High Priority
Deploy `/seo-ai.txt` Protocol
Establish a machine-readable index of your SEO knowledge base and strategic assets specifically for AI agents and LLM-driven SEO tools.
Create a text file at `/seo-ai.txt` with a brief overview of your SEO team's mandate and core competencies.
Include markdown-style links to your most critical SEO strategy documents, competitor analysis reports, and keyword research repositories.
Add a 'Key SEO Metrics' section to define core KPIs and their target values for direct consumption by AI analysis tools.
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High Priority
AI Crawler Selective Indexing for SEO Data
Fine-tune which sections of your SEO resource hub should be ingested by specialized AI crawlers (e.g., for competitive intelligence or content gap analysis).
User-agent: SEOCrawlerBot Allow: /keyword-research/ Allow: /technical-seo-audits/ Disallow: /internal-tooling/
Verify your crawler permissions using a simulated AI bot testing tool with your specific user-agent.
Monitor crawl frequency and scope in your server logs to ensure SEOCrawlerBot is accessing only designated SEO strategy and data nodes.
Medium Priority
Semantic HTML for SEO Content Hierarchy
Utilize HTML5 semantic elements to aid LLM scrapers in understanding the hierarchical structure and topical relevance of your SEO content assets.
Wrap core SEO strategy guides and pillar content within `<article>` tags to signal primary importance.
Use `<section>` with descriptive `aria-label` attributes (e.g., 'aria-label="Competitive Keyword Analysis"') for distinct topical segments.
Ensure all data tables containing SEO performance metrics use proper `<thead>` and `<tbody>` tags for structured data extraction by AI.
High Priority
RAG-Friendly SEO Snippet Optimization
Structure your SEO documentation and case studies so they can be efficiently 'chunked' and retrieved by Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for AI-powered SEO insights.
Keep related SEO concepts and tactical explanations within discrete content blocks, ideally under 500 words.
Avoid ambiguous phrasing; explicitly state the SEO subject (e.g., 'Link building strategy for SaaS') in section introductions and summaries.
Eliminate vague pronouns and replace them with specific SEO terms or product names (e.g., 'Our new SERP tracker' instead of 'It').
