Free AI search readiness check
AI search can cite a business when a crawler is allowed to read a public page that already states the facts in the HTML. Enter a website address. This check fetches that page and reports what it found.
It reads the homepage, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, and llms.txt. Each scored line is a pass, a warn, or a fail, with why it matters and how to fix it. llms.txt is Info: optional, no proven effect on AI citations yet, and it is not counted in the score. It does not store the URL. It does not ask ChatGPT, Google, or any other assistant what it would say.
Search crawlers and training crawlers are separate. OAI-SearchBot and PerplexityBot affect whether ChatGPT search and Perplexity can read the site. GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, and CCBot are training or model-improvement crawlers. Blocking those does not by itself hide the business from AI search. This check does not read Googlebot. Google Search, including AI Overviews, uses Googlebot rather than Google-Extended. An llms.txt file is optional, and major AI search engines do not widely use it yet.
A pass means that file or tag is in place. It does not mean an assistant will recommend the business. For a published measurement of Ohio home service websites, see the October 2026 AI search readiness study. The free website checker is the other instant look, including phone setup. Can ChatGPT find your business explains the crawler names in plain English.
A ranked report of what to fix on your website first, covering speed, SEO, mobile, and AI search visibility, delivered within 2 business days.
The price is $99, paid once. The payment page collects your email and website URL.
Want a quick read first? The $19 Quick Diagnostic is an automated PDF within about 1 hour, and the $19 is credited toward the $99 Checkup within 30 days.
It fetches one public homepage, then robots.txt, sitemap.xml, and llms.txt. You get a pass, a warn, or a fail for HTTPS, whether the page loaded, whether the words are in the server HTML, a noindex tag, the title, the meta description, LocalBusiness or Organization details, FAQ content, AI search crawlers, training crawlers, and a sitemap. llms.txt is Info: optional, no proven effect on AI citations yet, and it is not counted in the score.
No. The check reads your public page and files. It does not ask ChatGPT, and allowing a crawler does not create a recommendation. A robots.txt block also does not erase facts a tool already stored.
No. Optional, no proven effect on AI citations yet. A missing file is marked Info and is not counted in the score.
No. The check does not save the URL, the page, or the result. Do not submit a private address. Cloudflare may keep its usual request logs, the same as for any other page on this site.
This page is the AI search read. The free website checker also looks at phone setup and a tap-to-call link. Website Checkup is A ranked report of what to fix on your website first, covering speed, SEO, mobile, and AI search visibility, delivered within 2 business days. It costs $99, paid once.