aeo_optimizer

Answer Engine Optimizer (AEO) helps Drupal sites prepare content for modern AI-powered answer engines such as Google SGE, Bing Copilot, ChatGPT, and Perplexity by analyzing content structure, depth, and schema readiness.

It provides actionable insights to improve how your content is understood, extracted, and cited by AI systems.

Features

Answer Engine Optimizer focuses on making Drupal content AI-readable, answer-ready, and semantically strong.

Key features include:

• Content analysis for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
  Analyzes content to ensure it is suitable for AI answer engines and generative search experiences.
• Content length, structure, and readability checks
  Evaluates whether content meets minimum depth and clarity requirements for AI extraction.
• Heading hierarchy validation (H1–H6)
  Ensures proper semantic heading structure for improved machine understanding.
• Content depth evaluation for AI answer extraction
  Flags thin or incomplete content that may fail to surface in AI-generated answers.
• JSON-LD readiness checks
  Validates structured data readiness for AI consumption and answer engines.
• Node-level optimization feedback
  Provides actionable feedback directly on individual content items.
• Designed for service pages, articles, and informational content
  Optimized for common content types used in company websites and knowledge bases.

Optional AI-powered sub-module features

• AI-generated JSON-LD descriptions
  Automatically generates concise, schema-friendly JSON-LD descriptions using Drupal’s global AI provider framework.
• AI-generated FAQ content
  Creates structured FAQ data optimized for AI answer engines and generative search results.
• Provider-agnostic AI integration
  Works with any enabled Drupal AI provider (OpenAI, Claude, etc.) without requiring module-specific API configuration.

Why use this module?
Traditional SEO focuses on rankings. AEO focuses on being the answer. This module helps content creators and site builders adapt to AI-driven search and discovery.

Use cases:

• Company websites and portfolios
• Knowledge bases and blogs
• Service and product pages
• Drupal sites targeting AI search visibility

Post-Installation

After enabling the module:

1. Configure AEO Optimizer settings:
   /admin/config/content/aeo-optimizer
   Use this page to choose which content types/features you want AEO Optimizer to audit and how audits should run.
2. Visit the AEO Optimizer dashboard:
   /admin/content/aeo-optimizer
3. Add or edit content for the enabled content types, then run an AEO analysis (from the dashboard, or open the node’s AEO report when available).
4. Review the optimization report and apply the recommendations, such as:
   • Title and meta description quality
   • Heading structure and content formatting
   • Content depth / length signals<
   • Semantic clarity and “answer-engine” readiness
   • FAQ opportunities and structured data (JSON-LD) output (when applicable)
5. Re-run the analysis after updates to measure improvements over time.

Optional (AI suggestions):

• Enable the AEO Optimizer AI submodule to generate AI-powered Summary and FAQ suggestions on the node edit form.
• Configure AI providers globally via Drupal AI:
  /admin/config/ai/providers
• Then select the provider for AEO Optimizer AI here:
  /admin/config/content/aeo-optimizer/ai

Notes:

• The module does not create content types.
• The module does not automatically modify your content. It provides auditing, scoring, and guidance (and optional AI suggestions) to help you improve content for AI/answer engines.

Additional Requirements

• Key module (for securely storing API keys)
• AI module (for AI-powered suggestions and enhancements)

No external libraries are required for basic functionality.

Recommended modules/libraries

The following modules enhance Answer Engine Optimizer:

• AI module – for generating AI-based optimization suggestions
• Key – secure storage of AI provider API keys

Similar projects

While traditional SEO modules like Metatag or Real-time SEO focus on search engines, Answer Engine Optimizer is purpose-built for AI answer engines.

Key differences:

• Focus on AI answer extraction, not just rankings
• Emphasis on content depth and semantic clarity
• Designed for future AI-driven discovery systems

Supporting this Module

Support can be provided through:

• Issue reporting and testing
• Feature suggestions
• Code contributions and reviews