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What Answer Patch Checks: Six AI Search Readiness Pillars
Answer Patch runs a free AI search readiness scan that grades your site across six pillars — Business Clarity, Answer Readiness, Technical Access, Structured Data, Trust Signals, and Competitive Visibility. Each pillar checks a specific way AI systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews decide whether to quote and cite your pages.
The six pillars
Business Clarity
Can an AI system tell what your business does, who it serves, and where it operates from your homepage and metadata alone?
What gets checked
- Homepage definition: does the above-the-fold copy state what the business is and who it serves?
- Title and meta description: do they clarify category, audience, and value proposition?
- Service or product copy: is the core offer described in language a machine can parse?
Answer Readiness
Is your content structured so an AI system can lift a clean, quotable answer instead of paraphrasing it badly?
What gets checked
- FAQ blocks: does the page include question-and-answer pairs an AI system can lift directly?
- Heading structure: do headings map to the questions a searcher would actually ask?
- Direct-answer openings: does copy lead with the answer or bury it after a preamble?
Technical Access
Can AI crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot actually reach and read your pages?
What gets checked
- robots.txt rules: are AI crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot allowed or blocked?
- llms.txt presence and quality: does the site publish a curated summary for AI systems?
- Server-side rendering: does JavaScript-only rendering hide content from non-browser fetches?
Structured Data
Does your JSON-LD confirm what your prose says — or contradict it and cost you citations?
What gets checked
- Organization or LocalBusiness schema: does your site declare who you are in machine-readable form?
- FAQPage schema: do question-and-answer pairs on the page have matching structured data?
- BreadcrumbList schema: do navigation paths help machines understand your site hierarchy?
Trust Signals
Does your site show the reviews, credentials, authorship, and E-E-A-T proof AI systems weigh before quoting a source?
What gets checked
- Reviews and testimonials: are third-party or on-site reviews visible on crawled pages?
- Credentials and certifications: does the site surface professional qualifications?
- Authorship signals: are content authors identified with names and roles?
Competitive Visibility
How does your AI search readiness stack up against the competitors already being cited in your category?
What gets checked
- Answer readiness vs. competitors: do competing sites have stronger citability scores?
- FAQ coverage comparison: do competitors publish FAQ schema you're missing?
- Schema coverage: are competitors using structured data types you haven't implemented?
See how your site scores across all six pillars
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