Structured data
The behind-the-scenes markup that tells AI exactly who you are, what you offer and where you work.
Is AI recommending your business?
More people now ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews for a recommendation instead of scrolling through search results.
Our free AEO audit scores your website out of 100 and shows you exactly what's stopping AI from finding, trusting and naming your business.
Free and instant. Your score appears in seconds.
Who's the best solar installer in Pretoria?
Based on customer reviews and the details on their website, Your Business
is a strong choice. They clearly list their service areas, pricing and certifications, and customers rate them highly.
yourbusiness.co.za
Google reviews
86 /100
Example AEO
readiness score
readiness score
What is AEO?
Answer engine optimisation (AEO) is the work of making your website easy for AI tools to find, understand and trust, so they mention your business when people ask for a recommendation.
ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and Google's AI Overviews don't hand people a list of ten links. They read websites, pick the sources they trust most and write a single answer. That answer usually names one or two businesses. AEO is how you become one of them.
It builds on good SEO rather than replacing it. The difference is what you're aiming for.
Comparison
SEO
AEO
The goal
Rank high in a list of links.
Get named inside the answer itself.
What success looks like
Someone clicks through to your website.
AI recommends you, often before anyone clicks.
What it relies on
Keywords, links and page speed.
Clear facts, structured data, crawler access and trust signals.
Why AEO matters now
Search has started answering questions itself. If AI can't read your website, a competitor gets the mention, and you'll never see it happen in your analytics.
900M
people use ChatGPT every week.
OpenAI, February 2026
58%
lower click-through rate for the number one Google result when an AI Overview appears.
Ahrefs study of 300,000 keywords, 2026
35%
higher organic click-through rate for brands that are cited in AI Overviews.
Seer Interactive, 2026
What the audit checks
The audit reads your website the way an AI engine does and scores it across six areas. Every point is tied to something that's actually on your site, so the same site gets the same score every time.
AI crawler access
AI tools use their own crawlers. We check that yours aren't blocked by mistake, which can make you invisible overnight.
Content structure
AI lifts answers from well-organised pages. We check your headings, sections and layout.
Answer readiness
Whether your pages answer real customer questions clearly enough for AI to quote them.
Discoverability
Page titles, descriptions, your sitemap and indexing, the basics that let engines find and preview your pages.
Trust signals
AI recommends businesses it can verify. We look for contact details, an About page, authorship and a consistent brand.
Questions about AEO
Straight answers about AI search and what the audit does.
AEO is the practice of preparing your website so AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews can find your content, understand it and use it in the answers they give. The aim is to be recommended by AI rather than left out of the answer.
SEO helps you rank in a list of links that people click through. AEO helps you become part of the single answer an AI gives, often with no list at all. The two overlap, but AEO focuses on the machine-readable facts and trust signals AI engines rely on.
Yes. Your score appears instantly at no cost. To unlock the full report, we ask for your email address so we can send it to you. We don't sell or share it, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
The audit doesn't guess. It reads the actual code of your page and checks it against a fixed set of technical rules, so running the same site twice gives the same score. Every point is tied to something that's present or missing on your site.
Your report lists each issue in plain English with a suggested fix, so you or your web developer can work through it. If you'd rather have it done for you, the VerdanTech team can handle the fixes, from quick technical changes to a full SEO and AEO strategy.
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It's free, it's instant, and it shows you exactly where you stand in AI search.
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Enter your website
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We scan it like AI does
Your site is read the way an AI engine reads it and scored out of 100.
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