Free AEO Audit: Check If AI Recommends You (Free Strategy Session)
Want a free AEO audit? There are two ways: run the 30-minute DIY version below, or claim a free SEO strategy session and my team will review your AI visibility with you. Either way you’ll find out whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google’s AI Overviews recommend you — and what’s stopping them. In the video below I show how I got 90,000 AI mentions in 90 days.
Key takeaways
Get a free AEO audit on a free strategy session — no obligation.
Or do the 30-minute DIY version below.
You’ll learn which AI engines mention you and which competitors they pick instead.
The fastest wins are usually answer-first pages and FAQs.
Two ways to get a free AEO audit
Option
What you get
Time
Free strategy session
An expert review of your AI visibility, competitors and priority fixes
A check of how AI engines answer your money questions.
Which competitors AI picks instead of you, and why.
A look at your key pages’ structure, schema and freshness.
Your biggest quick wins and the order to tackle them.
An honest view of whether you need help or can do it yourself.
Get your free AEO audit on a free call.Claim your free SEO strategy session and my team will review your site, your competitors and how you show up in AI answers — then map out exactly what to fix first.
Minutes 0–5: write down 10 questions customers ask before buying from you.
Minutes 5–20: ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google (AI Overviews) each question in a fresh session. Tick every answer that mentions you.
Minutes 20–25: note which competitors appear most and which pages get cited.
Minutes 25–30: score yourself out of 10 and pick the three questions closest to a sale to fix first.
Prompt type
Example
Best-of
“What’s the best [service] for [audience]?”
Comparison
“[You] vs [competitor] — which is better?”
How-to
“How do I [problem you solve]?”
Brand
“Who is [your brand] and is it any good?”
Local
“Best [service] in [city]”
What your free AEO audit score means
Score
What it means
0–2 prompts mention you
Invisible in AI answers — big opportunity
3–5 prompts
Sometimes visible — fix structure and authority
6–8 prompts
Strong — protect and expand
9–10 prompts
Leader — keep content fresh
Fix list from a free AEO audit
Answer the question in the first sentence of every key page.
Add FAQ sections with real questions and short, direct answers, plus FAQPage schema.
Use tables and lists for comparisons, prices and steps — AI engines love quotable structure.
Strengthen your entity — a clear About page, consistent bios and profiles.
Earn mentions and links on sites AI engines already trust in your niche.
Publish on fresh topics before competitors, and keep facts up to date.
Make sure AI crawlers can access your important pages.
Why AEO matters now
AI answers sit at the top of the page and often name just a few businesses. If a customer asks “who’s the best [service] near me?” and the AI names three competitors, you’ve lost that customer before they ever saw your site. A free AEO audit tells you how often that’s happening — and the good news is that in most niches, very few businesses have optimised for this yet.
Who should get a free AEO audit
Local businesses — AI increasingly answers “best near me” questions.
Service businesses and agencies competing on recommendations.
Ecommerce brands asking whether AI recommends their products.
SaaS companies fighting for “best tool for” answers.
Anyone whose traffic has dropped as AI answers take clicks.
Real examples of AEO wins
On my own sites, the biggest AEO gains have come from simple changes: rewriting introductions so the first sentence answers the question, adding comparison tables, adding FAQ sections with short answers and FAQPage schema, and publishing on fresh topics before anyone else. Pages built that way regularly show up in AI answers within days. That’s the system behind results I’ve shown on camera, like 90,000 AI mentions in 90 days.
None of it needs a big budget — just a clear audit, a fix list and consistency.
What to prepare before your free AEO audit call
Bring a list of the services or products that make you the most money, the questions customers ask before buying, your top three competitors, and access to Google Search Console if you have it. If you’ve already run the DIY audit above, bring your score too. That way the call goes straight to the fixes that matter for your business rather than general advice.
Why most businesses score low
When I run this test with business owners, most score between zero and three out of ten the first time. That’s not because their businesses are worse than the ones AI recommends — it’s because their websites weren’t written for AI answers. That’s good news: the gap is usually content and structure, which you can fix quickly, rather than reputation, which takes years.
I’m Julian Goldie — founder of Goldie Agency, best-selling author of Link Building Mastery and an AI SEO educator with 430K+ YouTube subscribers. I’ve shown results like a site going from zero to 1,300 Google clicks a day and 90,000 AI mentions in 90 days. Claim your free SEO strategy session or join the AI Profit Boardroom.
FAQ: free aeo audit
How do I get a free AEO audit?
Claim a free SEO strategy session and we’ll review your AI visibility, or run the 30-minute DIY audit on this page.
Is the free AEO audit really free?
Yes — the strategy session is free with no obligation.
What does a free AEO audit cover?
Which AI engines mention you for your key questions, which competitors they pick, and your priority fixes.
How long does a DIY AEO audit take?
About 30 minutes for a basic version.
Which AI engines should I test?
At least ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overviews; add Gemini, Claude and Copilot for a fuller picture.
Do I need to be technical to fix AEO issues?
No — most fixes are content changes like answer-first introductions, FAQs and tables. Schema can be added with common WordPress plugins.
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