AI search readiness score explained

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Published 11 November 2026 · by TrueTest

A readiness score is only useful if you can see how it was made. Here is exactly how our free Readiness basics score is worked out, check by check, with a real result: our own WebAISEO page, checked on 11 November 2026.

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Type your address into the box at the top of the WebAISEO page: the Readiness basics check reads one public page and its robots.txt, sitemap and llms.txt, takes a few seconds, needs no sign-up and is free. The paid audits are described on the WebAISEO page.

How is the score worked out?

Each check is a pass (full points), a warn (half) or a fail (none). Each area's score is its points out of 100; the total weights the areas: AI crawler access 30%, readable content 25%, structured data 20%, discoverability 15%, trust and freshness 10%. Grades: A from 85, B from 70, C from 55, D from 40, E below.

Area	Checks (points)
AI crawler access (30%)	page loads (3), AI search crawlers allowed (12), AI training crawlers (4), no noindex / nosnippet (8), robots.txt present (3)
Readable content (25%)	text readable without JavaScript, 300+ words (9), a 10-65 character title (4), a 50-160 character description (3), one H1 and two or more H2 (5), language declared (2), question headings (2)
Structured data (20%)	schema.org JSON-LD (10), entity types such as Organization, Product, FAQPage (4), Open Graph tags (3), canonical address (3)
Discoverability (15%)	HTTPS (5), XML sitemap (6), llms.txt (2), fast response under 1.5 s (2)
Trust and freshness (10%)	published or updated date (3), named author or organisation (3), About / Contact links (2), images with alt text (2)

A real worked example: truetest.uk/ai-search

Area	Result	Why
AI crawler access	100	every check passed
Readable content	96	no question-style headings (a warn: 1 of 25 points lost)
Structured data	32	no JSON-LD (fail, 10 points), so no entity types (warn), no Open Graph tags (warn); canonical present: 6.5 of 20
Discoverability	100	HTTPS, sitemap named in robots.txt, llms.txt, 0.14 s
Trust and freshness	60	no date, no named author, no About / Contact link found (warns): 6 of 10

Total: 100 × 0.30 + 96 × 0.25 + 32 × 0.20 + 100 × 0.15 + 60 × 0.10 = 81.4, so 81, grade B. The fix with the most points is the structured data. Yes, our own page has things to fix: the check treats every site the same.

Why does the paid audit usually score lower?

The Full AI-search audit uses the same 0-100 scale but checks 20 areas across up to 25 pages, so it is stricter. A good one-page score is a start, not the end.

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Questions people ask

Is a score of 100 possible?

Yes, for one page that passes every check. It means engines can find, read and trust that page, not that they will cite it.

Why is llms.txt worth so few points?

It is a proposal that major engines have not confirmed using, so it is labelled emerging and weighted low.

Will my score change if I run it again?

Only if the page, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt or the response time changed. Speed can move a little between runs.

Is the same score used by other tools?

No. Every tool has its own scale; this page explains ours exactly.