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Observe the evolving web for Search Engines, Answer Engines and Agentic AI.
Observatory AITA shows publicly observable characteristics of selected websites, and currently presents two views of the web: traditional Search Engine Optimisation and the emerging field of Answer Engine Optimisation and Agentic eCommerce.
Search Engine Optimisation — websites designed for discovery through search engines.
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bbc.com
nytimes.com
wikipedia.org
Answer Engine Optimisation and eCommerce infrastructure for the emerging Agentic AI web.
Observatory AITA verifies what machines can actually discover, understand and use. Traditional SEO focuses primarily on discovery through search engines. AEO extends this mission to answer engines and AI systems. Agentic eCommerce is making commercial capabilities available to software agents.
The web is becoming a place where machines do more than retrieve information. They can discover businesses, understand products, interact with services and even perform transactions in your name. Observatory AITA follows this transition through publicly observable technical signals.