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GeoSEO:
See What Google & AI See.
Free SEO + GEO diagnostic scan.

GeoSEO checks technical SEO and on-page AI citation readiness. It does not measure your actual rank or visibility inside ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity. No signup.

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15% cited

In one study, only 3 of 20 retrieved pages were cited

Source: AirOps, 548K pages, March 2026

SEO helps you get found.
GEO checks citation readiness.

In the AirOps study, ChatGPT retrieved many candidate pages per query — but cited only a small share. Most were evaluated and silently dropped.

Traditional search visibility can help a page enter the retrieval pool. Content structure, evidence density, and entity clarity are signals we can inspect, but no on-page score can guarantee an AI citation.

check_circle SEO Audit — 13 categories, crawlability, metadata, performance checks
check_circle GEO Audit — 8 categories, citation readiness, AI comprehension
check_circle AI Fixes — code, content & structure recommendations for each issue

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SEO Agencies

AI-readiness reports for your clients. Find observable on-page barriers without claiming to know why a platform did not cite a page.

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Founders & Product Leads

Review observable on-page barriers to clear extraction and citation. Get actionable structure and content fixes without claiming a platform-specific cause.

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Content Teams

Prepare pages for AI search. Structure content to be extractable and citable by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini.

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Local Businesses

Review how clearly your services, locations, evidence, and trust signals are presented for search and AI systems.

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Peer-Reviewed Studies
SEO+GEO
Diagnostic Scope
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Research Sources
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Audits Run

Every check is evidence-labeled

Each signal is tagged by evidence level: official guidance, academic research, controlled experiment, or large-scale correlation. No black box.

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Brand & Entity Clarity

Brand consistency, sameAs links, YouTube presence, social profiles, entity coherence.

Ahrefs 75K brands: brand mentions correlate with AI visibility

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Content Citability

Semantic HTML, heading hierarchy, self-contained passages, lists/tables, scannability.

Academic research: structure linked to higher citation rates

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Evidence & Data

Statistics, external citations, expert quotes with attribution, verifiable claims.

Princeton KDD 2024: quotes & stats improve visibility in benchmarks

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E-E-A-T & Trust

Author credentials, reviews, certifications, dates. Google quality raters use E-E-A-T as trust framework.

Google Quality Rater Guidelines

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Answer-First (BLUF)

Direct answer in first 100 words, FAQ section, definitions, summary. Clear answer-first sections improve extractability.

AirOps + Perplexity data

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Content Freshness

Publish dates, last-modified headers, current year mentions, update signals.

Ahrefs: AI-cited content tends to be fresher

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Technical AI Access

AI crawler access, page speed, JS rendering check, noindex detection. All key AI bots blocked = GEO access score 0.

AI crawler access: eligibility check, not citation guarantee

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Competitive Context

Positioning, pricing signals, process section, case studies, local specificity.

For comparison queries

Built on research, not hype

We debunked popular GEO myths (llms.txt, schema as ranking factor) using controlled experiments.

Academic
Princeton / Georgia Tech / Allen AI (KDD 2024)
University of Tokyo / Tsukuba (Mar 2026)
Virginia Tech — AgentGEO (Mar 2026)
Chen et al. — Earned Media Bias (Sep 2025)
Industry Data
Ahrefs — 75K brands, 146M SERPs (2026)
Conductor — 3.3B sessions (Nov 2025)
SparkToro — Brand consistency (Jan 2026)
AirOps — 548K page analysis (Mar 2026)
Experiments
OtterlyAI — BrightonSEO (Apr 2026)
llms.txt = 0.1% AI traffic. Schema ≠ ranking factor. Markdown = 0 bot visits.

We don't over-score fake GEO signals like llms.txt or schema markup. See what we reject →

How it works

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Paste your URL

Single page or full site (up to 200 pages). No signup. No credit card.

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We run a multi-category audit

Technical SEO and on-page AI-readiness signals. Evidence-informed weights. Live scan progress.

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Get actionable fixes

Drill into each issue. Before/after examples. Priority + effort tags. Export PDF or Excel.

SAMPLE REPORT

See what you'll get

A real audit for a fictional café — every site gets this level of detail.

brightside-cafe.com
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Overall Score
Grade C — Needs Work
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SEO
64
GEO
SEO Checks
Technical 91
Meta & Social Tags 83
Links 76
Content Quality 58
Headings Structure 52
GEO / AI Checks
Technical AI Access 94
Brand & Entity Clarity 68
Answer-First Content 44
Top Issues
Missing H1 tag on homepage
Meta descriptions too short (avg 61 chars)
No author information found (E-E-A-T gap)
Sample only — your report includes issue-level findings, recommendations, and exports.
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Free audit today. Dashboard coming soon.

The free audit checks your website. The planned dashboard will connect source-labeled search and AI observations to specific, verifiable improvements.

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FAQ

We assess technical SEO and observable on-page signals relevant to AI citation readiness. Findings are evidence-labeled as official guidance, research, experiments, or correlations; they are not measurements of actual AI citations.

GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) examines how clearly content can be extracted and understood by AI search systems. A readiness audit identifies possible improvements; it cannot guarantee that ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI, or Claude will cite a page.

The public audit is free and requires no signup or credit card; fair-use limits apply. A separate dashboard is in development for source-labeled search and AI observations, prioritised actions, and verification. Join the waitlist for early access.

Our scores measure diagnostic citation-readiness — how well your content is structured to be parsed and cited by AI engines. This is a readiness assessment, not a ranking prediction. Checks are informed by Princeton (KDD 2024), Ahrefs (75K brands), U.Tokyo (2026), and OtterlyAI controlled experiments.

We checked the evidence. OtterlyAI's 90-day experiment (BrightonSEO 2026) found llms.txt receives only 0.1% of AI bot traffic. Ahrefs' controlled study of 1,885 pages showed no significant AI citation uplift from adding schema. We report both but don't over-score them.

Timing depends on the target site and external checks. Progress is shown while the scan runs.

We score what's measurable

Every check in our report is something we can actually verify from your page. Here's what we intentionally don't include:

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Backlink profile or Domain Authority
Requires paid external data providers
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Exact Google ranking positions
This free audit does not query search results; Search Console reports average positions, not an exact local rank
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Off-page authority signals
We only analyze what's visible on your page
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Citation guarantees
AI citation depends on query, competition, and platform changes
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Future algorithm predictions
We measure today's on-page readiness, not what may change tomorrow
Everything we do measure is explained with sources What we DO measure →

Check if your page is AI citation-ready

Free. Evidence-informed. Timing depends on the target site.

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