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CiteReady evaluates content across 8 dimensions to score how likely AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews) are to cite it.

AEO Dimensions
1. Answer Structure (17%) — Direct answers in first sentence, key claim in first 30%, 40-60 word answer capsules, sections 120-180 words, format matches intent (tables/lists/short sentences).
2. Content Uniqueness (17%) — Original data/perspective, first-hand experience, non-commodity, leads with evidence not pitch.
3. Topical Comprehensiveness (15%) — Fan-out resilience: covers sub-questions, breadth of topic coverage.
4. Citation Formatting (12%) — SOURCE ATTRIBUTION ONLY: named sources, dates, linked references.
5. Entity Clarity (10%) — Named people, orgs, products, tools with roles/relationships.
6. Attribution Quality (10%) — Author byline, verifiable credentials, publication date, external citations.
7. Specificity (12%) — CONTENT PRECISION: concrete numbers, prices, examples. GEO paper: +40% visibility. SE Ranking: 19+ data points nearly double citations.
8. Content Freshness (7%) — Publication date, "last updated" date, recent data/statistics, year references.
Manual Check Only (not scored)
Crawlability & Indexing — Requires live page access (robots.txt, noindex, HTTP status, canonical). Verify in Manual Check tab.
Technical SEO — Requires PageSpeed, mobile testing, page source. Verify in Manual Check tab.
Schema Markup — Requires page source inspection. Verify in Manual Check tab.
Scoring
Each dimension is scored 0–10, then weighted and combined into an overall CiteReadiness Score (0–100).
80–100: Highly Citable  |  60–79: Citable with improvements  |  40–59: Needs work  |  0–39: Low citability
Issue Types
Critical — Dimension score very low (0–3). Must be fixed for meaningful citability.
Improvement — Dimension has clear gaps (4–6). Specific fixes would increase score.
Suggestion — Minor enhancement for an already decent dimension (7–8).
Positive — Dimension is well-optimized (9–10).
Why manual checks?
These items require live page access, page source inspection, or off-site verification that the AI cannot perform. Open the page in your browser and verify each item below. Click to toggle pass/fail.
Page-Level Checks
Crawlability (Page)
Page returns HTTP 200 (not 404, 500, or soft 404)
No noindex meta tag on the page
Content renders in HTML without requiring JavaScript
Canonical tag points to correct URL (not a different page)
Content Uniqueness
Search exact title in Google — no duplicate/near-duplicate content found
Technical SEO (Page)
Core Web Vitals pass (LCP < 2.5s, INP < 200ms, CLS < 0.1)
Page is mobile-responsive
Page loads over HTTPS
Semantic HTML used (<article>, <section>, proper lists)
Entity Clarity
Entity has "entity home" — About page that declares brand identity
Schema Markup
Page includes JSON-LD structured data (view source → search application/ld+json)
Schema type matches content (Article, FAQPage, HowTo, etc.)
Schema includes key properties (author, datePublished, dateModified)
Content Freshness
Publication date is in HTML meta tags (datePublished or article:published_time)
Multimodal Extractability
Images have descriptive alt text (not empty or "image1")
Site-Wide / Off-Site Checks
Crawlability (Site-Wide)
robots.txt allows AI crawlers (GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot)
XML sitemap exists and is submitted to Search Console
>80% of domain pages indexed (check site:domain.com)
Site Architecture
Internal links between topically related pages exist
Topic cluster / pillar-page structure visible
Entity Home
About page exists with clear brand/individual identity
Domain Authority
Domain has backlink profile from relevant sites
Third-Party Signals
Site/author mentioned on Reddit, Quora, forums, review sites (G2, Trustpilot)
Author's bio links check out (LinkedIn, ORCID, other bylines, institutional affiliation)
Press coverage or industry publication mentions exist
Google Knowledge Panel or Wikipedia entry exists
Platform Citation Behavior
Tested citation on ChatGPT / Perplexity / Google AI Overview / Gemini
Other
llms.txt present or not (low confirmed effect, but noted)
Domain publishes/updates regularly (content velocity)
Review Results
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