Shopping is turning into a conversation. People ask a full question, out loud or in chat, and expect one clear answer back. Fragmented keyword copy cannot serve that.
By Margareta Petrovic, founder of Visibility Mesh. We measure how legible ecommerce stores are to AI, and publish what we find. Updated September 2026.
Key takeaways
- Buyers ask full questions, not keyword fragments.
- Answer in one clear, speakable sentence.
- Mark up the FAQ so assistants can read it aloud.
Write the way people ask
- Target full question phrases, not fragments.
- Answer in one short sentence a voice can read.
- Cover who, what, where, when and how much.
- Add FAQPage schema, see FAQ schema.
FAQ
Is voice really growing for shopping?
Yes, alongside chat assistants that work the same conversational way.
Different from regular AEO?
It is AEO with an emphasis on natural questions and concise spoken answers.
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Your buyers are already asking AI. This is how you make your website readable to the assistants they ask.
Everything in this article is measurable on a live storefront. The Full Assessment and Roadmap reads your website the way AI crawlers receive it and hands you every fix in plain English, in the order we would make them.