Is my website visible in ChatGPT?

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Published 11 November 2026 · by TrueTest

More people now ask an AI assistant instead of typing into a search box. When ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude or Copilot answers with a link, it has read a page it was allowed to read and could understand. If your site blocks their crawlers, hides its text behind JavaScript, or says nothing clearly about who you are, you are not in the answer, however good the business is.

Check my website free 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.

What decides whether an AI assistant can use my site?

Access: robots.txt must allow the search crawlers (OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User for ChatGPT, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Bingbot for Copilot), and the page must not carry noindex or nosnippet.
Readable text: most AI crawlers do not run JavaScript. The words must be in the page's HTML.
Structure: JSON-LD that says what the page is and who is behind it, a canonical address, Open Graph tags.
Discoverability: HTTPS, an XML sitemap named in robots.txt, a fast answer.
Trust: a date, a named author or organisation, About and Contact links.

What does the free check look at?

The Readiness basics check reads one public page and its robots.txt, sitemap and llms.txt, then scores five areas out of 100: AI crawler access (30%), readable content (25%), structured data (20%), discoverability (15%), trust and freshness (10%). It names the crawlers that are blocked and lists the top fixes, failed checks first. How the score is worked out.

Can a check tell me whether ChatGPT actually cites me?

No, and we do not claim it can. The check tells you whether AI engines can find, read and trust the page. Whether they actually cite it depends on your content, competitors and the question asked. That is measured separately, by asking the engines real questions over time.

A quick test you can do yourself

Open yoursite.com/robots.txt and look for User-agent: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot or User-agent: * followed by Disallow: /.
Open your page with JavaScript switched off. If the main text disappears, most AI crawlers cannot see it either.
Ask an assistant a question your page answers, and see whether it names you.

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Questions people ask

Does blocking GPTBot keep me out of ChatGPT?

GPTBot is OpenAI's training crawler. ChatGPT search uses OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User. Blocking training only is a legitimate choice; blocking the search crawlers keeps you out of the answers.

Is the free check really free?

Yes. It needs no sign-up and reads one page.

Will fixing everything get me into AI answers?

It removes the reasons engines cannot use the page. Being chosen still depends on your content and the question; nobody can promise a citation.

Can my AI assistant run the check?

Yes: the check_ai_readiness tool on our MCP server at truetest.uk/mcp/ai-search runs the same one-page check.