About AEO Checker

AEO Checker is run by Cal Evans, a software developer who has worked in the PHP community for over two decades. It's a small, independently operated tool — no investors, no support team, no account system. Just a straightforward way for a small business owner to find out whether AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can find and cite their business, and what to fix if they can't.

Why this tool exists

Search habits are shifting from typing keywords into Google to asking ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity a direct question. Those AI tools answer from a mix of crawled content and structured data, and most small business websites were built for the old kind of search — readable by humans and classic search engines, but invisible or confusing to an AI crawler. A site can rank well on Google and still never get mentioned when someone asks an AI assistant for a recommendation. AEO Checker exists to make that gap visible and fixable, without needing to hire an agency or learn the underlying standards yourself.

How a report gets made

Every report is generated automatically: you submit your URL, pick a tier, pay once, and a PDF lands in your inbox within five minutes. Behind the scenes, the tool crawls your site, checks it against six AEO scoring modules — AI crawler access, structured data, content structure, entity and trust signals, llms.txt, and technical health — and uses Claude to write plain-English explanations and generate ready-to-paste fixes specific to your business. There's no subscription and no ongoing relationship required — if the report doesn't help you, the 30-day money-back guarantee means it costs you nothing to find out.

Questions or support

Email [email protected] with any questions — about a report, a refund, or anything else.