Free Tool For Marketing Agencies
AI Recommendation Readiness Audit
See why AI may not recommend a local business yet — and exactly what to fix first. Real schema parsing, AI crawler access check, knowledge graph lookup, industry-tuned scoring, and a 30/60/90-day plan you can sell.
Example pre-filled — replace with any real business URL to run a live scan.
+ Advanced (agency branding, contact, options)
No signup. Branded report in under 90 seconds.
What the audit checks
Twelve dimensions, scored against industry benchmarks. Real signals where the browser can see them, clearly-labeled demo data for the rest.
Schema & Crawl
JSON-LD, metadata, contact extraction, page topology.
AI Crawler Access
GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, llms.txt.
Knowledge Graph
Wikidata entity match, sitelinks, knowledge panel hints.
Industry Scoring
14 industry profiles with custom weights and FAQ banks.
Cross-Surface NAP
GBP, Yelp, Bing, Apple Maps, Facebook (production: official APIs).
AI Engine Visibility
Live ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity/Gemini queries (production: API keys).
Competitor Benchmark
Top 5 local competitors scored head-to-head.
E-E-A-T & Content
Author bylines, content depth, answer-shaped structure.
Conversion Friction
Click-to-call, forms, booking depth, mobile readiness.
Risk & Reputation
HTTPS, certificates, domain heuristics, blocklist signals.
Multi-Location
Upload a CSV, score every location, get a portfolio view.
LLM Narrative
"Why AI hesitates" written summary + generated FAQ pack.
Audit your entire portfolio
Drop a CSV with one row per location. Each runs through the same live scan and gets its own score. Best for franchises, multi-unit operators, and agency portfolios.
CSV format
business_name,website_url,city,category Oak & Lotus Yoga - Downtown,https://oaklotusyoga.com/downtown,Austin,Yoga Studio Oak & Lotus Yoga - South,https://oaklotusyoga.com/south,Austin,Yoga Studio
Auditing
Scanning the business...
Fetching the homepage, parsing schema, checking AI crawler access, looking up the knowledge graph, and computing the score.
AI Recommendation Readiness Report
Top blockers
Fastest wins
AI crawler access
Most sites block AI crawlers without realizing it. If GPTBot, ClaudeBot, or PerplexityBot can't read the site, no amount of schema or content will help — they're invisible by default.
Why AI hesitates
Score breakdown
Each category contributes a weighted share, tuned for the business's industry profile.
What was actually fetched and parsed from the homepage.
How the canonical website data compares against each major public surface.
| Surface | Name | Category | Phone | Address | Hours | Website |
|---|
Buyer-decision questions an AI assistant would expect this business to answer publicly.
Missing answers
Already answered
Recency signals that prove the business is operating today, not last year.
Credibility signals AI systems use to validate that this business is real and trustworthy.
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness — content-depth signals AI assistants weight heavily.
Friction in the booking and contact path. AI assistants prefer businesses that remove obstacles before the click.
Reputation and trust risk flags. Some require backend integrations (BBB, state license boards, blocklist APIs).
Knowledge graph presence
Whether the business exists in the structured graphs that LLMs trained on.
AI engine visibility
Whether each major AI assistant actually mentions this business when asked the buyer-intent queries.
Target queries tested
Competitor benchmark
Top local competitors scored on the same dimensions. Gap-to-leader is the slide that closes the deal.
| Business | Distance | Score | Tier | Leading In |
|---|
Prioritized recommendations
Ranked by impact, severity, and how easy each fix is to ship.
30 / 60 / 90 day action plan
A ready-made proposal you can hand the client.
First 30 days
Foundation
Days 31–60
Trust signals
Days 61–90
Compounding
Recommended next step
DIY
Fix Pack
Use this report as your roadmap. Best for confident in-house teams.
- ✓Action plan PDF
- ✓Suggested FAQ list
- ✓Listing fix copy
Recommended
Identity Activation Sprint
One-time setup to fix every gap in this audit and publish a structured identity record.
- ✓Schema build & install
- ✓Listing reconciliation
- ✓FAQ pack & activity proof
- ✓Re-audit at completion
Recurring
Managed AI Presence
Ongoing monitoring, monthly trust signals, and quarterly re-audits.
- ✓Monthly activity entries
- ✓FAQ & review expansion
- ✓Listing drift alerts
- ✓Quarterly score tracking
Watch this score weekly
Get an email when the score moves, when a listing drifts, when a competitor pulls ahead, or when an AI engine stops citing this business.
Data sources for this audit
Transparency report. Every signal is labeled as live, partial, or demo so you know exactly what backs the score.
Production version replaces all demo signals with backend integrations (GBP API, Yelp Fusion, OpenAI/Anthropic/Perplexity/Gemini APIs, SerpAPI, PageSpeed, WHOIS). See ai-recommendation-readiness-audit.BACKEND.md for the API contract.
Want this re-run for another business?
Audits are free and unlimited. Run as many prospects through as you want.