Free AI SEO quiz

Score your site's AI citation readiness.

Answer a short, weighted self-assessment across five categories to get an overall readiness score, a tier, and the categories to fix first.

How to use this tool

  1. Answer each yes, partial, or no question across Technical access, Structured data, Content structure, Entity consistency, and Citation-worthy content.
  2. Watch your overall 0-100 score and readiness tier update as you answer.
  3. Check the per-category subscores in the results panel to see where points are missing.
  4. Review the 'What to fix first' list for your 2-3 weakest categories.
  5. Click through to the linked tool for a weak category to start closing that gap.
  6. Retake the quiz after making changes to see how your score shifts.

Technical access

15% of score

A gate, not a differentiator: if crawlers can't reach or render your pages, nothing else in this score matters. Usually pass/fail, so it carries less weight than the categories below.

AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and similar) are not blocked in robots.txt

AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and similar) are not blocked in robots.txt

Check robots.txt for Disallow rules under AI-specific user-agents or a blanket wildcard block.

Key pages show their main content without requiring JavaScript to execute

Key pages show their main content without requiring JavaScript to execute

A fetcher that doesn't run JavaScript should still see meaningful text in the initial HTML response.

Pages you want cited are publicly reachable, not gated behind login or a paywall

Pages you want cited are publicly reachable, not gated behind login or a paywall

Content that requires authentication generally can't be read by a crawler or quoted in an answer.

Structured data

20% of score

Helps a system resolve who and what a page is about faster than prose alone, but it describes content rather than creating it.

Your homepage or key pages include Organization or WebSite JSON-LD

Your homepage or key pages include Organization or WebSite JSON-LD

This helps a system resolve who is behind the site and its official name.

Articles, products, or services use a specific schema.org type, not just generic markup

Articles, products, or services use a specific schema.org type, not just generic markup

Article, Product, and Service types carry more useful structure than WebPage alone.

Structured data has been checked and matches the page's visible content

Structured data has been checked and matches the page's visible content

Markup that contradicts what's visible on the page can be discounted or ignored.

Content structure

25% of score

Clear H1s, front-loaded answers, and descriptive headings determine whether a model can find and lift a usable passage at all.

Each important page has one clear H1 that states its primary topic

Each important page has one clear H1 that states its primary topic

A single, descriptive H1 gives readers and models an unambiguous topic signal.

Key facts or direct answers appear in the first few sentences of a section

Key facts or direct answers appear in the first few sentences of a section

Put the takeaway before the supporting narrative or backstory.

Long pages use descriptive H2 and H3 headings a reader could scan without the body text

Long pages use descriptive H2 and H3 headings a reader could scan without the body text

Vague headings like 'Overview' or 'More info' don't help a skimming reader or a model.

Entity consistency

15% of score

Consistent naming and facts across your own site and other properties reduce the chance a model merges you with the wrong entity or repeats stale details.

Your brand or product name is written the same way across your own key pages

Your brand or product name is written the same way across your own key pages

Avoid switching between a full legal name, a shortened name, and a stylized name.

Core facts (pricing, location, founding year, category) match across your site and other properties

Core facts (pricing, location, founding year, category) match across your site and other properties

Check your site against LinkedIn, Crunchbase, G2, and similar profiles for drift.

You have one canonical company description reused across your site, directories, and profiles

You have one canonical company description reused across your site, directories, and profiles

A consistent description makes it easier for a model to summarize who you are correctly.

Citation-worthy content

25% of score

Specific, sourced, buyer-relevant content is what actually gets quoted. This carries the most weight because it's the substance the other categories only make reachable.

Pages include specific numbers, data, or first-party findings, not only general claims

Pages include specific numbers, data, or first-party findings, not only general claims

Specific, checkable details are more citable than broad statements like 'industry-leading'.

Significant claims cite a source or link to first-party evidence

Significant claims cite a source or link to first-party evidence

A claim a model can verify is more likely to be repeated with confidence.

Content directly answers the questions a buyer would actually type into an AI assistant

Content directly answers the questions a buyer would actually type into an AI assistant

Write toward real comparison and decision questions, not just a feature list.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Useful context for applying this tool to your site.

How is this different from the AI readiness checklist?

The AI readiness checklist tracks 20 unweighted checkboxes with no scoring. This tool asks fewer, more targeted questions across five weighted categories and produces an overall 0-100 score, per-category subscores, and a prioritized list of what to fix first.

Why do categories carry different weights?

Technical access is treated as a gate rather than a differentiator, since a blocked crawler or a JavaScript-only page stops everything else from mattering, so it carries a lower weight. Content structure and citation-worthy content carry the most weight because they determine whether a page is actually worth quoting once a system can reach it.

Is this a live scan of my site?

No. This is a self-assessment based on your own yes, partial, or no answers, and nothing is sent to a server. Treat the score as a structured way to reflect on your site, not an automated audit.

What does an unanswered question count as?

Unanswered questions score as No, meaning zero credit, so your overall score starts at 0 and only rises as you actually answer each question. This keeps the score from overstating readiness before you've reviewed every item.