AI crawler allowlist · llms.txt · llms-full.txt · Schema completeness · Knowledge Graph entity · AI-parsing optimization — shipped in 2 weeks for $5,500-$12,500 fixed-scope. The human layer to all the excellence on the internet — for businesses ready to be cited by AI search engines, not just Google's blue links. Direct line: 858-461-8054.
SideGuy's own GSC export shows what AI-agent traffic actually looks like in 2026. We're not selling a deck about AEO — we're selling the install we've already shipped on ourselves, at scale.
Every line is a concrete artifact deployed to your site. No "advisory" without shipped configuration.
Run our aeo_audit.py against your site. Generate a gap report: which AI crawlers can/can't access you, schema completeness scores, llms.txt presence, AI-citation eligibility per page. You get the report regardless of whether you proceed.
Explicit User-agent allow blocks for GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, CCBot, and 8 others. Most sites accidentally block these via default WAF rules.
Per llmstxt.org spec. Curated map of your most important canonical URLs grouped by topic. AI crawlers fetch this first to know what to read. We curate it for your business specifically.
Full markdown of your top pages baked into a single file for AI ingestion. Includes positioning, pricing, vendor recommendations, doctrines — whatever you want AI to know without crawling 50 pages.
Organization + Person + Service + Product + FAQPage + BreadcrumbList wired sitewide. Missing types added. Existing schema validated against Google Rich Results + Schema Markup Validator. Per Schema.org study: pages with comprehensive schema are 36% more likely to appear in AI summaries.
sameAs anchors from your site to LinkedIn / Wikidata / Crunchbase / GitHub / Twitter / your other entity IDs. AI agents ground answers in knowledge-graph entities first — without sameAs you're invisible at the entity layer. Per Kalicube: brands with complete graph entities cited 3.3x more.
Structured comparison tables + per-vendor Product schema + dl semantic structure + AnswerObject Q&A blocks on your 3 highest-traffic pages. AI agents extract these formats clean. Same treatment we gave our own 7-way comparison page (currently magnetizing 64% of our impressions).
One free follow-up at day 30. We verify AI crawlers are actually fetching, citation tracking baseline established (manual or via Otterly/Profound/AthenaHQ), llms.txt refreshed if you've shipped new content.
Operator honesty: there are 5 situations where the AEO Install Pack is the wrong call. Naming them upfront so you don't waste a kickoff.
Posted prices because operator-honest means you should know the cost before the kickoff call. Pricing scales with site size — bigger sites = more pages to schema-fix + more curation work for llms.txt + more AI-parsing optimization opportunities.
Full 7-component pack for SaaS marketing sites, professional services, small content sites. ~2 weeks.
Best when: SaaS landing-page-heavy site, B2B services, small content brand.
Tier 1 + deeper schema work + 5 AI-parsing-optimized pages instead of 3 + extended llms.txt curation.
Most common engagement. Best when: content marketing site, mid-size SaaS, professional services with case studies.
Tier 2 + sitewide schema audit + 10 AI-parsing-optimized pages + per-vertical llms.txt sub-files.
Best when: e-commerce, multi-vertical operator sites, large content properties, news sites.
Bespoke scope. Multi-locale (hreflang matrix per Play 22). Vertical-specific llms.txt sub-files. Quarterly refresh contract.
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Comparison to alternatives: AEO consultancies typically charge $20,000-$50,000 for similar scope, delivered as decks + recommendations. SEO agencies haven't shipped AEO infrastructure yet (most are still optimizing for human click-through). SideGuy is structurally cheaper because we ship the actual installation — no associates billing $400/hr, no PowerPoint ghostwriting, no retainer lock-in.
Day-by-day reality of a typical Tier 2 install ($8,500, ~2 weeks). Other tiers compress or expand from this baseline.
The 7 questions every prospect asks. Answered upfront so we can spend the kickoff call on your specific site.
AEO = Answer Engine Optimization. How your content gets cited by AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews). Different from SEO — AEO targets agent citation, not click conversion. By 2026 ~30% of B2B research starts in AI search engines. Without AEO infrastructure, you're invisible to that 30%.
Seven concrete components: AEO audit + AI crawler allowlist + llms.txt + llms-full.txt + Schema completeness + Knowledge Graph entity + AI-parsing on top pages. Plus 30-day check-in with citation tracking baseline.
$5,500 (under 50 pages), $8,500 (50-500 pages), $12,500 (500-5,000 pages), Enterprise = custom. Half due at kickoff. Pack ships in 2 weeks regardless of tier.
Lived case study: SideGuy's own 5,000-page site is currently magnetizing AI agent traffic. 64% of our impressions concentrated on a single comparison page, 98% desktop (the agent fingerprint). We shipped Play 18 on our own site before packaging it for clients. We have the artifact, the data, and the audit tool.
Most SEO agencies haven't shipped AEO yet. They're optimizing for human clicks, not AI citation. Ask if they've shipped explicit AI crawler allowlist + llms.txt + AI-parsing schema. If yes, you don't need us. If no, we're complementary.
AI crawlers re-crawl in 24-72 hours. AI citation appearance: 2-6 weeks for B2B SaaS / compliance / payments verticals. 4-8 weeks for consumer / local services. Success metric is impressions + citation appearance, not CTR (agents don't click).
Skip if: brand-new site (under 90 days), under 10 pages total, vertical AI won't cite (gambling/adult/regulated), real problem is content quality, or you just want a deck. We ship installation, not advisory.
Text PJ a paragraph: site URL + rough page count + current SEO situation + your AI citation goal. We'll reply within hours with a yes/no on fit and recommended tier. No discovery-call gauntlet.
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