What the crawler captures
The crawler inspects both the raw HTML and the rendered page. That lets AEOlens detect whether the value proposition only appears after JavaScript, whether headings are missing from the server-rendered HTML, and whether semantic structure survives hydration.
It also checks machine-readable context: FAQ schema, Open Graph tags, canonical tags, robots.txt directives, llms.txt presence, and visible freshness signals such as update dates.
How the score is calculated
Each check contributes points based on its impact on citation readiness. Missing FAQ schema, blocked AI crawlers, buried value propositions, or weak answer structure cost more than smaller enhancements because they block extraction directly.
The final AEO score is a 0–100 summary of how structurally ready the page is to be cited. AEOlens also shows which AI models are helped by each fix so teams can prioritise the highest-return changes first.