# Article Schema for AEO: Complete Guide | AEO.page > Learn how to implement Article schema for Answer Engine Optimization. Boost AI citations on ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini with Article Schema. ## What is Article Schema? Marks up written content like news articles, opinion pieces, and editorial content with metadata for AI parsing. In the context of Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Article schema provides the structured data that AI search engines need to understand, extract, and cite your content. Without it, AI engines must guess at your content's meaning — with it, you give them a clear signal that dramatically increases your chances of being cited in AI-generated answers. ### AEO Impact: High — provides AI engines with author, date, and headline metadata critical for assessing content freshness and authority. Use our free AEO audit tool to check if your site already implements Article schema correctly. ## Best Used For Article schema delivers the strongest AEO results when applied to these content types: - News articles - Opinion pieces - Editorial content - Research reports Not sure which schema types your site needs? Take our AEO readiness quiz for personalized recommendations. ## Supported AI Platforms Article schema is recognized and utilized by these AI search platforms for generating answers and citations: ChatGPT Perplexity Gemini AI Overviews Learn about the differences between platforms in our ChatGPT vs Perplexity comparison. ## Code Example Here is a ready-to-use JSON-LD implementation of Article schema. Copy this into a