AEO Website Scanner: Engine Updates Updates to the AEO scoring engine, AI crawler list, and 2026 standards. https://aeowebsitescanner.com/ 2026-05-23T00:00:00Z CyberChaperone Editorial Team https://cyberchaperone.com Engine v2026.05: Google I/O 2026 rubric live https://aeowebsitescanner.com/#engine-2026-05 2026-05-23T00:00:00Z The scanner now grades against the I/O 2026 rubric: AI Mode readiness (Speakable, HowTo, QAPage, direct-answer blocks), generative UI assembly readiness, information agent compatibility (feeds + freshness signals), MCP server discovery at /.well-known/mcp.json, and the full 2026 AI crawler list including Google-Agent. Google-Agent added to crawler allowlist check https://aeowebsitescanner.com/#google-agent-check 2026-05-23T00:00:00Z Google added Google-Agent to its official crawler list on 2026-03-20 to identify AI-powered systems that browse the web on a user's behalf. The scanner now checks robots.txt against the full 15-bot 2026 AI agent fleet. MCP server card discovery check https://aeowebsitescanner.com/#mcp-card-check 2026-05-23T00:00:00Z New check for Model Context Protocol server cards at /.well-known/mcp.json (per draft SEP-2127). Publishing one lets AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor auto-discover and connect to your services.