# Answer Patch

> Homepage AI Search Readiness scans and $19 Fix Reports. Deterministic audit core, AI-enhanced fixes, evidence for every finding, copy-ready snippets.

## What is Answer Patch?

Answer Patch scores AI search readiness for assistants such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Claude. A free scan rates the homepage. No account, no email, about two minutes. Crawler and competitive checks run at paid Fix Report depth. A one-time $19 Fix Report turns findings into copy-ready edits: title and meta rewrites, FAQ copy, JSON-LD structured data, and a prioritized action plan.

## Entity facts

- Legal name: Answer Patch LLC
- Answer Patch sells a $19 one-time Fix Report that scores a website across six pillars (business clarity, answer readiness, technical access, structured data, trust signals, and competitive visibility) and delivers copy-ready edits. It is not a subscription and not a monitoring dashboard.

## Key Links

- [Homepage](https://answerpatch.com/)
- [How it works](https://answerpatch.com/how-it-works)
- [Pricing](https://answerpatch.com/pricing)
- [Features: the six audit pillars](https://answerpatch.com/features)
- [What is AI search readiness](https://answerpatch.com/what-is-ai-search-readiness)
- [AI search readiness audit](https://answerpatch.com/ai-search-readiness-audit)
- [Sample report](https://answerpatch.com/sample-report)
- [GPTBot vs ChatGPT-User](https://answerpatch.com/gptbot-vs-chatgpt-user)
- [AI search for local businesses](https://answerpatch.com/for/local-businesses)
- [AI visibility tools](https://answerpatch.com/compare/ai-visibility-tools)
- [FAQ](https://answerpatch.com/faq)
- [About](https://answerpatch.com/about)
- [Glossary](https://answerpatch.com/glossary)
- [Contact](https://answerpatch.com/contact)
- [Full product reference](https://answerpatch.com/llms-full.txt)

## The Six Audit Pillars

1. **Business Clarity**: Can an AI system tell what the business does, sells, and serves from the page content alone? [Details](https://answerpatch.com/features/business-clarity)
2. **Answer Readiness**: Is content structured so an AI system can quote a direct, well-supported answer from it? [Details](https://answerpatch.com/features/answer-readiness)
3. **Technical Access**: At paid Fix Report depth, robots.txt is checked for the audit-core crawler list (training, fetch, and both, including GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, and Amazonbot). Live fetch comparison is a separate paid check (agents such as Googlebot, OAI-SearchBot, and ChatGPT-User). The free scan does not run these crawler checks. [Details](https://answerpatch.com/features/technical-access)
4. **Structured Data**: Does the site publish valid JSON-LD that machines can verify (Organization, FAQ, breadcrumbs, and more)? [Details](https://answerpatch.com/features/structured-data)
5. **Trust Signals**: Does the site show credential tokens, a numbered stars/reviews/rated mention, and featured-on listing links? Schema sameAs (at least two profile URLs) is a separate rule. It does not score years-in-business, authorship, or case studies. [Details](https://answerpatch.com/features/trust-signals)
6. **Competitive Visibility**: At paid Fix Report depth, how does the site's readiness compare with competitor URLs you add? The free scan does not score this pillar. [Details](https://answerpatch.com/features/competitive-visibility)

## Trust & Methodology

- [How we score a site](https://answerpatch.com/methodology)
- [Editorial standards](https://answerpatch.com/editorial-standards)
- [Trust and security](https://answerpatch.com/trust)

## Blog

- [Blog](https://answerpatch.com/blog)
- [How to Get Cited by Perplexity AI in 2026](https://answerpatch.com/blog/how-to-get-cited-by-perplexity-ai): Check Perplexity crawler access, inspect cited sources, and improve your website’s answers with practical examples and current official guidance.
- [AI Search Readiness Checklist: 12 Free Checks](https://answerpatch.com/blog/ai-search-readiness-checklist): A free, 12-point AI search readiness checklist covering crawl access, structured data, and answer-ready content — check these before paying for anything.
- [How to Optimize Your Website for ChatGPT Search](https://answerpatch.com/blog/how-to-optimize-website-for-chatgpt-search): Learn how ChatGPT search discovers websites, which OpenAI crawlers control eligibility, and the practical site changes worth making first.
- [How to Show Up in Google AI Overviews: What Google Actually Requires](https://answerpatch.com/blog/how-to-show-up-in-google-ai-overviews): Learn what Google actually requires for AI Overviews: indexed, snippet-eligible pages, strong SEO, original expert content, and no special AI markup.
- [Getting Cited by AI Search: A Small Business Guide](https://answerpatch.com/blog/small-business-guide-to-getting-cited-by-ai-search): What it actually takes for a small business to get cited by ChatGPT and AI Overviews — in plain language, no technical background required.
- [What Is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?](https://answerpatch.com/blog/what-is-generative-engine-optimization-geo): Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) explained in plain English: what it is, how it differs from SEO, and why AI search made it matter almost overnight.
- [llms.txt Setup: Copyable Example, Format, and Validation](https://answerpatch.com/blog/what-is-llms-txt-how-to-create-one): Set up llms.txt with a copyable Markdown example, publishing steps, and HTTP checks. Troubleshoot missing files, redirects, and stale links.

## Glossary

- [Glossary](https://answerpatch.com/glossary): Short definitions for GEO, AEO, AI Overviews, llms.txt, crawler tokens, FAQPage, and E-E-A-T
- [GEO](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/geo): Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of making website content easier for AI assistants to find, understand, and cite in synthesized answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Claude.
- [AEO](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/aeo): Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of structuring pages so an answer engine (a featured snippet, voice result, or AI assistant) can extract a direct, well-supported reply.
- [AI Search Readiness](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/ai-search-readiness): AI Search Readiness is how well a website is set up for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Claude to find it, understand it, and cite it.
- [Citability](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/citability): Citability is whether a passage is specific enough for an assistant to quote as a direct answer.
- [AI Overviews](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/ai-overviews): Google AI Overviews are synthesized answers Google places above classic results.
- [llms.txt](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/llms-txt): llms.txt is a proposed Markdown file at the site root that publishes a curated map of useful pages for language models, documented at llmstxt.org.
- [IndexNow](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/indexnow): IndexNow is an open protocol, documented at indexnow.org, that lets a publisher ping participating search engines when a URL is added, updated, or deleted.
- [GPTBot](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/gptbot): GPTBot is OpenAI's training crawler.
- [ChatGPT-User](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/chatgpt-user): ChatGPT-User is OpenAI's on-demand fetch agent.
- [OAI-SearchBot](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/oai-searchbot): OAI-SearchBot is OpenAI's search-index crawler.
- [ClaudeBot](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/claudebot): ClaudeBot is Anthropic's training crawler.
- [PerplexityBot](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/perplexitybot): PerplexityBot is Perplexity's index crawler.
- [Google-Extended](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/google-extended): Google-Extended is a robots.txt product token, not a separate HTTP user-agent.
- [FAQPage](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/faqpage): FAQPage is a schema.org type for pages that show real questions and answers.
- [E-E-A-T](https://answerpatch.com/glossary/e-e-a-t): E-E-A-T (experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness) is Google's public language for why a source deserves to be believed.

## Topic hubs

- [GEO](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/geo)
- [AI Search](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/ai-search)
- [SEO](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/seo)
- [Structured Data](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/structured-data)
- [Technical SEO](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/technical-seo)
- [Content Strategy](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/content-strategy)
- [ChatGPT](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/chatgpt)
- [Perplexity](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/perplexity)
- [Google AI Overviews](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/google-ai-overviews)
- [llms.txt](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/llms-txt)
- [FAQ](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/faq)
- [E-E-A-T](https://answerpatch.com/blog/tag/e-e-a-t)

## Pricing

- Free homepage AI Search Readiness scan. No account, no email, about two minutes.
- $19 one-time Fix Report per site audit.
- No subscription, no auto-renewal, no lock-in.

## Legal

- [Terms of Service](https://answerpatch.com/terms)
- [Privacy Policy](https://answerpatch.com/privacy)
- [Refund Policy](https://answerpatch.com/refund-policy)
- [AI Disclosure](https://answerpatch.com/legal/ai-disclosure)
- [Data Retention](https://answerpatch.com/legal/data-retention)