# How Aura8 works. URL: https://aura8.ai/how-it-works/ Updated: 3 November 2026 > Aura8 works in four steps, in order: Reachable (crawlers can get in), Readable (pages work without scripts), Understood (schema and consistent facts) and Citable (plain answers worth quoting). A Launch build takes four weeks. No citation can be guaranteed. The Aura8 method ## Reachable, Readable, Understood, Citable. In that order. 01 / PILLAR ### Reachable AI crawlers can get in. Your robots rules, sitemap and pages let the crawlers that read sites for AI answers reach you. 02 / PILLAR ### Readable Pages work without scripts. The text is in the page itself, with a clear title and main heading, so machines can read it. 03 / PILLAR ### Understood Schema and consistent facts. Who you are, where you are and what you do are stated once, in markup, and match everywhere. 04 / PILLAR ### Citable Plain answers worth quoting. Pages open with a short, direct answer and ask and answer the questions clients ask. AEO, GEO and SEO ## Three terms, one body of work. SEO AEO GEO Goal Rank your pages in search results. Be the direct answer to a question. Be retrieved, cited and described accurately by AI assistants. Rewarded when A page ranks and gets clicks. Your content is used as the answer. An assistant names or cites you. Measured by Rankings, traffic. Answer appearances. Dated samples of assistant answers. Technical basics Crawlable, fast, well linked. Clear answers, headings, schema. Consistent facts, crawler access, third-party mentions. Key takeawaysAEO and GEO build on SEO; they do not replace it. No citation can be guaranteed. Read the full answer. Five upgrade steps ## What any business can do this week. - 01 ### List client questions Write down what clients really ask when choosing a business like yours. - 02 ### Answer them plainly Open each page with a short, direct answer. - 03 ### Add schema Describe the business and its services in markup that matches the page. - 04 ### Allow AI crawlers Check your robots rules let answer-retrieval crawlers in. - 05 ### Keep facts consistent Match your name, address and services across listings. What we check ## What does the check score? ### Nine dimensions, 100 points - Structured data (15) and on-site entity signals (10) - Brand and entity consistency (15) - Content coverage and freshness (15) - Answer absorbability (15) and trust (15) - Open Graph, page metadata and content quality (5 each) ### Live tests and adjustments - AI crawler access. Four AI crawlers are asked for your pages. If they are turned away, points come off. - A sample of key pages from your sitemap, not just the home page. - llms.txt is an optional bonus signal and does not affect your score or grade. - Findings are split into scored and advisory, with an owner and a fix for each. See exactly what is scored Timeline ## Four weeks from start to launch. - WEEK 1 ### Diagnose Test client questions and check the site, listings and Google Business Profile. - WEEK 2 ### Build Build or fix the site, schema and crawler access. - WEEK 3 ### Content FAQ content and answer pages. - WEEK 4 ### Launch Go live and clean up directories. Your first visibility report follows 30 days later, once AI has had time to re-crawl. The four-week timeline applies to a Launch build. It is agreed in writing with the quote. ## Questions ### Does Aura8 replace SEO? No. AEO and GEO build on SEO. Crawlable, indexed pages remain the base. ### Can any of this guarantee a citation? No. No citation can be guaranteed, and we never promise rankings, citations or sales. ### Why do the four steps go in that order? Each one depends on the one before. An AI cannot read what it cannot reach, understand what it cannot read, or quote what it does not understand. ### How long does a Launch build take? A Launch build usually takes four weeks: diagnose, build, content and launch. Your first visibility report follows 30 days later, once AI has had time to re-crawl. Content sign-off is the usual cause of delay.