Technical SEO for AI search

AI engines still depend on a crawlable, parseable web. Before citation is possible, the engine must reach and trust your page.

Minimum viable technical baseline

• Public access: no auth wall on content meant to be cited.
• Canonical URL stable across HTML and JS.
• Structured data accurate and validated.
• Core Web Vitals: LCP ≤ 2.5 s, INP ≤ 200 ms, CLS ≤ 0.1.
• Crawlable links with descriptive anchor text.

Indexation first

An uncrawlable page is an uncitable page. Submit sitemaps and use Search Console to verify Google can reach the authoritative landing.