AEO Rank
A measurable bar for getting cited. We don't ship below 80.
AEO Rank is a 0-100 standard for how citation-ready your content is - built from research on what AI engines actually cite. Every article is scored, and rewritten until it clears the bar.
Every article, scored on 5 pillars / 17 checks
How it works
A published standard - so "good enough" isn't a matter of taste
A fixed rubric, not an opinion
Every page is scored 0-100 with an A-F grade against the same published checks - like a credit score. The bar is written down, so "good enough" is never a matter of taste.
A 85-100 · B 70-84 · C 55-69 · D 40-54 · F below 40
Built from what AI cites
The checks come from research on the pages AI engines actually cite - answer capsules, entity density, original data. It measures citation-readiness: the structure and signals, not a guaranteed placement.
Answer capsules appear in ~72% of AI-cited posts
We fix to the bar automatically
Under 80, the system rewrites the article and re-scores it - up to 3 passes - using your proprietary data until it clears the bar. Nothing ships below 80.
Up to 3 rewrite passes · ships at 80+
It grades your whole site too
The same standard runs at the site level: a 53-criterion audit across 5 pillars shows exactly where you stand today and what to fix first.
Site audit: 53 criteria / 5 pillars
Inside AEO Rank
You see the score, the pillars, and what's holding it back
Every article ships with its 0-100 score, an A-F grade, the five-pillar breakdown, and the exact sections the rubric flagged - the real screen you get in Studio.
Citation-ready score
Five-pillar breakdown
Flagged sections · 3
Site audit · 53 criteria across 5 pillars
+14 overall, with the biggest gains in Extractability and Structural Signals after the cluster shipped.
Per article · 17 checks across 5 pillars
Cleared the 80 ship bar in 2 rewrite passes, using the client's proprietary data - so it never went out below the bar.
Why it works
A guarantee is only as good as the yardstick behind it
Because AEO Rank is a fixed, published rubric - not a subjective "looks good to us" - the 80+ promise is something you can verify on every single deliverable.
To be exact: AEO Rank measures citation-readiness - the structure and signals AI engines look for. It doesn't promise a placement on its own. That's why the visibility system separately measures the actual AI mentions across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. The readiness bar and the real outcome are two numbers, reported independently.
See where your site scores today
A free audit grades your site on the same 53-criterion AEO Rank standard and shows what to fix first. Named in AI answers in 90 days, or we work free until you are.
From the blog
The latest from our content engine.
Original-data articles, case studies, and AEO research from our content engine - the same pipeline we run for clients.
