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Can AI find your website?
See if ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini can find, read and quote your site, with a score out of 100 and a fix for every gap.
We read your page as AI crawlers do: raw HTML only. Results may not be perfect, so use them as a guide.
Scanning
Reading the page as raw HTML
Did you know?
GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot are the crawlers OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity send to read the web. Each one has its own line in robots.txt.
Source: OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity crawler docs
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Top score. Every check passed.
- Crawlable
- Readable
- Structured
- Trusted
- Citable
What the score means
Every check, by category
What we found, how to fix it and the points each check is worth.
Crawlable0 / 25
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 10 points
AI crawlers can read the site
Found:
- GPTBot: allowedGPTBot: blocked
- OAI-SearchBot: allowedOAI-SearchBot: blocked
- ClaudeBot: allowedClaudeBot: blocked
- PerplexityBot: allowedPerplexityBot: blocked
- Google-Extended: allowedGoogle-Extended: blocked
- Applebot-Extended: allowedApplebot-Extended: blocked
Remove the Disallow rules for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and the others you want citing you. A crawler that is disallowed never reads your pages, so it can never quote them. Technical SEO
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
The page is not set to noindex
Found:
Remove noindex from the robots meta tag and the X-Robots-Tag header on pages you want found. A noindex tag or header keeps the page out of search indexes that AI answers draw on. Technical SEO
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
llms.txt is published
Found:
Publish a Markdown file at /llms.txt with a one-line summary and links to your key pages. llms.txt gives AI tools a short map of your site and the pages worth reading first. What llms.txt is
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
Sitemap found and listed in robots.txt
Found:
Generate /sitemap.xml and add a "Sitemap:" line with its full URL to robots.txt. A sitemap is how crawlers find every page, not just the ones linked from the homepage. Technical SEO
Readable0 / 20
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 10 points
Copy is in the HTML, not only in JS
Found:
Render pages on the server or at build time (SSR or static) so the copy ships in the HTML. Most AI crawlers do not run JavaScript, so a page built in the browser looks empty to them. Static site generators
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
One clear H1
Found:
Give each page exactly one H1 that names the topic in plain words. The H1 is the strongest signal of the page topic an engine reads first. Technical SEO
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
Headings form an outline
Found:
Use H2s for each section and H3s inside them, without skipping levels. Engines split pages into passages by heading, and lift the passage that answers the question. How to get cited by ChatGPT
Structured0 / 25
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 7 points
Valid JSON-LD structured data
Found:
Add a JSON-LD script to the page head and check it parses without errors. Structured data states facts in a format machines parse without guessing. Schema markup
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 6 points
Organization schema
Found:
Add an Organization node with name, url, logo and sameAs links to your profiles. It ties your name, logo, site and profiles together, so answers attribute you correctly. Schema markup
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 4 points
Article or breadcrumb schema
Found:
Add Article or BlogPosting to content pages and a BreadcrumbList to every page. Article and BreadcrumbList tell an engine what kind of page this is and where it sits. Schema markup
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
A meta description that fits
Found:
Write a 120 to 160 character description that says what the page offers and for whom. It is the summary engines fall back on when they describe your page. Technical SEO
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 3 points
Open Graph tags
Found:
Add og:title, og:description and og:image to every page. AI tools and chat apps use Open Graph tags for link previews and page summaries. Technical SEO
Trusted0 / 15
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 4 points
Machine-readable dates
Found:
Add datePublished and dateModified in JSON-LD, or a <time datetime> next to the content. Engines prefer fresh sources, and they can only tell when a date is marked up. How to get cited by ChatGPT
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 3 points
Author or company info
Found:
Link an About or Team page from every page, and name authors on articles. Answers favour sources with a named author or a clear company behind them. AEO explained
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 3 points
A canonical URL
Found:
Add <link rel="canonical"> with the absolute URL of the page. Without one, duplicate URLs split the signals and an engine may cite the wrong copy. Canonical URLs
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 3 points
Served over HTTPS
Found:
Serve every page over HTTPS and redirect HTTP to it. Engines and browsers treat plain HTTP as unsafe and rank it down. Technical SEO
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 2 points
Page language declared
Found:
Set lang on the <html> element, for example lang="en". The lang attribute tells an engine which language answers the page can serve. Technical SEO
Citable0 / 15
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
Headings phrased as questions
Found:
Rewrite a few H2s or H3s as the questions buyers ask, and answer each in the first sentence. A heading that matches the question someone asks makes the passage under it easy to cite. How to get cited by ChatGPT
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
An FAQ section
Found:
Add five or six questions buyers ask, each with a two or three sentence answer. Short, direct answers to real questions are the format AI answers quote most. SEO and AEO service
- GoodNeeds workMissing0 / 5 points
FAQPage schema
Found:
Wrap your FAQ in FAQPage JSON-LD with each question and its full answer. Question and answer pairs in schema map straight onto the questions people ask AI. SEO and AEO service
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What we check
Twenty checks, five groups, one score
The signals answer engines rely on to crawl, read, understand, trust and cite a page, weighted by how much each one matters.
4 checks · 25 points
Crawlable
Whether GPTBot, ClaudeBot and the rest are allowed in, and can find your pages.
3 checks · 20 points
Readable
What a crawler sees in the raw HTML, before any script runs, and how it is outlined.
5 checks · 25 points
Structured
JSON-LD and meta tags that tell a machine who you are and what each page is.
5 checks · 15 points
Trusted
Dates, authorship and the basics that make a source safe to cite.
3 checks · 15 points
Citable
Questions and short answers an engine can lift as they are.
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FAQ
Questions about the AEO score, answered
What is AEO?
Answer engine optimisation (AEO) is making your site easy for AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews to find, read and cite. It builds on SEO: crawlable pages, clear structure and structured data, plus content written as direct answers to the questions buyers ask.
How is the AEO score calculated?
We run 20 checks in five groups: Crawlable (25 points), Readable (20), Structured (25), Trusted (15) and Citable (15). A pass earns a check’s full points, a partial pass half, a fail nothing. Under 50 is "Invisible to AI", 50 to 79 is "Partly visible" and 80 or more is "Ready to be cited".
Does a high score mean ChatGPT will cite my site?
No. The score measures whether AI crawlers can get in, read your content and understand it. Whether an engine cites you also depends on what you say, how well it answers the question and how much other sites trust you. A low score, though, means you are making citations harder than they need to be.
Why do you check the raw HTML and not the rendered page?
Most AI crawlers, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot, fetch the HTML and do not run JavaScript. If your copy only appears after scripts run, those crawlers see an empty page. So we read exactly what they read.
Should I block AI crawlers in robots.txt?
Only if you don’t want to appear in AI answers. Blocking GPTBot or ClaudeBot keeps your content out of those models, and blocking OAI-SearchBot or PerplexityBot keeps you out of their search answers. Most SaaS companies want to be cited, so they allow them.
What do you do with my URL and email?
We fetch the public page, robots.txt, llms.txt and sitemap once, score them, show you the result and email the full report to the address you gave us. We only send you anything else if you tick the box for follow-ups, and you can unsubscribe any time.
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Crawler access and llms.txt
robots.txt, sitemap and llms.txt set up so every AI crawler gets in.
Structured data
Organization, Article, FAQ and breadcrumb schema where each page needs it.
Content built for answers
Headings, FAQs and summaries written the way your buyers ask.