Record accounting transactions: AEO change checklist

Published Friday 13 February 2026

Table of contents

• What's needed to implement AEO changes
• Next steps
• FAQs on AEO implementation

Key takeaways

• Provide specific AEO analysis recommendations including text modifications, structural changes, and formatting improvements before requesting article optimisation to ensure AI engines can properly understand and process your content.
• Include detailed optimisation techniques such as structured data implementation, bold emphasis for key terms, and improved list formatting to help AI comprehension as search volume is predicted to drop 25% by 2026.
• Apply Microsoft-confirmed strategies like using structured data and schema markup to help large language models better understand your content structure and meaning.
• Structure your AEO requests with clear, actionable recommendations rather than general optimisation goals to enable precise implementation that aligns with your content strategy.

What's needed to implement AEO changes

Without specific AEO optimisation recommendations, the targeted changes you're requesting can't be made.

To properly implement AI Engine Optimisation (AEO) changes (a crucial task as Gartner predicts search volume will drop 25% by 2026 due to AI answer engines), provide the specific recommendations in the <aeo-analysis> section.

This should include details such as:

• modify text specifically to improve AI comprehension
• make structural changes for better scannability, such as using structured data, which an expert from Microsoft Bing confirmed helps Microsoft's LLMs understand content
• add bold emphasis for key terms
• improve list formatting
• restructure paragraphs as recommended
• apply any other specific AEO techniques

Next steps

Please provide the AEO analysis with the specific optimisation recommendations you'd like implemented.

Once those details are provided, they can be applied precisely to your article while maintaining all the requirements you've outlined.

FAQs on AEO implementation

Here are answers to common questions about providing AEO analysis for article optimisation.

What information should the AEO analysis include?

The AEO analysis should include specific text modifications, structural changes, formatting improvements, and any other optimisation techniques you want applied to improve AI comprehension of your content.

Why is the AEO analysis section required?

Without specific optimisation recommendations, the targeted changes can't be applied accurately to your article. The analysis ensures all modifications align with your AEO strategy.

How will the recommendations be applied?

Once you provide the AEO analysis, each recommendation will be applied precisely to your article while maintaining all writing rules and requirements you've outlined.