AI-search guides: every question we answer

WebAISEO: free AI-search check All guides WebAISEO Terms For AI agents

Published 12 November 2026 · by TrueTest

Each guide answers one question about being found, read and quoted by AI search engines, with the exact rules our free one-page check uses. There are 18 guides so far.

Run the free check See a full example first

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.

Which question do you have?

Is my website visible in ChatGPT?: can ChatGPT search, Perplexity, Claude search and Bing find and quote your site: the free check
llms.txt checker: does my site need one?: what llms.txt is, a real example, what the check tests, and why it carries a low weight
AI crawler robots.txt checker: which AI crawlers robots.txt blocks (search vs training), the 10 we check, and safe example rules
AI search readiness score explained: how the 0-100 readiness score is worked out: areas, points, grades, and a real worked example
Schema and structured data for AI search: which JSON-LD types help AI engines understand a page, a correct example, and what the check reads
GEO and AEO audit: what it checks: GEO and AEO in plain words, what an honest audit checks, and what nobody can promise
Can AI crawlers read my JavaScript site?: many AI crawlers do not run JavaScript: how to see what they see and how to fix it
Do noindex or nosnippet block AI answers?: how noindex, nosnippet, noai and noimageai affect AI answers, where they hide, and the check
AI readiness check as an MCP tool: the free check_ai_readiness MCP tool: address, what it returns, limits and example prompts
Headings that AI answers can lift: titles, descriptions, headings and question sections that AI answers can lift, with the check's limits
Author, dates and trust signals: the trust signals the check looks for: dates, named author or organisation, About and Contact, alt text
Sitemaps, HTTPS and speed for AI crawlers: the discoverability checks: HTTPS, a sitemap named in robots.txt, llms.txt and response speed
AI search optimisation vs classic SEO: what AI search optimisation shares with classic SEO, what is new, and where a small business should start
Should I block GPTBot but allow ChatGPT search?: the decision: what blocking GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot or both gains and loses, from OpenAI's own bot documentation
How do I show up in Google AI Overviews?: Google's own rules for AI Overviews and AI Mode: indexing, snippets, the limit controls, and what Google-Extended does not decide
Is Cloudflare blocking AI crawlers on my site?: Cloudflare's AI crawler and agent access setting: what it blocks at the edge, where to find it, and what our check can and cannot see
Why does the canonical address matter for AI citations?: why one canonical address per page matters: duplicate addresses, our own example, Google's signals, and the check's small 3-point row
Spot AI crawlers in your server logs: how to find AI crawlers in your own access logs: the names to search for, sample lines, checking they are genuine, and what 403s mean

Where do the answers come from?

From the checks our free one-page scan really runs, and, for other companies' crawlers and settings, from their own documentation, listed under Sources on each page. Each page shows when it was published and last updated.

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Questions people ask

Are the guides free to read?

Yes, and so is the one-page check they describe.

Where do the facts about other companies come from?

From those companies' own documentation, listed under Sources on each page with the date we read it.

Which guide should I read first?

Start with whether your website is visible in ChatGPT, then the robots.txt checker.