Free Resource — SEO + AEO
Dominate Search.
And the AI Answer.
Search is split in two. Google still ranks pages — but ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity now answer the query before users click. One audit. Two scores. SEO grade plus AEO grade, side by side.
The SEO Factors
What Makes a Strong SEO Grade?
SEO is not a single metric — it's a composite score across several categories. Understanding each one helps you identify exactly where your website is losing ground to competitors.
SEO Grader: Links
Many people with a basic knowledge of SEO tactics already know the importance of links. However, it isn't just the number of links pointing to your website — the quality, relevance, and diversity of your backlink profile all factor into your score.
SEO Grader: Domain Factors
Domain factors have a bigger role in SEO than most people realize. If your business has changed over time, your domain name may no longer reflect your brand or keywords — and that creates a gap in how search engines understand what you do.
SEO Grader: On-Page Factors
Basic SEO knowledge tells you to use keywords, but knowing where to place them — titles, headers, meta descriptions, image alt text — makes the difference between ranking and being invisible. It's about placement, not just density.
SEO Grader: Content
Content length and keyword relevance are two of the biggest ranking signals. Content needs to be long enough to be genuinely useful to visitors, comprehensive enough to cover the topic, and structured in a way that's easy to consume.
SEO Grader: Technical Site Factors
Site speed, crawlability, HTTPS, mobile-friendliness, and structured data all send signals to Google. You can have the best content in the world, but if your site has technical issues, visitors — and search engines — won't stick around.
SEO Grader: User Experience
Click-through rate, dwell time, and bounce rate all signal to Google whether users found what they were looking for. Good user experience means lower bounce rates, more pages visited, and more time spent — all of which help rankings.
SEO Grader: Local SEO
Google estimates as many as 73% of all online activity is related to local searches. Claiming your local listings, keeping business information consistent across directories, and building local citations all determine whether your business shows up when nearby customers search.
Why Does Grading Your SEO Matter?
Your website is often the first experience potential customers will have with your business. If visitors don't like what they see — or can't find you at all — they leave. An SEO grade tells you exactly where the gaps are before those gaps cost you revenue.
The AEO Factors
What Makes a Strong AEO Grade?
AEO — Answer Engine Optimization — measures how AI tools see your brand. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini are now answering buyer questions directly. If you're not part of those answers, you're invisible to a fast-growing slice of your market.
AEO Grader: Brand Recognition
When prospects ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity about your category, are you mentioned at all? AEO grades whether the major AI engines even know your business exists — and how confidently they describe it.
AEO Grader: AI Sentiment
Mentions aren't enough. AI engines summarize your reputation in real time. We score the tone of those summaries: positive, neutral, or negative — and surface the sources shaping that perception.
AEO Grader: Share of Voice
When AI answers a question in your space, what slice of the answer is yours vs. competitors? Share of Voice tells you whether you own the conversation or whether you're a footnote in someone else's pitch.
AEO Grader: Citation Quality
AI engines weight sources by trust. Press mentions, structured data, Wikipedia presence, and authoritative backlinks decide whether you get cited as a primary source or skipped entirely. Better citations, better answers.
Is SEO Dead in 2026?
No — SEO is evolving, not dying. Google still drives the majority of high-intent traffic. What's changed is that ranking #1 isn't enough anymore. AI Overviews and ChatGPT often answer the query before a user clicks. The winning strategy in 2026 is dual optimization — strong SEO so you rank, plus AEO so AI tools cite and recommend you. Skip either side and you lose ground.
How It Works
From URL to Action Plan in Minutes
01
Enter your URL
Drop in your domain. No signup wall. No credit card. The audit kicks off the second you submit.
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Dual analysis runs
We pull technical SEO signals and query every major AI engine — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews — to map your full visibility footprint.
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Composite score returned
One score out of 100, broken into your SEO grade and your AEO grade so you see exactly which side has the bigger gap.
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Action plan delivered
A prioritized, plain-English list — what to fix first, what'll move the needle fastest, what to deprioritize.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an SEO & AEO grader?
An SEO & AEO grader is a free tool that scores how your website performs in two places: traditional search (Google, Bing) and AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini). The SEO score covers technical health, on-page optimization, and backlinks. The AEO score covers how AI tools describe and recommend your brand. Together, they tell you whether prospects can find you — and whether AI is recommending you when they ask.
What is AEO and how does it work?
AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimization. It's the practice of making your business visible inside AI tools — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot. AEO works by strengthening the signals AI models rely on: structured data, entity recognition, authoritative citations, press coverage, and consistent brand mentions across the open web. When those signals are strong, AI tools mention you by name in their answers.
What does an AEO grader do?
An AEO grader runs queries across the major AI engines, checks whether your brand is mentioned, evaluates the sentiment of those mentions, measures your share of voice against competitors, and scores your overall AI visibility. The output is a simple grade plus a list of what's holding you back — usually weak entity data, missing schema, or a thin authority footprint.
Is SEO dead in 2026?
No — SEO is evolving, not dying. Google still drives the majority of high-intent traffic. What's changed is that ranking #1 isn't enough anymore: AI Overviews and ChatGPT often answer the query before a user clicks. The winning strategy in 2026 is dual optimization — strong traditional SEO so you rank, plus AEO so AI tools cite and recommend you. Skip either side and you lose ground.
How is AEO different from SEO?
SEO targets ranked search results; AEO targets generated answers. SEO rewards keywords, backlinks, and Core Web Vitals. AEO rewards entity clarity, structured data, brand authority, and citation quality. They overlap — strong SEO usually helps AEO — but they're scored differently and require different work. The grader splits them out so you see both.
Which AI engines does the grader check?
We check every major answer engine: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. As new AI engines emerge, we expand coverage.
Is the grader actually free?
Yes. No credit card, no signup wall, no time-limited trial. The full SEO and AEO grade is free. If you want our team to fix what the grader flagged, that's where Clickx comes in — but the audit costs you nothing.
What should I do after I get my score?
Start with the highest-impact items in your action plan — usually that's technical SEO fixes and entity/schema work for AEO. If you want help executing, every Clickx plan includes both SEO and AEO work as core pillars, so the gaps the grader surfaces are the gaps we close.
Next Step
See How Your Site Scores
Our team runs a full audit across both SEO and AEO and shows you exactly where your site stands — and what to fix first to see the fastest results.
What the audit covers:
- Link quality & backlink profile
- Domain authority & age factors
- On-page optimization
- Content depth & keyword relevance
- Technical site health
- User experience signals
- Local SEO & citations
- AI brand recognition (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini)
- AI sentiment & share of voice
- Citation quality & entity strength