Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) are the practice of optimising your content so AI-powered search engines — like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude — can accurately find, understand and cite your pages. It is about making your content the best answer, not just the top link.

What does the GEO / AEO scanner check?

Structured data presence and validity (JSON-LD), AI-relevant schema types (Organization, BreadcrumbList, Article, FAQPage, HowTo), content depth and readability, author and publication date signals, and external citation quality. These are the signals AI engines use to determine whether your content is trustworthy enough to cite.

Why does structured data matter for AI search?

AI engines use structured data to understand what your page is about, who wrote it, when it was published, and how it relates to other pages on your site. Without it, AI has to guess. With it, your content becomes a structured source an AI can cite with confidence — including the correct entity name, author attribution and publication date.

Does this tool guarantee my content will appear in AI Overviews?

No tool can guarantee that. AI engines consider many factors beyond on-page signals — authority, topical relevance, citation frequency by other trusted sources and query context all play a role. What this scanner does is verify you have the foundational signals in place so your content is eligible for AI citation when it is the best answer.

Is there a free tool to check whether my website is optimised for AI search engines?

Yes — this page is one. The Edos GEO/AEO scanner fetches your live site and runs AI-readiness checks covering structured data, AI-ready schema types, content depth, readability, author and date signals and citation quality, rolling up to a single grade from A+ to F. Free, browser-based, no signup.

Is this AEO checking software I have to install?

No. This is a free browser-based AEO checker — nothing to download or install. You enter a domain, it fetches the live page and runs six AEO/GEO checks in seconds: structured data validity, AI-ready schema types, content depth, readability, author and date signals, and external citations. Unlike paid AEO checking software, there's no signup, no trial and no per-scan limit for reasonable use.

Is the scan result stored?

We store the domain and scan timestamp. We do not store the full page content — the HTML is discarded after checks complete.

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A free AEO checker and GEO checker in one. Generative Engine Optimisation starts with the signals AI search engines look for: structured data, content depth, author attribution, readability and citation quality. Enter a domain for an instant AI-readiness grade — no signup, no AEO checking software to install. New to the term? Readwhat AEO is and why it matters.

Yes. This free AEO / GEO scanner checks whether a page carries the eight signals AI search engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews use when choosing what to cite — structured data, author and date signals, readability, content depth and citation quality — and grades it A to F with a fix for each gap.

What AI engines look for

Structured data

JSON-LD gives AI engines a machine-readable map of your content: what it is, who wrote it, when it was published. Without it, AI has to guess — and guessing leads to hallucinated citations.

Entity identity

Organization and LocalBusiness schema tell AI who you are, where you are based, and how to attribute your content. Every page should reference a defined Organisation entity.

Content depth

AI engines extract answers from substantive content. Thin pages — under 300 words — rarely contain enough information for a complete AI-generated answer.

Readability

Well-structured sentences make your content easier for AI to parse and cite accurately. Long, complex sentences increase the risk of misquotation.

Author attribution

AI engines prioritise attributable content. Person schema, article:author meta tags and bylines tell the AI who stands behind the information.

Publication dates

Freshness signals matter. Without a publication date, AI engines cannot determine whether your content is current or years out of date.

External citations

Content that cites authoritative external sources signals research depth. AI engines treat well-cited content as more reliable than content that references only itself.

Breadcrumb / site structure

BreadcrumbList schema helps AI understand where a page sits in your site hierarchy, improving disambiguation when your content covers multiple topics.

Privacy

Checking structured data and citation signals means fetching the raw page ourselves — this AI-readiness scan runs on an Edos-hosted backend, and your browser never contacts the site being scanned. The fetch comes from our server, so it shows up in the target site's access logs as a hit from Edos rather than from you; it identifies itself as Edos-Solutions-SEO-Audit/1.0— the same audit agent ourSEO scanneruses, and the address it links to — so anyone who finds it in their own logs later can work out what it was. The domain you scan is recorded, together with your IP address and browser user-agent, and we may use that record to follow up with the domain's owner about what the scan found. Plausible runs on every page here (cookieless, aggregate only); Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity only load if you accept the consent banner. See ourprivacy policyfor retention periods and how to request removal.

Frequently asked questions

What is GEO / AEO?: Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) are the practice of optimising your content so AI-powered search engines — like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude — can accurately find, understand and cite your pages. It is about making your content the best answer, not just the top link.
What does the GEO / AEO scanner check?: Structured data presence and validity (JSON-LD), AI-relevant schema types (Organization, BreadcrumbList, Article, FAQPage, HowTo), content depth and readability, author and publication date signals, and external citation quality. These are the signals AI engines use to determine whether your content is trustworthy enough to cite.
Why does structured data matter for AI search?: AI engines use structured data to understand what your page is about, who wrote it, when it was published, and how it relates to other pages on your site. Without it, AI has to guess. With it, your content becomes a structured source an AI can cite with confidence — including the correct entity name, author attribution and publication date.
Does this tool guarantee my content will appear in AI Overviews?: No tool can guarantee that. AI engines consider many factors beyond on-page signals — authority, topical relevance, citation frequency by other trusted sources and query context all play a role. What this scanner does is verify you have the foundational signals in place so your content is eligible for AI citation when it is the best answer.
Is there a free tool to check whether my website is optimised for AI search engines?: Yes — this page is one. The Edos GEO/AEO scanner fetches your live site and runs AI-readiness checks covering structured data, AI-ready schema types, content depth, readability, author and date signals and citation quality, rolling up to a single grade from A+ to F. Free, browser-based, no signup.
Is this AEO checking software I have to install?: No. This is a free browser-based AEO checker — nothing to download or install. You enter a domain, it fetches the live page and runs six AEO/GEO checks in seconds: structured data validity, AI-ready schema types, content depth, readability, author and date signals, and external citations. Unlike paid AEO checking software, there's no signup, no trial and no per-scan limit for reasonable use.
Is the scan result stored?: We store the domain and scan timestamp. We do not store the full page content — the HTML is discarded after checks complete.

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