AI Overviews & AI Mode
Google’s generative answers pull from pages that are crawlable, structured, and answer-first.
AEO
Get cited in AI answers — not just blue links
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) helps you stay visible when people ask AI tools instead of searching. Prowlyn checks the access, structure and trust signals that affect whether those tools cite you.
Definition
What is AEO?
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) gets your content and site ready so AI tools can find it, understand it and cite it. It works alongside classic SEO, which focuses on rankings.
ChatGPT
When ChatGPT browses the web, it favors pages that clearly say who you are, use schema markup and don’t block AI bots.
Gemini
Answers favor trusted, consistent business details (name, address, phone) and pages that are easy to read.
Classic SEO
Rankings & blue links
Crawl, on-page and authority for search results
AEO
Citations in AI answers
AI bot access, structure and trust for AI Overviews and chat
Prowlyn
One Hunt
Both lenses, ranked PDF, Word and CSV fixes
Why now
Why do experts care now?
Rankings don’t tell you whether you show up in the AI answer. Separate tools rarely check AI bot access, firewall blocks or answer-first structure in the same pass as technical SEO.
See what Google and AI see
Prowlyn checks whether AI search bots can reach your site, or whether your firewall is blocking them.
From crawl to citation
Your robots rules, schema, answer-first content, trust signals (E-E-A-T) and citations/NAP, all in one ranked fix list.
Checks
What does Prowlyn check for AEO?
Access
AI bot access & firewalls
Make sure your hosting or firewall isn’t blocking AI answer engines.
Directives
Robots & indexability
The robots and indexing rules that tell bots what they can read.
Structure
Schema & answer-first
Markup and content shape that support citations.
Trust
E-E-A-T basics
Basic trust signals (experience, expertise, authority, trust) found in the crawl.
Local / entity
NAP & citations
Consistent business details that make it clear who you are.
Get AEO checks in your Hunt
Trail includes the deep AEO audit. The free Health Check previews homepage readiness only.
FAQ
AEO FAQ
What is AEO?
Answer Engine Optimization — getting cited in AI-generated answers, not only ranked as blue links.
Which AI surfaces matter?
ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews / AI Mode: the answer engines Prowlyn covers.
How does Prowlyn help with AEO?
It checks AI bot access, firewall blocks, robots rules, schema, answer-first structure and basic trust signals (E-E-A-T), then ranks the fixes.