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SEO Checklist

AI SEO Checklist: Optimize for AI Search & LLMs

Optimize for AI search and LLMs with a 36-step AI SEO checklist: AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, generative engine optimization (GEO), and citations.

What's included

  • Generative Engine Optimization — Content structure, citation triggers, and entity reinforcement.
  • AI Overviews — Capture rules, formatting, and proximity tactics.
  • LLM Citation Audit — How to track citations and diagnose gaps.
  • Schema for LLMs — Schema patterns that aid LLM understanding and citation.
  • AI Crawler Controls — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended robots.txt.
  • Entity SEO — Author, brand, and topic entity reinforcement for LLM trust.