AI Visibility Audit

Your Site's Position
in AI Search

example.com
57
/100
Visibility Tier
Emerging
Prepared
3 April 2026
Report ID
SS-2026-04-00001
Signals Checked
130+
Confidential

Executive Summary

Your site is partially visible to AI search - but critical gaps are costing you citations.

When potential customers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI for recommendations in your space, your site is not consistently appearing in the answers. This audit identifies exactly why - and what to fix first.

Current Score
57/100
Emerging Visibility
Estimated Revenue Impact
15-25%
of AI-driven traffic going to competitors
Potential Score
84/100
if all issues are addressed
Issues Found
23
across 8 categories
⚡ Top 3 Priority Actions
Combined impact: +27 points
1
Add llms.txt file
Create a simple text file that tells AI crawlers what your site is about and where to find key content.
+8 pts
2
Implement FAQ schema
Add structured FAQ markup to help AI engines extract and cite your answers directly.
+5 pts
3
Add author bios with credentials
Establish EEAT signals by showing who wrote your content and why they're qualified.
+4 pts

Category Performance

Your overall score is calculated from 8 weighted categories. Each represents a different dimension of AI visibility.

🤖 AI Visibility
72
25%
🗂️ On-Page Structure
35
10%
🏆 Brand Authority
45
20%
✍️ Content Quality
58
20%
⚙️ Technical
82
15%
📡 User Experience
65
8%
📚 Topical Authority
48
10%
🚀 AI Visibility
52
12%
🚨

Biggest Opportunity: On-Page Structure

Your structured data score is significantly below average. AI engines rely heavily on schema markup to understand your business. Without it, they're forced to guess - and often guess wrong or skip you entirely. Fixing this category alone could add 12+ points to your overall score.

Competitive Context

How your AI visibility compares to your industry and top performers.

You: 57
0 - Invisible 50 - Emerging 100 - AI-Ready
57
Your Score
43
Industry Average
78
Top 10% Threshold

What This Means

You're currently ahead of the industry average, which means you're not starting from zero. However, you're still 21 points below the threshold where sites consistently get cited by AI engines. The gap between "above average" and "consistently recommended" is where the real opportunity lies.

Key insight: AI visibility follows a power law. Sites in the top 10% capture a disproportionate share of AI citations. Moving from 57 to 78 isn't just a 37% improvement - it could mean a 3-5x increase in AI-driven referrals.

🗂️
On-Page Structure
Weight: 10% of overall score
35
/100

Why This Matters

AI engines use structured data (schema markup) to understand what your business does, where you're located, and what content you offer. Without it, they rely on inference - which is slower, less accurate, and often results in your site being skipped in favour of competitors with clearer signals.

What We Found

Basic JSON-LD present
No Organisation schema
No FAQ schema
No LocalBusiness schema
No Person schema for authors
No Article schema on blog
Recommended Fix
Expected Impact: +12 points
Add Organisation schema to your homepage identifying your business name, logo, and contact information. Then add FAQ schema to your key service pages - this directly feeds AI engines the Q&A pairs they need to cite you. Implementation code is provided in Appendix A.
Implementation time: 2-4 hours

Prioritised Action Plan

Every issue identified in this audit is listed below, prioritised by impact and grouped by timeline. Focus on the immediate actions first - they deliver the highest return for the least effort.

Immediate This Week
Add llms.txt file to site root
+8 pts
Implement FAQ schema on service pages
+5 pts
Add author bios with credentials to blog posts
+4 pts
Short-Term This Month
Add Organisation schema to homepage
+3 pts
Implement LocalBusiness schema with NAP data
+3 pts
Create 3 topical cluster pages with internal linking
+4 pts
Ongoing Continuous
Publish weekly content with proper bylines
-
Monitor AI citation frequency
-
Total Potential Improvement
+27 points → 84/100 (AI-Ready)

Appendix A: Implementation Code

Copy-paste ready code snippets for the highest-impact fixes.

A1. llms.txt Template
# Your Company Name

> Brief description of what your business does and who you serve.

## About
One paragraph explaining your expertise, history, and unique value proposition.

## Services
- Service 1: Brief description
- Service 2: Brief description
- Service 3: Brief description

## Key Pages
- /about - Company information
- /services - Full service list
- /blog - Industry insights
- /contact - Get in touch

## Contact
- Email: [email protected]
- Location: City, Country

Appendix A: Implementation Code

A2. FAQ Schema
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "FAQPage",
  "mainEntity": [{
    "@type": "Question",
    "name": "Your first question here?",
    "acceptedAnswer": {
      "@type": "Answer",
      "text": "Your detailed answer here."
    }
  }, {
    "@type": "Question",
    "name": "Your second question here?",
    "acceptedAnswer": {
      "@type": "Answer",
      "text": "Your detailed answer here."
    }
  }]
}
</script>

Appendix A: Implementation Code

A3. Organisation Schema
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "Your Company Name",
  "url": "https://yoursite.com",
  "logo": "https://yoursite.com/logo.png",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://linkedin.com/company/yourcompany",
    "https://twitter.com/yourcompany"
  ],
  "contactPoint": {
    "@type": "ContactPoint",
    "telephone": "+44-xxx-xxx-xxxx",
    "contactType": "customer service"
  }
}
</script>

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SearchScore helps businesses get found by AI search engines. Our audit tool checks 130+ signals across 8 categories that determine whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and other AI systems recommend your business - or your competitors.

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