Core Feature
AI Readiness Score
A clear 0–100 score that tells you exactly how AI search engines perceive your website — across six weighted categories with letter grades and actionable recommendations.
What It Does
The AI readiness score is the heart of GEO Lantern. When you scan a URL, we evaluate it across six categories that determine how well AI-powered search engines can discover, understand, and accurately represent your content.
Each category is weighted based on its impact on AI discoverability. The weighted average produces your overall score from 0–100, along with a letter grade from F to A+. This gives you a single, clear metric to track your AI search readiness over time.
Unlike traditional SEO scores that focus on keyword density and backlinks, the AI readiness score specifically measures the signals that matter to AI systems — structured data, semantic markup, content clarity, and explicit machine-readable signals like robots.txt directives and llms.txt files.
The Six Categories
What We Measure
Each category targets a specific aspect of how AI search engines interact with your content.
AI Crawler Access
20%Whether AI bots like GPTBot and ClaudeBot can access your content via robots.txt directives.
Schema Markup
20%The presence and completeness of JSON-LD structured data that helps AI understand your content.
Content Structure
25%Heading hierarchy, FAQ patterns, citation signals, and semantic HTML that aid comprehension.
LLMs.txt
10%Whether you provide an llms.txt file — an emerging standard for LLM-friendly content.
Sitemap Quality
10%XML sitemap presence, validity, freshness indicators, and discoverability.
Citation Worthiness
15%Meta tags, Open Graph data, canonical URLs, and other signals that make your content citable.
Letter Grades
Understanding Your Grade
95–100
Outstanding — your site is fully optimised for AI search.
90–94
Excellent — minor improvements possible but strong overall.
80–89
Good — solid foundation with room for improvement in key areas.
70–79
Fair — several areas need attention to improve AI visibility.
60–69
Poor — significant gaps in AI readiness that limit discoverability.
0–59
Critical — major issues preventing AI search engines from understanding your content.
Step by Step
How It Works
Getting your AI readiness score is straightforward.
Enter your URL
Paste any publicly accessible URL into the GEO Lantern scanner. We support all major website platforms and frameworks.
We analyse your page
Our scanner fetches your page and evaluates it across six categories: AI crawler access, schema markup, content structure, llms.txt, sitemap quality, and meta & technical signals.
Receive your score
Get an overall AI readiness score from 0–100 with a letter grade, plus individual sub-scores for each category so you know exactly where you stand.
Follow the recommendations
Every scan includes prioritised, actionable recommendations with code snippets and explanations. Implement the fixes to improve your score.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an AI readiness score?
An AI readiness score is a 0–100 rating that measures how well your website is optimised for AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and others. It evaluates six technical categories that determine whether AI systems can discover, understand, and accurately cite your content.
How is the score calculated?
GEO Lantern analyses your page across six weighted categories: AI Crawler Access (20%), Schema Markup (20%), Content Structure (25%), LLMs.txt (10%), Sitemap Quality (10%), and Citation Worthiness (15%). Each category produces a sub-score, and the weighted average gives your overall AI readiness score.
What is a good AI readiness score?
A score of 80 or above (grade B or higher) indicates strong AI readiness. Most websites score between 40–65 on their first scan. Scores above 90 are exceptional and typically belong to sites that have specifically optimised for AI search visibility.
How often should I check my score?
We recommend scanning after any significant content or technical change. Pro and Business plans include automated monitoring that rescans your site on a schedule and alerts you to score changes, so you never miss a regression.
Does the AI readiness score affect my Google ranking?
The AI readiness score is specifically about how AI-powered search engines perceive your content. Many of the same signals — structured data, content quality, semantic HTML — also benefit traditional SEO. Improving your AI readiness score typically improves your overall search presence.
Can I compare my score against competitors?
Yes. GEO Lantern offers a competitor comparison feature that lets you scan up to 5 URLs side by side. You can see how your AI readiness stacks up against competitors across all six categories, helping you identify where you have an advantage and where you need to catch up.
Ready to See Your Score?
Run a free AI readiness scan and discover exactly how AI search engines perceive your website.