What is the GEO Audit Tool?

It is a Generative Engine Optimization checker. It audits how visible your website is to AI search engines. It returns a GEO Score with prioritized fixes.

Which AI engines does it cover?

It evaluates signals for Google AI Overviews and AI Mode. It also covers ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. Google and the other engines get separate scores.

Why is my site invisible to AI search?

The most common cause is blocked AI crawlers. They are blocked in robots.txt or at the CDN. The tool tests this directly, so you can fix it first.

Does the citation test really check AI answers?

Yes. It asks AI with live web search a few topic questions. It then checks whether your domain appears among the sources.

Is structured data required for AI visibility?

Not for Google AI features. That is why schema is weighted lower for Google. It still helps rich results and other AI engines. So the tool checks it.

What is the difference between GEO, AEO and SEO?

SEO targets ranking in classic search results. AEO targets being the answer in answer engines. GEO targets being cited inside AI answers. This tool focuses on GEO and AEO.

GEO Audit Tool

GEO Audit Tool checks how visible your website is to AI search engines. It covers ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity. The tool crawls your pages and runs a full Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) audit. You get a single GEO Score from 0 to 100. You also get a breakdown across six dimensions and a prioritized list of fixes. Optionally it tests whether AI assistants cite your domain. You can export everything to CSV or a client-ready PDF report.

What is Generative Engine Optimization?

Generative Engine Optimization makes your content easy for large language models to read and cite. People also call it Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) or LLM optimization (LLMO). Traditional SEO optimizes for blue links and keyword rankings. GEO optimizes for inclusion in AI-generated answers. Engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). They pull passages from the live web. So your visibility now depends on crawl access, machine readability and citable content. Domain authority alone is no longer enough.

An AI SEO audit looks at different signals than a classic site audit. The GEO Audit Tool turns that idea into a measurable score. It also gives you a checklist you can act on today.

What does the GEO Audit Tool do?

GEO Score across six dimensions

The tool combines every check into one clear GEO Score from 0 to 100. It is built on six pillars. These are AI crawlability, content quality and machine readability. The others are entities and structured data, citation readiness and agent readiness. You see your AI readiness at a glance. You also see which pillar holds you back.

AI crawlability and bot access

First, AI systems must be able to read your pages. The tool checks your robots.txt rules for the key AI user-agents. These include GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and CCBot. It also sends a real request as each bot. So you learn whether your server or CDN blocks AI crawlers. A Cloudflare bot rule often does this silently. It happens even when robots.txt looks correct. Blocked crawlers are the most common cause of zero AI visibility. Many sites were hit when Cloudflare changed its default to block AI bots.

Rendering and machine readability

AI crawlers rarely execute client-side JavaScript. So the tool checks that your main content sits in the server-rendered HTML. It then reviews how easy your page is to extract. It checks whether the opening answers the main question. It checks whether your headings are logical. It also looks for lists, tables, FAQ blocks, definitions and steps. A model can lift and quote these.

Entities and structured data

You get an audit of your structured data and entity signals. This covers JSON-LD for Organization, Person, Product and FAQ. It also covers sameAs links to your profiles. Clear About and Contact pages count too. Schema is weighted lower for Google, which does not need it for AI features. It is weighted higher for the other engines.

Citation readiness

Generative engines cite sources with quotable facts. The tool checks whether your page offers statistics, original data and studies. It also looks for case studies, frameworks and concise quotable passages. This is the raw material behind citations. It also drives your share of voice in AI answers.

Per-engine scores and citation test

Google and the other engines behave differently. So the tool returns a separate score for Google. That score covers AI Overviews and AI Mode. It returns another score for ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. The raw base score sits next to them. As an option, the tool asks AI with live web search. It poses a few realistic questions about your topic. Then it checks whether your domain appears among the sources. This measures the real outcome, not only your on-page setup.

Prioritized, copy-ready fixes

Every issue is ranked by impact and difficulty. Quick wins float to the top. On paid plans, each fix is generated by AI. It arrives as concrete, copy-paste instructions. You get ready robots.txt lines, filled JSON-LD or a rewritten answer-first paragraph. Each one is tailored to your page.

How does the GEO Audit Tool help SEO specialists and website owners?

The tool turns a vague worry about AI visibility into an evidence-based plan. You stop guessing. You get one report in one place.

Get one GEO Score with a six-pillar breakdown. See your AI readiness instantly.
See whether AI crawlers are blocked in robots.txt or by your CDN. Fix the top cause of invisibility.
Confirm your content is server-rendered. Make sure AI does not see an empty page.
Compare Google with ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. Focus on the signals each engine rewards.
Find out whether AI already cites your domain. Track the real outcome of your work.
Work through a quick-win list ordered by impact and effort. Then export a client-ready report.

Typical uses of the GEO Audit Tool

Run a fast AI SEO audit of your homepage or key landing pages.
Set a GEO baseline before a client project.
Diagnose a drop in AI referral traffic. Check crawler access first.
Compare your page against competitors that already appear in AI answers.
Validate a content rewrite for answer-first structure and citable data.
Re-audit after changes. Watch the GEO Score improve over time.

Comparison of the GEO Audit Tool with other tools

Functionality	DiagnoSEO	Other tools
Single GEO Score with a six-pillar breakdown	✅	❌
robots.txt check for specific AI user-agents	✅	❌
Real server and CDN access test for AI bots	✅	❌
Server-side rendering and JavaScript check	✅	✅
Separate scores for Google and for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity	✅	❌
AI citation visibility test with live web search	✅	✅
Concrete AI-generated fixes with copy-paste code	✅	❌
White-label PDF and CSV export	✅	✅

Tips and best practices

Allow AI user-agents in robots.txt. Confirm your CDN does not reject them.
Make the first 150 to 200 words answer the main question directly.
Publish original, first-hand content with data and a clear point of view.
Show a named author, a visible last-updated date and links to sources.
Add concise, self-contained passages and statistics an AI can quote.
Keep structured data valid. Do not rely on it alone, especially for Google.

Most common GEO mistakes

Blocking AI crawlers without realizing it, often through a default CDN setting.
Loading the main content only with JavaScript. The raw HTML is then almost empty.
Burying the answer far down the page, after a long introduction.
Publishing thin content that only restates what already exists.
Chasing inauthentic mentions instead of earning genuine authority and citations.
Over-fragmenting text into tiny chunks, in the belief that AI needs it.

How to use the GEO Audit Tool

Enter your domain or a specific URL in the audit field. Choose your AI engine focus. You can pick all engines, Google, or ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. In advanced settings, choose how many pages to analyze. You can also enable the AI citation test. Start the audit. Then read your GEO Score, the pillar breakdown and the fixes.

Case study

The starting point

A B2B software company never appeared in AI answers about its category. It still ranked well in classic search.

Running the audit

The GEO Audit Tool returned a low Google score. The score for the other engines was even lower. The crawlability pillar flagged a problem. The CDN returned errors to GPTBot and ClaudeBot.

Reading the results

The report also showed weak citation readiness. The pages summarized common knowledge. They held almost no original data.

Actions and effects

The team allowed AI user-agents at the CDN. They rewrote key pages with an answer-first structure. They added original benchmarks. After a re-audit, the GEO Score rose sharply. The citation test began to return the domain as a source.

FAQ

What is the GEO Audit Tool?

It is a Generative Engine Optimization checker. It audits how visible your website is to AI search engines. It returns a GEO Score with prioritized fixes.
Which AI engines does it cover?

It evaluates signals for Google AI Overviews and AI Mode. It also covers ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. Google and the other engines get separate scores.
Why is my site invisible to AI search?

The most common cause is blocked AI crawlers. They are blocked in robots.txt or at the CDN. The tool tests this directly, so you can fix it first.
Does the citation test really check AI answers?

Yes. It asks AI with live web search a few topic questions. It then checks whether your domain appears among the sources.
Is structured data required for AI visibility?

Not for Google AI features. That is why schema is weighted lower for Google. It still helps rich results and other AI engines. So the tool checks it.
What is the difference between GEO, AEO and SEO?

SEO targets ranking in classic search results. AEO targets being the answer in answer engines. GEO targets being cited inside AI answers. This tool focuses on GEO and AEO.