AEOThe new layer of search

Be the answer.

Answer engines do not rank pages. They cite them. Rook Ranker scores how cite worthy each of your pages is, and tells you what to change.

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78/ 100

Answer engine readiness

Identity

Organization schema

Content

Article schema

Q and A

Add FAQ schema

ChatGPTbest link in bio for creators
Perplexityrookhq vs linktree comparison
Geminihow to set up an NFC profile card
The shift

From ten blue links to one quoted answer.

A growing share of intent never reaches Google. It lives inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Grok. The page that wins is the one the engine is willing to quote.

ChatGPT
+12%
148citations
Share of voice64%
Perplexity
+8%
92citations
Share of voice48%
Gemini
-3%
71citations
Share of voice36%
Claude
+5%
54citations
Share of voice28%
Grok
+22%
31citations
Share of voice18%
What engines look for

Three signals decide whether you are cited.

Identity, content, and answerability. Rook Ranker grades each one and turns the gap into a fix.

  • Organization schema with sameAs and clear authorship
  • Article, Product, FAQ schema where it belongs
  • Short crawlable answers above the fold
  • A clear stance, not a hedge
ranker.rookhq.com/w/rookhq/visibility
78/ 100

Answer engine readiness

Identity

Organization schema

Content

Article schema

Q and A

Add FAQ schema

ChatGPTbest link in bio for creators
Perplexityrookhq vs linktree comparison
Geminihow to set up an NFC profile card
Three pillars of AEO

Identity. Content. Coverage.

01 · Identity

Be unmistakable.

Schema is the introduction every engine reads first. Without it, you are a candidate among candidates. With it, you are the source.

02 · Content

Be quotable.

Short sentences. Clean claims. Numbers and dates. Answer the question without forcing a click.

03 · Coverage

Be everywhere it matters.

FAQ blocks. Comparison pages. Glossary entries. Each format wins a different class of query.

Score

A readiness number you can read.

Zero to one hundred. Built from schema, content density, and answerability. The number moves when the page moves.

Track

Pin the queries that matter.

Up to twenty five queries per workspace. Open them in any engine in one click.

Fix

Each gap becomes a card.

Missing FAQ schema. Long sentences. Vague stance. Each is a card on the actions list.

Watch

Citations climb. Then compound.

The first citation is the slow one. The second arrives faster. The tenth is a graph.

Five engines. One score

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok. Tracked from one dashboard.

Schema validation

Detected, validated, explained.

Citation cues

The signals engines reach for first.

Share of voice

Yours, your rivals, the share that is still up for grabs.

339
AEO signals per page
~88
scored typically
grows with your schema
14
schema types graded
5
engines tracked
Questions

Frequently asked.

What is AEO?+

Answer Engine Optimization. The practice of being cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Grok. AEO is to answer engines what SEO is to Google.

Why is AEO different from SEO?+

SEO optimizes for ranking. AEO optimizes for citation. The first wants the click. The second wants the quote.

Do schema and structured data matter?+

Yes. They are how engines understand who you are and what you publish. Schema is identity at the LLM layer. Rook Ranker grades 14 distinct schema types: Organization, Article, Product, FAQ, HowTo, Recipe, Event, Course, JobPosting, Book, Movie, Dataset, BreadcrumbList, Person.

How long until AEO matters as much as SEO?+

For high intent and high research queries, it already does. Rook Ranker tracks share of voice across the engines that lead.

The future is cited, not clicked.

Score every page. Win the citation.