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GEO / AI visibility
GEO testing: Visibility in AI responses
More and more answers do not arise on search results pages, but in AI systems. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) asks: Can a response machine cite your content correctly? We check the citation capability of your pages – an audit field that most audits do not yet know.
- Rule set geo-v2Scope and rule set are stated in the report, countable.
- Human reviewClear decisions in the gold standard: a person judges disputed cases.
- TraceableEvery finding with reasoning, source and location.
- Publicly verifiableVia audit ID, QR code and an open verification page.
What is checked in detail
- Clear, citable introductions and response structures (question-answer patterns)
- Machine readable facts: structured data, unique entities
- Accessibility for AI crawlers (robot rules, content renderability)
- Consistency between visible text and machine-readable information
How your partial seal comes about
- Prove the domainDNS TXT record or file in the .well-known path.
- Choose the scopeBy page tier, up to 1,000 pages.
- Automated auditEverything technically decidable is measured.
- Auditor judgementA person judges disputed cases, in the gold standard.
- Partial sealFrom 90 of 100 points in this audit area.
The result: a verifiable partial seal
If your website reaches the target in this audit area, you receive a partial seal with its own audit ID and a public verification page with result, audit date and validity. How the audit proceeds is described in the audit procedure, the conditions under pricing.
Topics in detail
11 pages along the guidelines of the rule set, each with the associated checkpoints and its own questions.
- KI-Crawler in der robots.txt: wer aussperrt, wird nicht zitiert
- Antwort zuerst schreiben: warum KI-Systeme den ersten Absatz zitieren
- Frage-Antwort-Blöcke: das Format, das Antwortsysteme bevorzugen
- Reichhaltiges Schema: welche Auszeichnung KI-Systeme wirklich nutzen
- Extrahierbare Abschnitte: Inhalte, die man herauslösen kann
- Autor und Herausgeber nennen: wer für eine Aussage einsteht
- Aktualität zeigen: Datumsangaben, die etwas wert sind
- Semantische Struktur: header, nav, main, footer richtig einsetzen
- Fragen als Überschriften: die Formulierung, nach der gesucht wird
- Gegliederte Abschnitte: Textlänge, die sich verarbeiten lässt
- Wie KI-Systeme Websites zitieren — und was das für Ihre Seiten heißt
What a result looks like
Every criterion receives exactly one of three judgements. A criterion is never considered met just because the measurement found nothing.
- Met: demonstrably, with evidence
- Still open: awaits an auditor judgement
- Still to be met: location, rule and remedy named
A partial seal is issued from 90 of 100 points in this audit area.
Our own website currently reaches 65 of 100.
Good to know
- Answer machines cite what is machine-unambiguously readable.
- Citation ability is tested – not whether a particular system calls you.
