AI findability (GEO) (23 rules)
This check area examines whether selected search and answer systems can access public content. Checks include known crawlers, readability without JavaScript and available structured data. The report explains which rule triggered a result. It does not promise a mention or citation in an answer. Operators receive concrete information about technical and editorial findings on their website.
| ID | Finding when … | Target state | Severity | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LLM-01 | llms.txt invalid | Optional llms.txt is valid | Minor | approx. 15 min |
LLM-02 | llms.txt links broken | Linked llms.txt targets on the same domain are reachable | Minor | approx. 15 min |
BOT-01 | Crawlers locked out | Crawler UA reachable | Medium | approx. 45 min |
BOT-02 | Different content for crawlers | Compare UA content | Note | approx. 45 min |
GEO-01 | AI crawlers blocked | AI search crawlers allowed individually (training crawlers only a note) | Medium | approx. 15 min |
GEO-03 | noai meta set | No contradiction between robots.txt and noai metas | Note | approx. 15 min |
GEO-05 | No direct answer at the top | Direct answer within the first 200 words | Minor | approx. 120 min |
GEO-06 | Paragraphs not quotable | Quotable paragraphs of 40 to 120 words | Minor | approx. 120 min |
GEO-07 | Little semantic HTML | Semantic HTML (main, article, nav, header, footer) | Minor | approx. 120 min |
GEO-08 | Main text needs JavaScript | Main text without JavaScript at least 80 % of the rendered text | Medium | after review |
GEO-09 | Text length conspicuous | Text length between 300 and 5,000 words | Note | after review |
GEO-10 | Content marked outdated | dateModified or Last-Modified not older than 24 months | Minor | approx. 15 min |
GEO-11 | Organization incomplete | Organization complete: logo, description, sameAs, contact, address | Minor | approx. 45 min |
GEO-12 | Article without author person | Person schema for authors of articles | Minor | approx. 45 min |
GEO-13 | Article incomplete | Article with author, datePublished, dateModified, publisher | Minor | approx. 45 min |
GEO-14 | FAQPage without substance | FAQPage with 3 to 8 visible questions and answers of 40 to 120 words | Minor | approx. 120 min |
GEO-16 | About page without substance | About page with team or founding | Note | approx. 120 min |
GEO-17 | Figures without source | Figures with source or link | Note | approx. 45 min |
GEO-18 | Phone number inconsistent | Phone and company name identical on page and in schema (NAP) | Minor | approx. 45 min |
GEO-21 | Alt text not descriptive | Image alt descriptive (at least 5 characters, no file name) | Minor | approx. 45 min |
GEO-22 | Tables without header or caption | Tables with th and caption | Minor | approx. 45 min |
GEO-25 | AI boilerplate phrases | No clusters of AI boilerplate phrases | Note | after review |
GEO-26 | Image license not marked up | ImageObject with license details (license, acquireLicensePage) | Note | approx. 45 min |