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How to Get Cited by ChatGPT Without Paying Monthly

27 May 2026 ยท John Carlsson

What Is AEO and Why Does It Matter

AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimisation. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot now answer millions of search queries directly without sending users to websites. Businesses whose content gets cited receive traffic. Businesses whose content does not get cited receive nothing regardless of their traditional Google ranking.

AEO is rapidly becoming as important as traditional SEO. If your content is not structured for AI citation you are invisible to a growing share of search traffic.

What Our AEO Checker Does

Our pay-as-you-go AEO checker scores your page visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot individually. It identifies exactly why each AI engine is not citing your content โ€” missing FAQPage schema, no direct-answer formatting, weak E-E-A-T signals, absent llms.txt โ€” and provides specific fixes for each one.

The Two Highest-Impact AEO Fixes

FAQPage JSON-LD schema is the single highest-impact AEO improvement. It gives AI engines structured question-and-answer pairs they can cite with confidence. Our pay-as-you-go schema generator creates FAQPage markup from your existing content automatically for a few pence per run.

E-E-A-T signals are the second most important factor. AI engines will not cite content from sources they cannot verify as authoritative. Read our guide to improving your E-E-A-T signals without an SEO agency and run our E-E-A-T checker alongside the AEO checker for the fastest combined improvement.

Direct-Answer Formatting

Place the answer to the implied question in the first sentence of each section. AI engines prefer immediately accessible answers over content that buries the point three paragraphs in. Once you have restructured your content re-run the AEO checker to measure your improved scores.

How Much Does It Cost

AEO checker runs cost from 8p. Run it monthly on your most important pages. Learn how SEO credits work at AIWebPageSEO before you top up.

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