AIEO — AI Engine Optimization

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AI-Engine Optimization toolkit for zer0-mistakes — Schema.org JSON-LD structured data, E-E-A-T signals, FAQ page, and glossary collection for stronger AI search and LLM grounding.

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• Page Improvements

• Improve Page Polish content, structure, and presentation of this page
• Expand Page Add depth, examples, and missing sections to this page
• Update Page Refresh outdated content, versions, links, and screenshots
• Fix Page Issue Report a typo, broken link, layout glitch, or content bug
• SEO Optimize Improve discoverability, metadata, and structured data
• Accessibility Audit Audit this page for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance

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• Site Improvements

• UI/UX Improvement Propose a design or UX refinement for the theme
• New Feature Propose a new site-wide feature or capability
• Component Enhancement Improve a Jekyll layout, include, or shared component
• Performance Optimization Improve load time, Core Web Vitals, and asset delivery

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AIEO — AI Engine Optimization

AI Engine Optimization (AIEO) extends traditional SEO practices to improve how AI-powered search engines, LLMs, and AI assistants discover, understand, and cite your content. zer0-mistakes ships a built-in AIEO toolkit.

Overview

Component	Purpose
Schema.org JSON-LD	Machine-readable structured data for search engines and AI crawlers
E-E-A-T signals	Demonstrates Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness
FAQ page	Directly answers common questions (eligible for rich results)
Glossary collection	Provides LLM-grounding definitions for domain vocabulary

Structured Data (JSON-LD)

The theme injects Schema.org structured data via dedicated include files:

Software Application Schema

_includes/content/jsonld-software.html

Outputs SoftwareApplication markup with name, version, description, and license. Used on the home page and theme overview pages.

FAQ Schema

_includes/content/jsonld-faq.html

Outputs FAQPage markup from a page’s faq_items frontmatter array:

faq_items:
  - question: "What is zer0-mistakes?"
    answer: "A professional Jekyll theme…"
  - question: "Is it free?"
    answer: "Yes, MIT licensed."

Add {% include content/jsonld-faq.html %} to any layout or page to emit the FAQ structured data block.

E-E-A-T Signals

Google and AI crawlers reward content that demonstrates:

• Experience: Author bios, case studies, real-world examples
• Expertise: Technical depth, code samples, citations
• Authoritativeness: Backlinks, GitHub stars, version history
• Trustworthiness: Privacy policy, ToS, HTTPS, contact page

The theme ships standard supporting pages:

Page	Permalink
Privacy Policy	/privacy-policy/
Terms of Service	/terms-of-service/
Contact	/contact/
About	/about/

FAQ Page

pages/faq.md  →  /faq/

The FAQ page uses the faq_items frontmatter array and the jsonld-faq.html include to output both human-readable Q&A and machine-readable FAQPage JSON-LD in a single file.

Glossary Collection

pages/glossary.md  →  /glossary/

The glossary provides domain-specific definitions that help LLMs ground responses about zer0-mistakes in accurate, up-to-date vocabulary. Terms include Jekyll, Bootstrap, Liquid, Docker, Obsidian, and more.

SEO Include (_includes/content/seo.html)

The main SEO include emits:

• <title> and <meta name="description">
• Open Graph tags (og:title, og:description, og:image, og:type)
• Twitter Card tags
• Canonical URL
• robots meta

It is included automatically by _includes/core/head.html on every page.

Configuration

# _config.yml
title: "My Site"
description: "Site description for search engines"
url: "https://example.com"

# Author / E-E-A-T
author:
  name: "Author Name"
  email: "author@example.com"
  bio: "Expert in …"
  twitter: "@handle"

# Schema.org type for the site
schema_type: "SoftwareApplication"

Related

• Meta Tags & SEO
• Sitemap
• FAQ Page
• Glossary

See also

• [[SEO]]
• [[Structured Data]]
• [[Features]]