What is the AEO readiness score for ahrefs.com?

ahrefs.com currently holds an Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) composite score of 70/100 (Grade B), with AI Crawler Access at 80/100, JSON-LD Schema Graph at 80/100, Semantic Structure at 100/100, and Direct Answer Extractability at 25/100.

How can ahrefs.com improve its citations in ChatGPT Search and Perplexity?

ahrefs.com can reach a 100/100 AEO score by allowing OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, PerplexityBot, and ClaudeBot in /robots.txt, publishing a machine-readable /llms.txt manifest, and deploying a linked JSON-LD @graph with Wikidata sameAs entity disambiguation.

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ahrefs.com AEO Report

ahrefs.com achieved an Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) composite score of 70/100 (Grade B) when evaluated for AI crawler permissions, JSON-LD knowledge graph disambiguation, and 40–60 word direct answer extractability across ChatGPT Search, Perplexity AI, and Anthropic Claude.

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AEO Score

out of 100

Grade

4-Pillar Diagnostic Breakdown

Technical Score Breakdown for ahrefs.com

AI Crawler Access 25% Weight

80/100

Verified /robots.txt accessibility for AI bots

Schema AST Graph 30% Weight

80/100

Entity knowledge graph alignment inspected

Direct Answers 25% Weight

25/100

Direct answer formatting needs 40-60 word optimization

Semantic Outline 20% Weight

100/100

Evaluated H1-H3 heading hierarchy and HTML token signal-to-noise ratio.

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Hi team,

We just ran an Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) & AI Search diagnostic on ahrefs.com to see how ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, and Claude extract your site:

Live Scorecard: https://aeoauditing.com/report/ahrefs.com

• Overall AEO Score: 70/100 (Grade B)
• Primary Bottleneck: 40-60 Word Direct Answer Extractability (25/100)
• Quick Win (+28 pts to 98/100 Grade A+): structuring key product answers into 40-60 word factual blocks under H2/H3 question headings.

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We audited ahrefs.com for AI Search & Answer Engine Optimization (ChatGPT Search, Perplexity & Claude):

• Composite AEO Score: 70/100 (Grade B)
• AI Crawler Access: 80/100
• JSON-LD Schema Graph: 80/100
• Direct Answer Extractability: 25/100

Biggest gap: 40-60 Word Direct Answer Extractability (25/100).

Full benchmark report: https://aeoauditing.com/report/ahrefs.com

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Hi team,

We just ran an Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) & AI Search diagnostic on ahrefs.com to see how ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, and Claude extract your site:

Live Scorecard: https://aeoauditing.com/report/ahrefs.com

• Overall AEO Score: 70/100 (Grade B)
• Primary Bottleneck: 40-60 Word Direct Answer Extractability (25/100)
• Quick Win (+28 pts to 98/100 Grade A+): structuring key product answers into 40-60 word factual blocks under H2/H3 question headings.

You can view the full 4-pillar breakdown at https://aeoauditing.com/report/ahrefs.com or grab the copy-paste JSON-LD @graph + /llms.txt Remediation Kit for ahrefs.com in 1 click ($3): https://aeoauditing.com/?url=ahrefs.com

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