AI Search Analyzer: AEO, GEO & AI Visibility Checker

The five layers of search visibility

Read these as a pipeline. Each layer depends on the one before it, so there is little point polishing for AI citations if search engines cannot crawl the page in the first place.

SEOSearch Engine Optimization

Get crawled, indexed and ranked.

Crawlability, titles, internal links, speed and backlinks. Nothing else works if search engines cannot read the page.

AEOAnswer Engine Optimization

Become the direct answer.

Question headings, short complete answers, lists, tables and clear definitions that can be quoted on their own.

GEOGenerative Engine Optimization

Get cited by AI assistants.

Crawler access, specific facts, named sources, first-hand experience and consistent naming of your brand.

AIOAI Optimization

Be easy for machines to read.

JSON-LD that matches the page, semantic HTML, clean metadata, canonical URLs and no accidental snippet limits.

SXOSearch Experience Optimization

Turn visitors into customers.

Speed, mobile layout, trust signals and a clear next step once people land on the page.

If you only have time to fix one layer

If this is your symptom	Weak layer	Likely cause
Your pages are not in Google at all	SEO	Crawl or index problem
You rank on page one but get few clicks	AEO	Someone else owns the answer
AI assistants never mention you	GEO	Blocked crawlers or nothing quotable
Machines misread what the page is about	AIO	Weak structure or metadata
Plenty of visits, almost no enquiries	SXO	The page does not convert

How the AI Search Score works

The report scores four layers out of 100 and combines them: AEO 30%, GEO 30%, AIO 25% and AI crawler access 15%. Each check carries a weight, and the checks that fail or warn are listed with a specific fix. Treat the score as a to-do list, not a prediction. No tool can promise that an AI system will cite a page.

Frequently asked questions

What does the AI Search Analyzer check?

It loads the page and runs rule-based checks for answer readiness (AEO), citation readiness (GEO) and machine-readable structure (AIO). It also tests whether AI crawlers can reach the page. If you type a question, it shows which passages on the page best answer it. When the AI review is switched on, it adds written advice specific to your page.

What are AEO, GEO and AIO?

AEO (answer engine optimization) is about giving a clear, direct answer that can be lifted from the page. GEO (generative engine optimization) is about being a source an AI assistant can trust and cite. In this tool, AIO means machine-readable structure: schema, semantic HTML, metadata and indexing controls. These terms are used loosely across the industry, so treat them as labels for groups of checks.

How is the AI Search Score calculated?

Each check is weighted by how much it matters. The four layers are then combined: AEO 30%, GEO 30%, AIO 25% and AI crawler access 15%. The score is a diagnostic that points to what to fix first. The individual checks matter more than the single number.

Does a high score guarantee AI citations?

No. The score measures readiness signals found on the page. Whether an AI system cites you also depends on the question asked, how strong competing sources are, how fresh your content is and how each system behaves.

Can AI crawlers read my website?

The access checks read your robots.txt rules for the main search and AI crawlers and send a test request using the names of three AI bots to see whether your server or firewall turns them away. The test cannot detect blocks that rely on IP address, so a clean result is a good sign, not a guarantee.

Should I block AI training crawlers?

That is a business decision. Blocking training crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot or CCBot limits use of your content for model training. Blocking search or assistant crawlers can remove you from AI answers and AI search results. The analyzer reports training blocks for information only and does not lower your score for them.

Does structured data guarantee AI visibility?

No. Accurate structured data helps machines understand what a page is about, but it does not guarantee ranking, inclusion or citation. Only mark up what is visible on the page.

Is the page I analyze stored?

Finished reports are kept for a few hours so repeat checks load quickly, and the domain, score and date can appear in the recently analyzed list. Only analyze pages that are public.