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    AEO Citation Readiness Checker

    The AEO Citation Readiness Checker is a free tool that checks whether your content is ready to be cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. 28 checks across content structure, entity clarity, and AI platform accessibility.

    Last updated: Feb 22, 2026

    How It Works

    1

    Enter a URL

    Paste any public web page URL above.

    2

    AI Analyzes the Page

    We check 28 factors that determine whether AI models will cite your content.

    3

    Get Your Readiness Score

    See dimension-by-dimension results with specific fixes to improve citation probability.

    What This Tool Checks

    • E. Content Structure for AI Extraction (10 checks)
    • F. Entity & Schema Depth (10 checks)
    • G. AI Platform Accessibility (8 checks)

    Based on citation patterns observed across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews.

    FAQ

    • What is AEO citation readiness?

      Citation readiness measures whether your content is structured so that AI search engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews — can extract, attribute, and cite it in their answers. It’s different from traditional SEO, which focuses on ranking in link-based results.

    • How does AI search decide what to cite?

      AI models favor content with clear entity statements, direct-answer first sentences, numbered frameworks, comparison tables, and matching FAQ schema. Content that buries answers in prose or hides them behind interactions is less likely to be cited.

    • Does this tool test actual AI citations?

      No. It checks the structural readiness factors that determine citation probability — content structure, entity clarity, schema depth, and AI platform accessibility. To test actual citations, you’d query each AI platform directly with your target search terms.

    • Which AI platforms does this apply to?

      The checks are based on citation patterns observed across ChatGPT (web browsing), Perplexity, Claude (web search), and Google AI Overviews. Each platform has slightly different citation behavior, but the structural factors this tool checks are common across all of them.

    • What’s the most impactful thing I can fix?

      Start with direct-answer first sentences in each section and a clear entity statement in the first 300 words. These two patterns have the highest correlation with citation across all AI platforms we’ve observed.