answer engine optimization checker · free
Is this page shaped to be quoted as an answer?
Paste any article URL — yours or a competitor's. We score the nine things answer engines demonstrably reward, and explain every point.
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What is answer engine optimization?
Shaping a page so that an answer engine — Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot — can lift a direct, accurate answer from it and cite you as the source. It rewards a clear answer near the top, question-shaped headings, structured data, extractable lists and tables, and visible authorship.
How is the score calculated?
Nine deterministic checks with fixed weights, totalling 100: a direct answer near the top (20), question-shaped headings (15), FAQ schema (15), a named author with dates (15), lists or tables (10), Article schema (10), exactly one H1 (5), a canonical URL (5) and depth (5). No model is involved, so the same page scores the same twice.
Can I check a competitor's page?
Yes. Checking what the pages that outrank you do differently is the fastest way to find your gap — and the reason this tool exists. We fetch the page once and cache the result for ten minutes.
Does a high score guarantee a citation?
No. It means the page has removed the on-page reasons an assistant would skip it. Whether it is chosen also depends on your domain's authority, how fresh the page is, and how many other sources answer the same question well.
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