What is the difference between GEO and AEO?

GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) focuses on how your brand appears inside AI-generated answers. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) focuses on being the direct answer in search results, featured snippets and voice assistants. Strong scores on both mean people and AI can find you easily.

How is the AI visibility score calculated?

The checker fetches your page and runs ten weighted checks across crawlability, structured data, entity clarity, content structure and machine-readable files. Each check earns part of its weight, and the total is a score out of 100 with a letter grade.

Is the GEO / AEO checker free?

Yes. The checker is free to use and does not require an account. Enter any public URL and you will get an instant score with recommendations. Details are optional and only used if you would like us to follow up.

How do I improve my score?

Start with the recommendations list: allow AI crawlers in robots.txt, publish clear schema and entity data, add llms.txt, and structure pages with answer-first headings. Our team can implement the fixes for you across any site type.

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How visible is your site to AI?

AI engines recommend the brands they trust. Paste your URL to get your GEO (search engines) and AEO (AI engines) score with 10 concrete checks.

What the GEO & AEO score checks

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) measure how easily search engines and AI assistants can understand, quote and recommend your website. The checker reviews ten signals and returns a score out of 100 with concrete fixes you can apply today.

Crawlability and robots.txt access for AI crawlers
Structured data and schema clarity
Entity and brand signals (name, address, contact)
Answer-first, quotable content structure
llms.txt and machine-readable summaries
Metadata, canonicals and indexability

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between GEO and AEO?: GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) focuses on how your brand appears inside AI-generated answers. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) focuses on being the direct answer in search results, featured snippets and voice assistants. Strong scores on both mean people and AI can find you easily.
How is the AI visibility score calculated?: The checker fetches your page and runs ten weighted checks across crawlability, structured data, entity clarity, content structure and machine-readable files. Each check earns part of its weight, and the total is a score out of 100 with a letter grade.
Is the GEO / AEO checker free?: Yes. The checker is free to use and does not require an account. Enter any public URL and you will get an instant score with recommendations. Details are optional and only used if you would like us to follow up.
How do I improve my score?: Start with the recommendations list: allow AI crawlers in robots.txt, publish clear schema and entity data, add llms.txt, and structure pages with answer-first headings. Our team can implement the fixes for you across any site type.

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