Check if your content is optimized for voice search and featured snippets. Analyze question headings, concise answer blocks, FAQ schema, and speakable content. 10 checks.
AEO is the practice of optimizing content to appear as direct answers in search features like featured snippets, People Also Ask boxes, and voice search results. It focuses on question-based headings, concise answer blocks, and structured data.
Traditional SEO focuses on ranking pages in the ten blue links. AEO focuses specifically on earning position zero — featured snippets, knowledge panels, and voice answers. The techniques overlap, but AEO requires additional structured formatting like question headings and concise answer paragraphs.
It checks 10 AEO factors: question-based headings, concise answer blocks (40-60 words), FAQ schema markup, list and table structures, definition patterns, heading depth and hierarchy, direct answer positioning, speakable content (sentence length), long-tail question patterns, and content freshness.
A concise answer block is a paragraph of 40-60 words that directly follows a question heading. This format matches how Google extracts featured snippets — a question heading followed by a brief, complete answer.
FAQ schema (FAQPage JSON-LD) tells search engines that your page contains questions and answers. This can trigger rich FAQ results in Google and makes your content eligible for voice assistant answers. Aim for at least 3 Q&A pairs.
Voice assistants like Google Assistant and Alexa read answers from featured snippets. To be selected, your content needs short, speakable sentences (10-20 words average), direct answers in the first paragraph, and a clear question-answer structure.
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