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What Is AI Search Readiness? A Guide to GEO and AEO
By NexaMarTech Team7 min read
Traditional SEO ranks pages. AI search cites answers. Here is how to prepare your site for both.
What Is AI Search Readiness
When ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews answer a question, they cite sources — they do not just list links. Getting cited requires a new discipline: AI Search Readiness.
The two disciplines
- GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) — being included in generative answers
- AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) — being the direct answer
The 13 signals we check
Our AI Readiness Checker inspects your URL for llms.txt, JSON-LD, FAQ schema, author E-E-A-T, canonical tags, and 8 more markers — then scores your site out of 100.
Start with a scan and fix the easy wins first.
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