Agree most of the work overlaps. The one part a normal SEO audit misses is access: a page can rank fine on Google and still get refused to ChatGPT-User by a CDN bot rule, and nothing flags it because Googlebot gets through. Requesting a few key pages with each AI user agent is a five minute check.
Agreed, and it belongs before the first invoice. Your CDN or server logs will show whether the real ChatGPT-User and OAI-SearchBot get through, since Cloudflare verifies bots by IP and a spoofed user agent can get treated differently. If they're blocked, fix that before you pay anyone for AEO.
Dang, son! Brilliant! (But why should I be surprised?)
Thanks Partner! I'm inspired!
Agree most of the work overlaps. The one part a normal SEO audit misses is access: a page can rank fine on Google and still get refused to ChatGPT-User by a CDN bot rule, and nothing flags it because Googlebot gets through. Requesting a few key pages with each AI user agent is a five minute check.
Agreed, and it belongs before the first invoice. Your CDN or server logs will show whether the real ChatGPT-User and OAI-SearchBot get through, since Cloudflare verifies bots by IP and a spoofed user agent can get treated differently. If they're blocked, fix that before you pay anyone for AEO.