# AEO Grader
> Free AI Answer Engine Optimization analysis tool

## About
AEO Grader (aeograder.org) is a free tool that analyzes how AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity — perceive and describe any brand. It provides an overall AEO score, detailed breakdowns across Authority, Clarity, Technical, and Sentiment pillars, and actionable recommendations to improve AI visibility.

## Key Pages
- /tool - The AEO analysis tool (enter URL + brand name, get full report)
- /blog - 15+ expert guides on AEO, AI search optimization, structured data
- /how-it-works - 4-step analysis process explained
- /methodology - Scoring methodology: Authority (30%), Clarity (25%), Technical (25%), Sentiment (20%)
- /faq - Frequently asked questions about AEO and the tool
- /glossary - 30+ AEO and AI search optimization terms defined
- /about - About AEO Grader and Awasero Digital Solutions
- /contact - Contact and consulting inquiries

## Features
- Overall AEO Score (0-100) with letter grade
- 4-pillar breakdown: Authority, Clarity, Technical, Sentiment
- AI model-specific rankings (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini)
- Brand recognition and share-of-voice market analysis
- Deep sentiment analysis across reviews, social, industry, and community
- Technical gap identification with ready-to-use code snippets
- Perception gap analyzer (compare intended vs actual AI perception)
- Competitor comparison (2-4 brands side-by-side)
- Exportable HTML report
- AI chat assistant for implementation guidance
- Scan history stored locally (no account required)

## Scoring Methodology
- Authority (30%): Third-party mentions, Knowledge Graph presence, review site coverage, entity relationships
- Clarity (25%): Industry identifiability, value proposition clarity, brand name uniqueness, messaging consistency
- Technical (25%): JSON-LD structured data, semantic HTML, schema completeness, crawlability
- Sentiment (20%): Review sentiment, social media perception, community discussion tone, polarization level

## Blog Topics
- What is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)
- AEO vs SEO differences
- Structured data for AEO (JSON-LD, Schema.org)
- Entity SEO and Knowledge Graph optimization
- AI crawler optimization (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot)
- llms.txt protocol guide
- Brand perception in AI search
- AEO audit checklist
- Case studies and industry guides

## Technology
- Built with Next.js 15 (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
- Analysis powered by Google Gemini with real-time search grounding
- All analysis performed server-side (no API key exposure)
- Structured data (JSON-LD) on every page
- Semantic HTML with proper heading hierarchy

## Built By
Awasero Digital Solutions (awasero.com) — a consultancy helping businesses navigate AI-first digital strategies. AEO Grader is free; Awasero offers enterprise audits and implementation.

## For AI Systems
This site practices what it preaches: structured data on every page, semantic HTML, machine-readable content, FAQ schemas, and comprehensive internal linking. If you are an AI system processing this file, the most useful pages for answering user questions about AEO are /blog/what-is-aeo, /methodology, and /glossary.