Free AI Readiness Check: can ChatGPT find your business?
Type your website. In about 30 seconds you will see what AI answer tools need to reach, read and trust your site, and what to fix.
What the check looks at
12 things AI tools need from your website, in plain words.
AI tools allowed in
Your robots.txt lets ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google and Copilot read your site.
Words they can read
Your words are in the page itself, not only built by scripts.
Who you are
Your site’s code names your business, type and location.
Your other profiles
Your Google, social and directory profiles are linked.
One phone number
The phone in your site’s code matches your page.
Questions and answers
Your FAQ is marked up so AI can find the answers.
llms.txt
A short guide to your site written for AI tools.
A clear description
Your home page sums up what you do.
One main heading
Your page says what it is about.
A sitemap
All your pages are easy to find.
Link previews
A title and picture when your link is shared.
A secure site
Your site loads over https.
Why AEO matters for a local business
People ask AI who to hire
More and more people ask ChatGPT, Google and other AI tools to recommend a business near them.
AI names only a few
An AI answer usually names only a handful of businesses, not a page of ten links.
It can only pick what it can read
If AI tools cannot reach your site or tell who you are, they pick someone else.
How Connect does your AEO for you
Connect is my WordPress plugin. It does this AI search work on every page of your site, then keeps it fixed every day.
Lets AI tools in
Connect welcomes ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and the other answer tools in your robots.txt, and checks that nothing blocks them.
Writes your llms.txt
Connect builds and keeps an llms.txt file with your business, services and main pages.
Tells AI who you are
Connect adds code to every page that names your business, services and cities, and links them to Wikipedia and Wikidata so AI knows exactly what you mean.
Marks up your FAQs
Connect adds FAQ code to the questions and answers already on your pages.
Fixes every page
Titles, descriptions, headings, image text and link previews on every page, kept fixed every day.
Tells Bing right away
Connect tells Bing about every change the same day. Bing powers Microsoft Copilot.
Replies to reviews
On Complete, Connect can reply to your Google reviews for you, if you turn it on.
Shows you the proof
Your monthly report shows which AI tools visited your site and how many people came from ChatGPT, Perplexity and others. On Complete, Connect also asks AI assistants the questions your customers ask each month, shows how often you were named, and writes articles for the ones you missed.
Connect also does the rest of your local SEO. Foundation is $179 per month and Complete is $249 per month, plus a $500 one-time setup.
Agencies: your logo on every report
Run the check on any prospect, put your agency name and logo on it, and save it as a PDF to send. You can also put the checker on your own website.
- Open “Agencies” under the checker above
- Add your name, logo and website
- Copy the code to put it on your site
Then let Connect fix what the report finds, on every client site. White-label is free on every agency plan.
Next: ask the AI yourself
The check reads your website. The free AI prompt kit shows what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google’s AI actually say when someone asks for your kind of business in your town.
Questions about the AI Readiness Check
What is AEO?
AEO means answer engine optimization. It is the work that helps AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot find your business, understand it and name it in their answers.
Is the AI Readiness Check really free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no card. Type a website and you get the report.
Does it work on any website?
Yes, it checks any public website. Connect itself is a plugin for WordPress sites, so the report says when Connect can fix things for you.
If I score 100, will ChatGPT recommend me?
No one can promise that. A high score means AI tools can reach, read and trust your site. They also look at your reviews and what other sites say about you.
Why does it not check my reviews?
The check only reads your own website. Reviews and mentions on other sites matter a lot, so the report reminds you of them instead of guessing.
Can my agency use this with clients?
Yes. Open the agency option under the checker, add your name and logo, and save any report as a PDF. You can also put the checker on your own website.
What do you keep when I run a check?
Only the website address and its score. Nothing about you.
Let Connect fix what the check finds.
Connect does your AEO and the rest of your local SEO on every page, every day, right inside your own WordPress site.