SEO & AEO content audit
Are Google and AI sending buyers to you, or your competitors?
A two-week SEO and AEO content audit that shows how you rank on Google, whether answer engines cite you, and exactly what to fix, with a prioritized 90-day roadmap to grow organic traffic and visibility.
Fixed fee
$5,000
Sample scorecard
yourbrand.com
Keyword rankings
Strong
Content decay
Needs work
Technical SEO health
Strong
Cited in AI answers
Gap
Answer-ready structure
Needs work
Topical authority
Needs work
Expertise signals
Strong
Priority #1
Refresh decaying top pages, then restructure them so answer engines can quote them.
Is this for you?
You need an audit if any of this sounds familiar
Rankings and traffic are slipping
You’re publishing consistently, but organic traffic is flat, key pages have dropped, or an algorithm update hit you.
Competitors show up in AI answers
You ask ChatGPT or Perplexity about your category and someone else gets the credit.
Your library is a black box
Hundreds of posts, and no clear strategy for what’s sticking with your audience.
A big push is coming
A site redesign, new product, or bigger content budget, and you want to aim it right.
What I review
A full SEO audit, plus the AEO layer most audits miss
Answer engines lean on the same signals Google does. So the audit starts with strong SEO foundations, then checks how ready your content is to be quoted by AI.
01
Keywords & rankings
Where you rank today, which high-intent keywords you’re missing, and the striking-distance terms closest to page one.
02
Traffic & content decay
Search Console and analytics trends that show which pages are growing, which are slipping, and why.
03
On-page SEO
Title tags, meta descriptions, headings, search intent match, and internal links on your most important pages.
04
Technical health check
Indexing, crawl errors, site structure, and page speed issues that hold content back, flagged for your developers.
05
Content strategy
A page-by-page walkthrough of how content is performing, what needs attention, and where there’s room to grow.
06
Competitor & topic gaps
The topics and keywords competitors own, and the clusters you could credibly claim.
07
Answer-engine visibility
I test the questions your buyers ask across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews, and record who gets cited.
08
Structure & schema
Clear summaries, question-led headings, FAQs, and structured data that make pages easy to parse and quote.
09
Expertise signals
Author credibility, original insight, and SME voice: the E-E-A-T signals Google and AI both reward.
The 90-day roadmap
A clear path forward
Every recommendation is ranked by impact and effort, assigned an owner, and tied to a metric, so your team knows exactly what to do first and how you’ll measure it.
High impact
Low effort
Owner + KPI
Fix & recover
Quick wins that protect the traffic you already have.
- Refresh high-value pages that are losing rankings
- Rewrite titles and meta descriptions to lift click-through
- Fix indexing and technical issues blocking key pages
- Add internal links to priority pages
Track: rankings, CTR, recovered clicks
Restructure & optimize
Make your best content easier to rank and easier to quote.
- Merge or redirect pages that compete for the same keywords
- Add answer-first summaries and question-led headings
- Implement FAQ and article schema on priority pages
- Strengthen author bios and expert sourcing
Track: page-one keywords, AI citations
Build authority
Claim the topics competitors own today.
- Publish pillar pages and clusters for your gap topics
- Create original, SME-led content that earns links and citations
- Briefs and an editorial calendar for the next quarter
- Re-test answer engines against your day-one baseline
Track: organic traffic, share of voice, leads
Sample roadmap entries
| Action | Impact | Effort | Owner | KPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refresh top 10 decaying guides | High | Medium | Content team | Recovered clicks |
| Consolidate 4 overlapping product posts | High | Low | SEO / web | Keyword position |
| Add FAQ schema to service pages | Medium | Low | Web team | AI citations |
What you get
Everything your team needs to start Monday
- Full audit report with findings in plain language
- Keyword opportunity list and technical SEO issue log
- AI citation map: you vs. your top competitors
- Content inventory spreadsheet with keep, update, and cut calls
- Prioritized 90-day roadmap, ranked by impact and effort
- 60-minute walkthrough call with your team
How it works
Day 1
Kickoff
30-minute call on goals, buyers, and competitors. You share analytics access.
Week 1
Research & testing
Answer-engine testing, search analysis, and a full content inventory.
Week 2
Analysis & roadmap
Findings turned into a prioritized, practical plan.
Day 14
Walkthrough
We review everything together and agree on your first moves.
332%
Year-over-year organic traffic growth from the content program I led at Authentic8.
Audit FAQ
Before you book
Is this an SEO audit or an AEO audit?
Both. Most of the audit is a full SEO content audit: rankings, content decay, on-page SEO, and technical health. The AEO layer then checks whether answer engines can find, trust, and cite you.
Do you fix technical SEO issues?
I identify and prioritize technical issues that affect content visibility, and write them up clearly for your developers or web team to fix.
Which answer engines do you test?
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews, plus traditional Google search. I can add others your buyers rely on.
What do you need from my team?
A 30-minute kickoff, read-only access to Google Search Console and analytics, and a list of the competitors you care about most.
Can my team implement the roadmap ourselves?
Yes. The roadmap is written for in-house teams. If you’d like help executing it, the audit leads naturally into a strategy project or retainer.
How is this different from an SEO tool report?
Tools show data. I interpret it like an editor: which stories you should own, why AI skips your pages, and exactly what to write or fix first.
Book your audit
See where you stand in two weeks.
Fixed fee · 2 weeks
$5,000
I’ll confirm fit and a start date within 3 business days.