Does AEO_QUESTION_ANSWER_COVERAGE affect my score?

Yes. It is an importance 7 rule at EMERGING confidence, so a failure costs 7 × 0.3 points of impact in the Answer Engine category before that category is normalised to 100.

What does EMERGING confidence mean?

Plausible and actively discussed, not yet well evidenced. Confidence is a declared tier rather than a per-rule number, so every rule backed by the same class of evidence carries the same weight - which is what makes the score reproducible instead of hand-tuned.

How do I check AEO_QUESTION_ANSWER_COVERAGE on my own site?

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AEO_QUESTION_ANSWER_COVERAGE

Composite signal: does the page give answer engines BOTH machine-readable Q&A (FAQPage schema) AND human-readable Q&A structure (question-formatted headings)? A page with neither is meaningfully worse than one with just one missing.

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How this rule is weighted

Importance: 7 / 10; How much this matters relative to other rules.
Confidence: EMERGING; Plausible and actively discussed, not yet well evidenced.
Severity: warning; How the finding is presented when it fails.
Scoring: Counts; A failure costs points in its category.

Impact is importance multiplied by the confidence tier’s weight — SPECIFICATION 1.0, RESEARCH 0.7, EMERGING 0.3, EXPERIMENTAL 0.1. Two rules backed by the same class of evidence therefore always carry the same weight, which is what makes the score reproducible rather than hand-tuned.

Questions about this rule

Does AEO_QUESTION_ANSWER_COVERAGE affect my score?: Yes. It is an importance 7 rule at EMERGING confidence, so a failure costs 7 × 0.3 points of impact in the Answer Engine category before that category is normalised to 100.
What does EMERGING confidence mean?: Plausible and actively discussed, not yet well evidenced. Confidence is a declared tier rather than a per-rule number, so every rule backed by the same class of evidence carries the same weight - which is what makes the score reproducible instead of hand-tuned.
How do I check AEO_QUESTION_ANSWER_COVERAGE on my own site?: Paste your URL into the box above and it runs only this rule, usually in a couple of seconds. It is also included in the Answer Engine checker and in a full scan.

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