AEO Score Report
Is nytimes.com optimized for AI search?
nytimes.com scored 44/100 on AEO Optimizer's AI visibility audit. See how nytimes.com stacks up across 6 AEO factors — structured data, semantic HTML, llms.txt, and AI crawler access.
nytimes.com AEO Score: 44/100
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What does an AEO Score for nytimes.com measure?
An AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) score measures how ready a website is to be cited by AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. AEO Optimizer checks nytimes.com across six weighted factors and returns a 0-100 score.
Quick Answer Blocks
20%40-60 word definition content AI engines extract for featured answers.
FAQ Schema
20%FAQPage JSON-LD structured data that makes Q&A content directly extractable.
Semantic HTML
20%Proper use of article, main, section, header tags and one h1 per page.
llms.txt
15%Emerging convention for giving AI models instructions about your site.
AI Bot Access
15%robots.txt rules for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, and others.
HowTo Schema
10%Step-by-step JSON-LD that surfaces tutorials in AI responses.
How to improve nytimes.com's AEO score
- Run a free scan to see which of the 6 AEO factors nytimes.com is failing.
- Add a quick answer block with a 40-60 word definition near the top of key pages.
- Implement FAQPage JSON-LD with 3+ questions on FAQ and support pages.
- Use semantic HTML — wrap content in
<main>,<article>, and<section>. - Upload llms.txt with site info, key pages, topics, and contact details.
- Allow AI bots in robots.txt — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, and more.
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