+527%
AI-referred traffic growth
900M+
ChatGPT weekly users
-25%
search traffic by 2026 (Gartner)
REAL CLIENT AUDIT
Here’s what an AI Citability audit actually finds.
Audits AI visibility across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude.
EXAMPLE AUDIT — Local Home Services • Plumbing, HVAC & Electrical • Audited March 2026 · Updated Methodology
AI CITABILITY SCORE
/100
EMERGING
Citable Score™
90–100 Leading · 75–89 Optimized · 60–74 Competitive · 40–59 Emerging · <40 Developing
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This website scores 55/100 (Emerging) on AI citability. Despite exceptional local trust signals — a 4.9 Google rating with 3,000+ reviews and BBB A+ rating — the brand has significant AI visibility gaps. All AI crawlers are allowed and the site has 545 indexed pages, yet ChatGPT and Perplexity do not cite this business for high-value discovery queries while competitors capture those AI referrals.
The biggest opportunity: adding sameAs to existing schema, implementing FAQPage markup, and publishing cost-guide content would lift the score into Competitive territory within 30 days.
INDEXED
545
pages
KEYWORDS
1,816
ranked
LIGHTHOUSE
66
performance
FINDINGS
13
issues found
CONFIDENCE
92
audit confidence
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
AI Citability & Visibility
Entity Recognition
Content Quality & E-E-A-T
Technical Foundations
Schema & Structured Data
Platform Readiness
THREE PILLARS
RETRIEVABILITY
Can AI find and parse your content?
Technical accessibility, crawlability, and indexation — the prerequisites for entering the AI citation pipeline.
CITABILITY
Will AI select and quote your content?
Content structure, authority signals, and answer-first formatting that determines whether retrieved content becomes a citation.
RECOGNIZABILITY
Does AI know and trust your brand?
Entity recognition, structured data quality, and brand presence — the signals that establish who you are.
AI PLATFORM READINESS
Google AIO
72/100
Why it matters
Powers 90% of search. Strong technical foundation with 545 indexed pages, but missing FAQPage schema prevents AIO panel inclusion.
Gemini
76/100
Why it matters
Built into Android, Gmail, and Google Workspace. Strong Google Business Profile signals and 3,000+ reviews give this brand an advantage on Google-connected platforms.
ChatGPT
52/100
Why it matters
900M+ weekly active users. Despite 3,000+ reviews and a 4.9 rating, ChatGPT does not mention this brand for discovery queries. Competitors are cited instead.
Perplexity
55/100
Why it matters
Fastest-growing AI search engine. Brand is not cited for high-value local queries despite strong review signals. Content freshness gap (1 blog post in 2025) hurts ranking.
Copilot
68/100
Why it matters
Embedded in Windows, Edge, and Microsoft 365. Bing index shows 545 pages. Adding sameAs and IndexNow would significantly boost visibility.
Apple
70/100
Why it matters
Apple Intelligence is rolling out to 2B+ devices. Local business schema is present but incomplete. Adding sameAs links would strengthen entity resolution.
Meta AI
65/100
Why it matters
Built into Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. 4 active social profiles exist but aren’t connected to website schema via sameAs. Missing entity graph link.
Hover each platform for AI-specific insights
TOP FINDINGS
CRITICAL
Not cited by AI for discovery queries
Neither ChatGPT nor Perplexity mention this business for high-value queries despite 3,000+ reviews and a 4.9 rating.
HIGH
Schema has zero sameAs links
LocalBusiness JSON-LD contains no sameAs properties despite 4 active social profiles.
HIGH
No author bylines on blog content
Zero author attribution across ~50 blog posts. Licensed professionals’ credentials are not surfaced.
HIGH
LCP exceeds 3 seconds on all pages
Homepage LCP 3,287ms, inner pages up to 5,629ms. Render-blocking scripts and unoptimized images.
HIGH
Blog publishing collapsed
Only 1 blog post published in 2025. Most content is 2-4 years old.
+ 8 more findings in the full report
QUICK WINS
THIS WEEK
Add sameAs to LocalBusiness schema
Include all 4 social profile URLs in existing JSON-LD. Creates machine-readable entity graph.
THIS WEEK
Create /llms.txt file
Document services, service areas, specialties for AI crawlers.
THIS WEEK
Add FAQPage schema to top 10 service pages
Service pages already contain FAQ content; wrapping in schema enables AIO panels.
THIS WEEK
Add width/height attributes to all images
Eliminates CLS of 0.152 on inner pages.
THIS MONTH
Restart blog publishing cadence
Publish 2-4 cost-guide articles targeting AI-friendly question formats.
PRICING
One report. One price.
No subscriptions. No recurring fees. Pay once, own your report forever.
$149
AI Citability Report
✓ Your Citable Score™ — one number that shows where you stand
✓ 7 AI platform readiness scores
✓ Exactly what to fix — prioritized by impact
✓ 10 of your pages scored individually
✓ AI crawler access audit — are you blocking AI without knowing it?
✓ Professional PDF report — share with your team or agency
Delivered within 24 hours
EVERYTHING INSIDE YOUR REPORT
Every section. Every data point. No filler.
A professional PDF report customized for your business — with real data, real scores, and a clear action plan.
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Citable Score™ & Executive Summary
Your composite 0–100 score with a tier rating (Leading, Optimized, Competitive, Emerging, Developing). Plain-English analysis of where you stand, why, and what’s costing you visibility. Includes indexed page count, keyword rankings, and total findings.
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Score Breakdown (6 Categories)
Each of the 6 GEO dimensions scored individually: AI Citability (Highest Weight), Content E-E-A-T (High Weight), Entity Recognition (High Weight), Technical Foundations (Moderate Weight), Platform Readiness (Moderate Weight), and Schema Markup (Foundational Weight). See exactly where you’re losing points.
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AI Citation Verification
We send real queries to ChatGPT and Perplexity — like “best your industry software” and “what is your brand” — and record whether they mention you, cite you, or recommend a competitor. Includes sentiment analysis for each response.
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Per-Page Analysis (Top 10)
Your 10 most important pages individually scored on word count, citability, and overall GEO readiness. Instantly see which pages are working for you and which need attention — ranked from strongest to weakest.
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Real-Time SEO Metrics
Live Lighthouse scores (Performance, SEO, Accessibility) with actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS) for your top pages. Plus domain authority, indexed page count, and technology stack detection (CMS, CDN, frameworks, analytics).
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SERP Positions & Brand Trend
Real keyword ranking data for your target terms with Featured Snippet and AI Overview indicators. Plus Google Trends data showing your brand’s 12-month search interest trajectory — rising, stable, or declining.
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Key Findings (All 13 Issues)
Every issue identified, classified by severity (Critical, High, Medium, Low) with detailed explanations. Not just “add schema” — we explain exactly what’s missing, why it matters for AI visibility, and what to do about it.
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Prioritized Action Plan
Recommendations organized into three time horizons: Quick Wins (this week), Medium-Term (30 days), and Strategic (90 days). Each action item is specific, actionable, and prioritized by impact on your GEO score.
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AI Crawler Access Status
10 AI crawlers checked individually: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Applebot, FacebookBot, Amazonbot, and Bytespider. Current status plus specific recommendations for each.
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Methodology & Glossary
Full transparency on how scores are calculated, which data sources are used, and what every term means. References include Google Quality Rater Guidelines, Schema.org specs, Core Web Vitals thresholds, and AI crawler documentation.
FAQ