Master every metric in your AI Search Readiness Audit. This comprehensive library explains how each metric is calculated, what it measures, and provides actionable strategies to improve your scores across all four audit dimensions.
Your AI Answer Readiness Scoreâ„¢ is the primary metric showing how likely AI engines are to cite your business
Aggregates performance across all 4 sections to predict your likelihood of being cited by AI platforms
Each section contains multiple metrics that measure specific aspects of your AI search readiness
How well AI systems understand and categorize your business as a distinct entity
Measures how accurately AI identifies your brand
Your presence across AI-powered search results
Strength of your expertise signals to AI
Completeness of structured entity data
How AI categorizes your business
Quality of your entity connections
How you compare against competitors in AI-powered recommendations
Your citation frequency vs competitors
Position in AI-generated recommendations
Uniqueness of your value proposition to AI
Industry leadership signals
Where you lag vs top competitors
Quality of mentions compared to competitors
Technical foundation enabling AI to crawl, understand, and cite your content
Breadth and accuracy of structured data
How easily AI can access your content
Organization and hierarchy clarity
Percentage of citation-worthy content
Site speed and Core Web Vitals
Mobile experience for AI crawlers
Predicted business impact and revenue potential from AI search optimization
Estimated traffic from AI platforms
Quality of AI-driven traffic
Projected revenue increase
Alignment with high-value queries
Lost revenue to competitors
Expected return on AI SEO investment
Common questions about our metric system
Each metric contributes a specific percentage to its section score. Higher weights indicate more critical metrics.
Metrics update in real-time during audits. Re-run your audit quarterly to track improvements.
Scores compare against industry peers. Target 70+ for good performance, 90+ for elite status.
Focus on high-weight metrics first. Quick wins in critical areas yield fastest results.
Run your free AI audit and get personalized scores across all 24 metrics. Discover exactly where you stand and how to improve.
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