AEO 01 Schemas

STRUCTURED ENTITY
GRAPHS (JSON-LD)

AI models construct neural knowledge maps by cataloging explicit entity relationships. Standard text-based sites rely on ambiguous inference; sites optimized for AEO use structured JSON-LD graphs to guarantee data clarity.

SEC 02 B2B SaaS

01 / B2B SAAS APPLICATION TEMPLATE

Declare your system as a SoftwareApplication, and bind it to your parent Organization. Provide explicit feature summaries, prices, and links to your founder's Wikidata profiles to build authority signals.

JSON-LD 
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
      "@id": "https://yourcompany.com/#software",
      "name": "YourProduct",
      "url": "https://yourcompany.com",
      "applicationCategory": "BusinessApplication",
      "operatingSystem": "All",
      "description": "Describe your B2B SaaS software product in 2 sentences. Focus on your primary industry keywords.",
      "featureList": [
        "Event funnel tracking",
        "Cohort retention analytics",
        "Warehouse data synchronization"
      ],
      "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "price": "49.00",
        "priceCurrency": "USD"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "@id": "https://yourcompany.com/#organization",
      "name": "YourCompany Inc.",
      "url": "https://yourcompany.com",
      "logo": "https://yourcompany.com/logo.png",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q_YOUR_WIKIDATA_ID",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/your-company"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
SEC 03 D2C & Retail

02 / D2C & HYPERLOCAL MERCHANT TEMPLATE

For transactional and physical storefront products, structure details as a Product combined with a MerchantReturnPolicy. AI systems use these schemas to parse return timelines, delivery coordinates, and live prices.

JSON-LD 
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "Product",
      "@id": "https://yourbrand.com/products/item/#product",
      "name": "Premium Leather Sneakers",
      "image": "https://yourbrand.com/images/shoes.jpg",
      "description": "Handcrafted minimalist D2C footwear designed for maximum breathability.",
      "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Minimalist Sneaker Co"
      },
      "offers": {
        "@type": "MerchantReturnPolicy",
        "applicableCountry": "US",
        "returnPolicyCategory": "https://schema.org/MerchantReturnFiniteReturnPeriod",
        "merchantReturnDays": 30,
        "returnFees": "https://schema.org/FreeReturn"
      }
    }
  ]
}
SEC 04 Robots.txt

03 / BOT CRAWLER ACCESS CHECKLIST

Providing structured schemas does nothing if AI agents are banned from entering your domain.

AEO Critical Access Rule:

Ensure your robots.txt file does not include Disallow: / for user-agents like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Applebot-Extended, or Google-Extended. Verify crawler permissions live on our homepage.