SEO Aeo Best Practices — Agent Skill by Sanity

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SEO 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-overview readiness, or improving content for Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and similar assistants.

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This skill provides a unified framework for SEO and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). It covers technical requirements like structured data, sitemaps, and robots.txt, alongside content quality strategies based on Google's EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) model. It is designed to help creators ensure their content is both discoverable by search engines and authoritative enough to be cited by AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.

What it does

Provides technical SEO checklists for metadata, sitemaps, and hreflang
Offers patterns for implementing JSON-LD structured data
Explains how to optimize content structure for AI extraction
Details the four pillars of the EEAT quality framework
Guides on managing AI crawler access via robots.txt
Outlines strategies for YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) content rigor

When to use it

When planning or auditing technical SEO implementation
When preparing content to be featured in AI-generated summaries
When improving author credibility and content trustworthiness signals
When implementing schema markup for articles, products, or FAQs
When troubleshooting low visibility in search or AI answer surfaces

Advantages

Bridges the gap between traditional SEO and modern AI answer engines
Provides actionable schema patterns for structured data
Offers clear guidance on improving content authority for AI models
Includes specific implementation examples for content management systems

Usage examples

“How should I structure my FAQ page to be better understood by AI assistants?”: The agent provides a guide on using FAQ-specific JSON-LD schema and formatting content with direct, concise question-answer pairs.
“What are the EEAT requirements for a medical blog post?”: The agent outlines the necessity of expert review, clear author credentials, and proper citation of primary sources to meet YMYL standards.

Install

Download the skill as a ZIP:
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Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip seo-aeo-best-practices.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Sanity

SEO & AEO Best Practices

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.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

Implementing metadata and Open Graph tags
Creating sitemaps and robots.txt
Adding JSON-LD structured data
Optimizing content for featured snippets
Preparing content for AI assistants (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.)
Evaluating content quality using EEAT principles

Core Concepts

SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Optimizing content to rank well in traditional search results (Google, Bing).

AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)

Optimizing content to be selected as authoritative answers by AI systems.

EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness)

Google's framework for evaluating content quality.

References

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:

references/eeat-principles.md — EEAT implementation and author schema
references/structured-data.md — JSON-LD patterns (Article, FAQ, Breadcrumb, Product)
references/technical-seo.md — Technical SEO checklist (metadata, sitemaps, hreflang, robots.txt)
references/aeo-considerations.md — AI/AEO considerations (AI Overviews, crawler management)

Files

ATTRIBUTION.mdAdded by AutoGineer875 B
LICENSELicence file added by AutoGineer1.0 KiB
SKILL.md1.8 KiB
references/aeo-considerations.md5.1 KiB
references/eeat-principles.md3.5 KiB
references/structured-data.md4.3 KiB
references/technical-seo.md4.4 KiB

Requirements and compatibility

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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