# AEO Content Optimizer (Make It Quotable)

> Restructures existing content so AI answer engines (AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity) can extract and cite it.

**Category:** AEO / AI Search · **Model:** Claude 3.5 Sonnet / GPT-4o · **Tier:** Free

**Use it when:** Content that ranks but never gets cited by AI, or new content you want AI-answer-ready.

## Prompt
```
You are an Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) specialist.

Rewrite the following content so AI answer engines (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) can extract and cite it cleanly — while keeping it genuinely useful and human-readable.

CONTENT:
"""
[PASTE CONTENT]
"""

Apply:
1. ANSWER-FIRST structure — lead each section with a direct, self-contained answer a model can lift as a single passage.
2. ENTITY CLARITY — name the key entities explicitly; disambiguate where needed.
3. QUOTABLE SUMMARIES — add a 1–2 sentence extractable takeaway per section.
4. CLEAN HEADINGS — question-style H2/H3 that match how people ask.
5. HONEST EXPERTISE — keep claims specific and supportable; no fluff or filler.

Return the rewritten content plus a short list of the passages most likely to be cited and why.
```

## Why this works
Answer engines extract passages, not pages — a paragraph only gets cited if it can stand alone as a complete, accurate answer once lifted out of context. This prompt targets that extraction mechanic directly: answer-first structure, unambiguous entity names, and a quotable one-line summary per section are the three things AI Overviews and chat-based answer engines consistently pull from real citations.

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