Will ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews cite your page?
10 citation-readiness checks scored A-F. Run alongside the security scan to see whether AI search engines will surface your content - or skip it for a competitor.
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What we check
Each signal is extracted from the page HTML alone. No login, no crawl budget, no third-party AI calls on your content.
FAQPage structured data
AI engines cite FAQPage entries verbatim
Article + author schema
Identifies entity legitimacy and authorship
Freshness signals (datePublished, dateModified)
AI assistants discount stale content
Question-format H2 / H3 headings
Matches user prompt phrasing for AI surfacing
Citation-shaped first paragraph (40-80 words)
Becomes the AI answer snippet
Tables, ordered lists, comparison structures
AI parses structure better than prose
Links to authoritative sources (.gov, .edu, Wikipedia)
Reciprocal trust signal
Paragraph length discipline
Too long = truncated by AI engines
Numeric / factual density
Specifics get cited; vague claims do not
Word count above citation floor (300+)
AI engines skip thin content
Light report (free) vs full report (premium)
Free scan shows
- A-F citation-readiness grade
- Severity counts (critical / high / medium / low)
- Headline content metrics (words, Q-headings, tables, numeric density)
- Detected structured data types
Premium unlocks
- Per-finding rewrite suggestions
- Prioritised fix order by impact
- PDF report with AI Search readiness chapter
- Monthly re-scan on subscription tier
FAQ
What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?▼
GEO is the practice of structuring content so generative AI engines - ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini - surface and cite it in their answers. It overlaps with SEO but emphasises citation-readiness signals: FAQPage schema, direct answers in the first paragraph, factual specificity, and authoritative external citations.
How is AI Search Readiness different from regular SEO?▼
Traditional SEO optimises for blue-link rankings in Google. AI Search Readiness optimises for being quoted inside AI-generated answers. The two overlap on technical hygiene (schema, structure, freshness) but diverge on intent: GEO favours short citation-shaped paragraphs and explicit Q&A formatting that classical SEO does not require.
Why is FAQPage schema so heavily weighted?▼
ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews lift Q&A blocks directly from FAQPage structured data. Pages with FAQPage schema observed in our scan dataset get cited 3-5x more often than equivalent pages without it.
What counts as an authoritative external link?▼
We classify .gov, .edu, .int, .mil TLDs plus a curated allowlist (Wikipedia, NIH, CDC, FDA, NASA, ISO, W3C, IETF, MDN, schema.org, OWASP) as authority sources. AI engines treat reciprocal links to these as confirmation that your content sits in a trusted citation graph.
Is AI Search Readiness scanning free?▼
The grade and headline issue counts are shown free on the results page. The full per-issue breakdown with rewrite suggestions and a PDF report is part of the premium tier ($49 one-off) or the monthly subscription ($25 / month) that re-scans the URL every 30 days.
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