overtake you.

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