AI Readiness Checker -
what to improve to get cited by AI
The AI Readiness Checker is an LLM SEO checker: it audits any URL against 50+ signals that influence whether AI search - ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google's AI Overview - cites it.
Not a vague grade - a proper GEO audit (generative engine optimization). A scored breakdown of the signals that actually move AI citations, each with a plain-English "why it matters" and a pass / warn / fail.
One score, four sub-scores
Overall AI-readiness plus Google-pull, Authority, Brand and Quality - so you see why, not just how much.
50+ factors, grouped
Ranking & retrieval, answer quality, brand & authority, structure and E-E-A-T - each factor scored and explained.
Real SERP & rank data
Your live Google (and Bing) position for a target query, localized by country, language and device.
Page-level backlinks
Referring domains to the exact URL - one of the strongest citation signals in my testing.
AI Overview presence
Whether Google's AI Overview already fires for your query, a strong co-signal for being cited.
Compare mode
Put your page and a competitor's cited page side by side and see what they have that you don't.
Ranking & retrieval
Are you found and considered? Search rank, query fan-out, topic-cluster presence, crawlability and snippet control.
Answer quality & fit
Are you a good, citable answer? Whether the page answers the query directly, specifically and self-containedly, in the right format.
Brand & authority
How known and linked are you? Page and domain link authority plus entity/brand strength - Knowledge Graph, Wikipedia, YouTube, Reddit, web mentions.
Structure & machine-readability
Structured data, semantic HTML, headings, freshness and meta hygiene that help machines parse and attribute the page.
Trust & expertise (E-E-A-T)
Author, first-hand experience and transparency signals.
- ❌ Page Backlinks - 7 referring domains
Page-level link authority - a top consistent LLM-citation signal across industries. - ❌ Answer Near the Top - no direct answer up top
Engines sample a URL top-down, so an answer buried low may never be read. - ⚠️ Content Freshness - page is 5 months old
Correlates with citations, modestly - works as a not-stale threshold.
| Factor | Why it matters | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Google Organic Ranking | AI usually searches before answering, so a top-10 rank raises your chances. | #4 for your query |
| Page Backlinks | Page-level link authority - a top consistent citation signal. | 7 referring domains |
| AI Overview / SERP AI Features | Whether an AI Overview shows and cites the domain (reference signal). | Not shown as a source |
| Semantic HTML | Main content in semantic tags helps AI separate it from boilerplate. | Real content region present |
Enter your page and a competitor's page that AI already cites. The checker lines them up factor by factor, so you can see exactly where they beat you - and what to close first.
| Factor | Your page | Competitor (cited) |
|---|---|---|
| Page Backlinks | 7 domains | 64 domains |
| AI Overview / SERP AI Features | No | Yes |
| Content Freshness | 5 months | 2 months |
| Tap Targets | OK | OK |
Paste a URL
A homepage or any inner page. Optionally add a target query and brand for the trust and rank checks.
It runs 50+ checks
On-page signals plus live SERP, backlink and AI-Overview data - about 30-60 seconds per page.
Get a scored breakdown
Factors grouped by what drives AI citations, each with a verdict and why it matters. Export to CSV.