// answer engine optimization

Get cited by AI answers, not buried under them.

[1] developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features · [2] platform.openai.com/docs/bots · [3] docs.perplexity.ai/guides/bots

ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can answer a question right on the page. A free 27-point checklist, every item tied to Google, OpenAI or Perplexity documentation, to help your small site become a source they can quote. No guarantees, no hacks.

01 — Eligibility: the three conditions Google says a page must meet for AI Overviews.^[1]

02 — Crawler access: which bots to allow (OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot) and which are only for training.^[2][3]

03 — What to skip: llms.txt, chunking, fake mentions, per Google's own mythbusting.

Try 4 of the 27

My key pages are indexed and snippet-eligible.^[1] robots.txt allows OAI-SearchBot.^[2] robots.txt allows PerplexityBot.^[3] Important content is in text, not just images.^[1]

0 / 4: get the other 23 below.

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