Free GEO Audit — Check If Generative AI Recommends You
A free GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) audit checks whether AI engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity cite your website in their generated answers. VisibilityPulse runs a full GEO audit in ~10–40 seconds — no signup, no credit card, no waiting. Enter your URL and our engine analyses 8 critical GEO signals: AI crawler access, JSON-LD schema quality, entity authority, content freshness, E-E-A-T signals, Core Web Vitals, technical health, and llms.txt presence. You get a 0–100 GEO score with an A+ to F grade and a prioritised fix list.
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What You Get
Everything in One Free GEO Audit
8 GEO Signals Analysed
Crawler access, schema, entity, freshness, E-E-A-T, CWV, llms.txt, and technical health — all measured in one audit.
results in ~10–40 seconds
No email gates, no waiting. Your GEO audit runs client-side on Cloudflare Edge — instant, private, zero data stored.
Prioritised Fix List
Every audit includes an AI Optimizer action plan: ranked recommendations so you fix what matters most first.
How the Free GEO Audit Works
Enter Your URL
Paste any public URL into the analyzer field and hit Run Audit.
We Analyse 8 Signals
Our engine checks AI crawler access, schema, entity, freshness, E-E-A-T, CWV, and more.
Get Your GEO Score
Receive a 0–100 score, A+–F grade, and per-signal breakdown in seconds.
Fix & Retest
Follow your prioritised action plan and re-run the audit to verify improvements.
The 5 Weighted GEO Signals — Explained
VisibilityPulse scores your GEO readiness across 5 weighted composite signals. Each signal has a specific threshold that determines whether you score full marks, partial credit, or zero. Understanding these thresholds is the fastest path to a meaningful score improvement.
AI Crawler Access (15%)
This signal checks whether the three primary citation crawlers — OAI-SearchBot (ChatGPT Search), PerplexityBot, and Claude-SearchBot — are allowed in your robots.txt. If any are blocked, that engine cannot index or cite your site.
The most dangerous robots.txt pattern is a catch-all block with no explicit allow for citation crawlers:
# ❌ Blocks all AI citation crawlers User-agent: * Disallow: /
The correct pattern that allows citation crawlers while still blocking training crawlers if desired:
# ✅ Allow citation crawlers User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / # Optional: block training-only crawlers User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /
Technical Health & Core Web Vitals (30%)
The highest-weighted signal covers HTTPS enforcement, server response time (<600ms), a single H1 tag, 3+ internal links, and Google Core Web Vitals (LCP ≤ 2.5s, INP ≤ 200ms, CLS ≤ 0.1). Google's May 2026 guidance confirmed AI Overviews use the same quality signals as regular Search — so technical hygiene that matters for Google also matters for AI citations directly.
Entity Authority (25%)
Entity authority measures how clearly your brand is defined across the web. Full marks require a Wikipedia or Wikidata entry plus 4+ sameAs links in your Organization schema pointing to authoritative directories (LinkedIn, Crunchbase, GitHub, ProductHunt, etc.). Ahrefs analysis of 75,000 brands found that branded web mentions correlate 0.664 with AI Overview citation probability — the strongest single predictor measured.
Most Common GEO Failures (From VisibilityPulse Audits)
Based on patterns observed across audits run through VisibilityPulse, these are the GEO failures that appear most frequently — and cost the most AI citation visibility.
Catch-all robots.txt blocking AI crawlers
Sites with legacy User-agent: * Disallow: / rules inadvertently block every AI citation crawler. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude cannot index or cite a site that blocks their crawlers.
No Organization schema with sameAs
Without Organization JSON-LD linking to LinkedIn, Crunchbase, or ProductHunt, AI engines cannot verify your brand's entity identity. Unverifiable entities are rarely cited in AI-generated answers.
Missing or outdated dateModified
Content without schema dateModified or sitemap lastmod dates signals staleness to AI engines. For real-time query answers, recency is a key citation factor — particularly for Perplexity and ChatGPT Search.
No llms.txt file
While llms.txt is not a direct ranking factor, its absence signals that the site hasn't been optimised for AI-era discovery. It's a low-effort, high-signal intent marker that takes under 10 minutes to add.
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Start Free GEO Audit →Frequently Asked Questions
What is a GEO audit?
A GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) audit analyses whether your website is optimised for AI-generated answers. It checks technical signals like AI crawler access, JSON-LD schema, entity authority, and content freshness that determine whether AI engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity cite your pages.
Is this GEO audit completely free?
Yes. VisibilityPulse is 100% free, requires no signup, no email, and no credit card. Run unlimited GEO audits at no cost.
What GEO signals does VisibilityPulse check?
VisibilityPulse checks 8 GEO signals: AI crawler access (OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Bingbot), JSON-LD schema markup quality, entity authority and Organisation schema, content freshness, E-E-A-T signals, Core Web Vitals (via PageSpeed Insights), technical health, and llms.txt presence.
How is GEO different from SEO?
SEO optimises for traditional search engine ranking (blue links). GEO optimises for AI-generated answers — ensuring AI engines cite your content when users ask questions. GEO focuses on structured data, entity clarity, and answer-format content rather than keyword density and backlinks.
How often should I run a GEO audit?
Run a GEO audit monthly, and after any major site update. AI engine citation patterns change as models are retrained, so regular monitoring keeps your GEO score current.
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