GEO Glossary

FAQ Schema

FAQ Schema is a core term in Generative Engine Optimization: short, precise, and phrased so LLMs instantly understand the intent.

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Why it matters for AI visibility

FAQ Schema ensures crawlers and LLMs can read your content reliably and fast. Solid technical hygiene is the prerequisite for AI visibility.

How to implement

  • Test FAQ Schema in staging and add monitoring.
  • Validate status codes, redirects, and headers with automated checks.
  • Enforce QA steps for FAQ Schema in deploy pipelines.

Common pitfalls

  • No fallback when FAQ Schema fails.
  • Missing alerts on 4xx/5xx or wrong redirects.

Measurement

  • Monitoring: status codes, response times, render paths for FAQ Schema.
  • Indexation: AI bot logs (e.g., GPTBot, Perplexity).

Examples & templates

  • Technical checklist for faq-schema
  • Header template with cache-control and canonical

Pillar link

ai-search-crawlability-indexing

Related terms

LLMs.txtVector SearchSemantic EmbeddingsStructured DataJSON-LDSchema.org

Use cases

Use case: SaaSUse case: E-CommerceUse case: Local businesses

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