CITE Framework Results

Results You Can Measure.
Not Just Stories.

Every AEOU engagement starts with a baseline AEOU Score and ends with a measurable outcome. Here's the data — dimension by dimension.

79/100
Avg. AEOU Score at 90 days
+22pts
Avg. score improvement
4
AI platforms tracked per client
30 days
To first measurable gains
Case Study #1
Proof of Concept: aeou.io

Before selling the CITE Framework to clients, we ran it on our own domain first. Here's the full before/after — with real data from our own AEOU Score engine.

AEO Agency · aeou.io
aeou.io — CITE Framework Self-Implementation
90-day CITE Framework deployment on AEOU's own domain. Objective: prove the methodology works before selling it to clients. Full data transparency — no cherry-picked metrics.
Current AEOU Score
79/100
Grade: A

Before vs. After: CITE Score Breakdown

⚠ Before CITE Implementation
57 /100
C — Crawlability14/20
I — Information Arch.13/20
T — Topical Authority16/20
E — Entity Citation14/20
→
✓ After CITE Implementation
79 /100
C — Crawlability19/20
I — Information Arch.19/20
T — Topical Authority20/20
E — Entity Citation21/40*

*E-dimension (Entity Citation) uses live AI platform checks — partial score reflects platforms where citation has not yet been established. Score improves as AI training data updates.

🔧 What Was Implemented (CITE Actions)
✅FAQPage, Article, HowTo, BreadcrumbList schema on all pages
✅Organization + Person entity schema (Founder as known entity)
✅robots.txt updated for 12 AI crawlers (GPTBot, Claude-Web, PerplexityBot, etc.)
✅sitemap.xml with 18 URLs, all lastmod dates, priority signals
✅10 blog posts covering core AEO topical cluster (what-is-aeo, CITE framework, etc.)
✅Information architecture: canonical URLs, H1 hierarchy, internal linking
✅GDPR consent on all lead capture forms + honeypot spam protection
✅SEO score: 89/100 (technical + on-page + authority categories)

Key Results at Day 90

+22pts
AEOU Score improvement (57 → 79)
89/100
SEO technical score (Grade A)
10/10
Robots validator score — all 12 AI crawlers allowed
"We eat our own cooking. aeou.io runs the same CITE Framework we sell to clients — and we publish our own score publicly. If the methodology didn't work on our own domain, we wouldn't charge anyone else for it."
K
Krittana Siri
Founder & Lead AEO Strategist, AEOU
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We're 90 days into our first client engagements. Case studies will be published here as each engagement hits its Day 90 milestone — with full before/after AEOU Score data and client permission.

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The Methodology
Why CITE Works

The CITE Framework maps directly to how AI systems evaluate content for citation. Every score dimension has a direct citation signal behind it.

C
Crawlability
AI bots must be able to reach and index your content. robots.txt, sitemap, schema, and page load all matter.
I
Information Architecture
Content must be structured so AI can extract answers — H1 hierarchy, canonical URLs, Q&A formatting.
T
Topical Authority
AI systems prefer sources with deep coverage of a topic cluster. One post is not enough — systematic content depth wins.
E
Entity Citation
Your brand must be a recognized entity in AI knowledge graphs — entity schema, directory listings, and citation backlinks.

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