Question 1

What industries benefit most from AEO?

Accepted Answer

Any industry where customers ask questions before buying. Healthcare, legal, financial services, SaaS, e-commerce, professional services, and education see strong results because people use AI assistants to research these topics before making decisions.

Question 2

What are the 48 AEO criteria?

Accepted Answer

The 48 criteria are organized into 5 pillars with fixed target shares: Answer Readiness 40%, Content Structure 25%, Trust & Authority 15%, Technical Foundation 10%, and AI Discovery 10%. Inside those pillars, criteria cover topic coherence, original data, depth, fact density, direct answers, Q&A structure, entity authority, freshness, visible dates, schema, semantic HTML, extraction friction, llms.txt, robots.txt, licensing, canonicals, sitemap coverage, and RSS. Each criterion is scored 0–10, converted into an effective weight after confidence and overlap controls, then rolled into the final score.

Question 3

Can I see how specific competitors score?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Browse benchmarks by sector and category, then click any domain to view its full Domain Intelligence Dashboard - detailed scorecard, findings, recommendations. See exactly where competitors are strong and where they have gaps you can exploit.

Question 4

What makes content "original" for AEO purposes?

Accepted Answer

Proprietary data, first-hand research, expert analysis with author credentials, unique case studies, perspectives you won't find elsewhere. AI engines value original sources because they add new information to the knowledge base. Rephrasing content from other sources adds zero value for AI citation.

Question 5

How does content depth affect my AEO Site Rank?

Accepted Answer

Content Depth measures average word count, heading structure, and the ratio of substantive pages to thin pages. Pages under 500 words rarely get cited by AI. The sweet spot is 1,500-3,000 words with 5+ H2 headings. Content Depth is cross-linked with Topic Coherence - deep content on scattered topics gets penalized because depth without focus doesn't build authority.

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