AEO: answer-engine citability
Answer-Engine Optimization (AEO) makes your listing machine-readable to the assistants buyers ask: llms.txt and llms-full.txt files, FAQ markup, answer-snippet metadata, and open AI-crawler access.
The mechanicslink
- check_circlellms.txt / llms-full.txt — structured, crawlable summaries of the catalog and your listing, published for LLM crawlers at the platform level.
- check_circleFAQ markup — your listing’s FAQs are emitted as structured data, the format answer engines lift citations from.
- check_circleAnswer-snippet metadata — concise, quotable descriptions designed to survive extraction into an answer.
- check_circleOpen AI-crawler access — GPTBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, and Claude’s crawler are welcome, not blocked.
Make yourself quotablelink
Answer engines cite content that answers a question cleanly in one or two sentences. Write your listing description and FAQs so a single sentence can stand alone: what it is, who it is for, and what it costs. Vague positioning copy does not get cited; concrete claims do.
AEO vs GEOlink
AEO makes you citable — an answer engine can read and quote you. GEO (generative engine optimization) goes further: active presence in generative answers via the /llms-network.txt syndication feed. They stack; see the GEO doc for the syndication layer.
Frequently asked questions
Can Kariant guarantee I appear in ChatGPT or Perplexity answers?expand_more
No — third-party engine output cannot be guaranteed by anyone. AEO maximizes your eligibility to be read and cited; the engines decide the rest.
Do I need to host llms.txt on my own site?expand_more
No. The platform publishes llms.txt / llms-full.txt covering the catalog. Adding one on your own site is a fine complement, but your Kariant listing’s AEO works without it.
Which tier includes AEO?expand_more
The machine-readable layer ships with the platform. Being cited inside Kariant’s own Klick answers is part of the Kariant AI tier.