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What is included in the free AEO audit?

AEOForged is an answer engine optimization agency based in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, founded by Ryan Kings in 2026. Submit your website URL and we run a Complete AEO Audit — scoring every page across 8 dimensions, benchmarking against your competitors, and delivering a prioritised improvement plan through your client portal. The free audit covers structure, direct answers, JSON-LD schema, entity coverage, E-E-A-T signals, recency, readability, and extractability.

What does the free audit cover?

The free AEO audit covers every page on your site, scoring each one across 8 dimensions based on Google's structured data guidelines and AI answer engine extraction patterns. It includes competitor benchmarking and a crawlability check for 11 AI bots.

  • Full-site discovery and scoring — We discover crawlable pages on your domain and score each URL with AEOForged's eight-dimension citation model.
  • Eight-dimension AEO analysis per page — Structure, direct answers, JSON-LD schema, entities, E-E-A-T signals, recency, readability, and extractability — scored independently with an overall citable-content index.
  • Competitor benchmarking — Side-by-side gaps versus the competitors you specify so priorities reflect real search and AI visibility pressure.
  • AI crawlability report (11 bots) — Robots.txt and crawler access checks for major AI user agents (for example GPTBot, Google-Extended, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot).
  • Prioritised improvement plan — Ordered recommendations mapped to pages and dimension gaps so you know what to fix first.
  • Delivery in your client portal — Full report, scores, and next steps accessible in AEOForged — no scatter of PDFs or email-only handoffs.
AEOForgedStratford-upon-Avon, UKEst. 202624–48h turnaround
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Why should you get an AEO audit?

AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews now answer a growing share of user queries directly — citing sources as they do. An AEO audit reveals whether your content is structured, schema-enriched, and entity-rich enough to be selected as one of those sources. Without that visibility, you have no way to measure or improve your AI citation potential.

AEOForged's scoring methodology draws on Google's structured data documentation, E-E-A-T quality guidelines, and analysis of how large language models retrieve and rank source material. The result is a quantitative, repeatable measure of content citability — not subjective opinion.

What makes this audit different from SEO tools?

Traditional SEO tools like Semrush, Ahrefs, and Clearscope optimise for keyword rankings and backlink profiles. AEOForged measures the signals AI answer engines use when they choose what to cite:

  • Structure — clear heading hierarchy and scannable sections.
  • Direct answers — concise, quotable lines next to each major heading.
  • JSON-LD schema — machine-readable structured data coverage.
  • Entity density — named people, products, and domain terminology.
  • Source verification — citations to documentation and trustworthy pages.
  • Recency — visible dates and updated copy where facts evolve.
  • Readability — sentences and vocabulary an engine can safely quote.
  • Extractability — lists and definitions that work as standalone snippets.

Those dimensions differ from classic SEO dashboards — they are built for the citation layer (ChatGPT-style answers), not only SERP positions.

Frequently asked questions about the AEO audit

What happens after I submit?

We set up your client portal account and run the Complete AEO Audit on your site. You receive the full report — page scores, competitor benchmarks, AI crawlability results, and a prioritised improvement plan — directly in your portal within 24–48 hours.

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Is the audit really free?

Yes. The Complete AEO Audit is free for all new clients with no commitment. It covers page discovery, 8-dimension scoring based on Google's structured data standards and E-E-A-T quality guidelines, competitor benchmarking, and AI crawlability testing for 11 bots including GPTBot, GoogleBot, and ClaudeBot.

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What do I need to provide?

Just your website URL and your email address. If you have specific competitors you want benchmarked, or particular goals for your content, you can include those in the brief — but they are optional.

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How does the 8-dimension scoring work?

AEOForged uses algorithmic analysis to score each page across structure, direct answers, JSON-LD schema coverage, entity density, E-E-A-T signals, recency, readability, and extractability. Each dimension is scored independently using heuristics derived from Google's structured data guidelines and analysis of how AI models select sources to cite. The total gives a 0–100 measure of how citable your content is.

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Which AI engines does the audit check for?

The crawlability check tests access for 11 AI bots including GPTBot (OpenAI/ChatGPT), Google-Extended (Google AI Overviews), ClaudeBot (Anthropic/Claude), PerplexityBot, and Microsoft Copilot's crawler. The scoring dimensions map to the signals all major AI answer engines use when selecting which content to cite.

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