$npx -y skills add sanity-io/agent-toolkit --skill seo-aeo-best-practicesSEO and AEO best practices for metadata, Open Graph, sitemaps, robots.txt, hreflang, JSON-LD structured data, EEAT, and content optimized for search engines and AI answer surfaces. Use this skill when implementing page SEO, technical SEO, schema markup, international SEO, AI-over
| 1 | # SEO & AEO Best Practices |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Principles for optimizing content for both traditional search engines (SEO) and AI-powered answer engines (AEO). Includes Google's EEAT guidelines and structured data implementation. |
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| 5 | ## When to Apply |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Reference these guidelines when: |
| 8 | - Implementing metadata and Open Graph tags |
| 9 | - Creating sitemaps and robots.txt |
| 10 | - Adding JSON-LD structured data |
| 11 | - Optimizing content for featured snippets |
| 12 | - Preparing content for AI assistants (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.) |
| 13 | - Evaluating content quality using EEAT principles |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ## Core Concepts |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ### SEO (Search Engine Optimization) |
| 18 | Optimizing content to rank well in traditional search results (Google, Bing). |
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| 20 | ### AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) |
| 21 | Optimizing content to be selected as authoritative answers by AI systems. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ### EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) |
| 24 | Google's framework for evaluating content quality. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | ## References |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Start with the one reference that matches the task, such as technical SEO, structured data, EEAT, or AI-answer readiness. See `references/` for detailed guidance: |
| 29 | - `references/eeat-principles.md` — EEAT implementation and author schema |
| 30 | - `references/structured-data.md` — JSON-LD patterns (Article, FAQ, Breadcrumb, Product) |
| 31 | - `references/technical-seo.md` — Technical SEO checklist (metadata, sitemaps, hreflang, robots.txt) |
| 32 | - `references/aeo-considerations.md` — AI/AEO considerations (AI Overviews, crawler management) |