AI<\/a> agents can find and read a website. Together, the tools provide marketers with data to understand and optimize their content.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAI assistants have increasingly become a primary discovery channel for consumers. However, brands have not had an equivalent of a traditional search ranking to understand their position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, when a customer asks an AI assistant for a recommendation, brands may not know whether they were recommended, briefly mentioned, or skipped. Many tools attempt to address this gap by sending test prompts to AI chatbots and sampling their responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, this approach can be limited in scale and inconsistent when it is not combined with other data signals. Cloudflare takes a different approach by operating at the network layer between AI platforms and the websites they access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, Cloudflare can observe actual crawl and referral activity across millions of websites. The company said this data provides deeper and more transparent insights than sampling test prompts alone. Therefore, brands can use the information to make more informed decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeing discoverable used to mean ranking on a page. That’s not enough anymore. The agentic era is here, and the moments that matter, like when someone asks an AI for a recommendation and gets an answer back, are happening at scale, invisibly, without most brands knowing if they’re in the conversation at all,\u201d said Stephanie Cohen, Chief Strategy Officer at Cloudflare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCloudflare sits at the network layer. We see actual signals: real crawl activity, real referrals, what AI systems are genuinely doing across millions of sites. That’s what powers these tools. Brands can finally get a real answer to the question they’ve been asking: how am I showing up, and where?\u201d Cohen added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cloudflare said its AEO Suite is built around giving site owners visibility into how their content is being used. It also aims to give them control over what they choose to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suite uses network-layer signals, including real crawl activity and referral data from Cloudflare’s infrastructure. Therefore, content owners can use the AEO analysis based on actual network activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company said the suite is designed to support different goals. These include protecting and monetizing content, as well as maximizing discovery in the agentic era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AEO Visibility Dashboard provides several measurements. First, Citation Rate shows which AI platforms are using a brand’s website as a trusted source and which platforms are ignoring it. This allows marketers to focus their budgets on testing and optimizing content and websites that drive AI recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second, Mention Rate shows whether AI assistants name a brand even when they do not cite its website. A brand that is mentioned but not cited may have an authority issue rather than an awareness issue. This distinction can influence the overall strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third, Prominence measures how much of an AI-generated answer is attributed to a brand. It also shows where the brand appears in the response. Consequently, marketers can distinguish between a brief mention and a strong, specific recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, Share of Voice measures a brand’s position against competitors across specific questions that customers ask AI assistants. It also helps businesses track whether their position is improving or declining over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AEO Visibility Dashboard joins Agent Readiness as part of the AEO Suite. Agent Readiness checks whether AI systems can find and use a brand’s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This includes checking whether an AI agent has permission to crawl the website. It also checks whether the site has a sitemap for navigation and readable content in a structured format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more advanced use cases, Agent Readiness also checks whether AI agents can access interfaces that they can call directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the AEO Visibility Dashboard measures what happens after AI agents can reach a website. It determines whether those agents are subsequently recommending the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AEO Visibility Dashboard is currently available through an early access programme. Businesses can request access from the Overview tab in the Cloudflare dashboard. Agent Readiness is also available in the same location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The launch strengthens Cloudflare’s<\/strong> focus on AI search visibility, Answer Engine Optimization and helping brands understand how AI assistants discover and recommend their content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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