Is Your Website Ready for ChatGPT, Google AI & Perplexity?
Enter your website and get an instant AI search score out of 100. We run 28 checks across crawler access, SEO basics, page structure, structured data, and content, then show you exactly what is holding you back.
28 checks · 5 categories · about 15 seconds · no signup needed to see your score
- Connecting to your website
- Checking robots.txt for AI crawlers
- Reading titles, meta tags, and structured data
- Scanning your sitemap and llms.txt
- Scoring your content for AI answers
28 Checks AI Search Engines Actually Care About
AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Claude can only recommend businesses they can reach, read, and trust. Your score is weighted by what matters most.
Crawler Access
Can AI bots reach your site? Firewalls, robots.txt blocks, and JavaScript-only pages are the most common reason businesses never show up.
Core SEO
Title, meta description, canonical URL, social tags, language, and an XML sitemap. The foundation every engine still expects.
Page Structure
One H1, headings in order, semantic landmarks, and alt text so AI can understand what each part of the page means.
Answer Engine Signals
llms.txt, JSON-LD schema, author and business authority, freshness, and content depth. Local businesses get 5 more points for clear contact details.
Content Quality
Direct answers up front, question-style headings, real numbers, and quotes. The things that get your words cited.
Three Kinds of AI Crawler, Three Different Rules
Every AI bot does one of three jobs. Blocking the wrong one costs you nothing. Blocking the right one removes your business from the answer. Our audit scores only the bots that decide whether you get cited.
Search Indexers
Build the index AI answers are drawn from. Block one and your pages drop out of that engine’s answers.
OAI-SearchBot (ChatGPT search) · Claude-SearchBot · PerplexityBot · Googlebot (AI Overviews, AI Mode) · Bingbot (Copilot)
Live Fetchers
Load your page the moment someone asks a question about you. Block one and the assistant tells them it could not read your site.
ChatGPT-User · Claude-User · Perplexity-User · Meta-ExternalFetcher · Google-Extended (Gemini grounding)
Training Crawlers
Collect text to train future AI models. Blocking them does not cost you citations, so we report them but never take points off.
GPTBot · ClaudeBot · CCBot · Meta-ExternalAgent · Applebot-Extended · Bytespider
Our Own Site Scores 100 Out of 100
We built alwaystopofmind.com to pass every one of these checks, and it scores a perfect 100 on independent AEO audits. We do the same work for New Jersey businesses across Ocean County and Monmouth County, and for clients out of state, as part of our SEO & AI Search plans.
Questions About AI Search Readiness
What is AEO?
AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimization. It is the work of making your website easy for AI tools like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Claude to reach, understand, and quote when someone asks for a business like yours.
How is this different from a regular SEO audit?
It covers the SEO basics too, but adds the signals AI engines lean on: whether AI crawlers are allowed in robots.txt, an llms.txt file, structured data, author and business authority, freshness, and content written as direct answers.
Is the audit really free?
Yes. Your score and every check result are free with no signup. If you want the step-by-step fix for each item, enter your name and email and we will show it on the page and email you the full report.
What score should my website aim for?
Aim for 90 or higher (an A). Anything under 70 usually means AI crawlers are blocked or the site is missing basics like structured data, a sitemap, or clear contact details.
Can you fix the issues for me?
Yes. Most items can be fixed in a few days. Book a free growth review or call 732-831-7159, and we will walk through your results and what we would fix first.
Ready to Be the Business They Find First?
Tell us a little about your business. We’ll come back with an honest look at where you stand and what would move the needle.
- How you show up on Google, Maps, and AI answers
- Where your website is losing leads
- What happens to leads after they reach out
- A clear plan with transparent pricing and no contract