§ insights · audit telemetry

What we've learned from auditing the web.

Aggregated AI-readiness signals from 596 unique websites, each scored on its most recent audit. As of 2026-07-16.

§ score distribution

How do websites score on AI readiness?

Mean Score

72.7

Median Score

74

Std Deviation

±10.2

mean score over time

§ industry breakdown

Which industries score the highest?

Technology72n=278 Media & Entertainment73.8n=84 Travel & Hospitality74.8n=51 Finance & Banking72.8n=39 Education71.8n=30 E-Commerce69.6n=30 Government73.1n=14 Food & Beverage71.1n=11

§ check compliance

Which checks do websites pass most often?

Pass rate per check across all benchmarked sites. Higher is better.

Fetch, Render, and URL Integrity

Page fetch returns 200

Response time < 3 s

Page served over HTTPS

HTML size reasonable (< 512 KB)

Redirect chain ≤ 1 hop

Main content is present without running JavaScript

HTML size under 2 MB

Page served over HTTPS

No excessive redirect chain

Response is HTML (text/html)

Bot Access & Control Plane

ai.txt available and well-formed

llms.txt available and well-formed

AI crawlers blocked in robots.txt

Sitemap declared in robots.txt

Sitemap available

robots.txt available

Sitemap looks like XML (not HTML)

robots.txt does not blanket-block all crawlers

AI crawlers are blocked at the server or WAF

Meta robots does not block AI

Meta robots is not noindex

Current page found in sitemap

X-Robots-Tag does not block AI

X-Robots-Tag is not noindex

Structured Data

FAQPage schema present

Organization schema present

Person schema present

Article schema present

Product schema present

WebPage schema present

WebSite schema present

BreadcrumbList schema present

JSON-LD syntax is valid

JSON-LD present

JSON-LD schemas have required properties

HTML Extractability & Main Content Clarity

OpenGraph basics present

HTML lang attribute present

Title tag present

Favicon link present

Sufficient on-page text

Title and H1 aligned

Viewport meta present

Canonical URL present

Meta description present

Title length reasonable

Text-to-HTML ratio reasonable

Images have alt text

Viewport configured for mobile devices

Meta description length reasonable

Canonical URL matches site origin

Canonical URL matches the current page URL

Entity Clarity

Organization or LocalBusiness schema present

Social profile links present

Brand/entity name appears in H1

Brand/entity name appears in title

Trust & Security

About/Company link present

Press / featured-in signals

Terms link present

Contact link present

Privacy policy link present

RSS or Atom feed discoverable

Testimonials / case studies signals

Internal link density supports entity graph crawling

HTTP security headers present (HSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type, X-Frame, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy)

Third-party scripts use Subresource Integrity

CORS policy is not dangerously permissive

Forms submit over HTTPS

Internal paths are not openly accessible

Directory listing is disabled

Server software versions are not disclosed in headers

No mixed (insecure) content on an HTTPS page

No API keys or credentials exposed in client-side code

Production source maps are not publicly exposed

No sensitive files exposed at well-known paths

Error pages do not leak stack traces or debug output

Cookies use Secure, HttpOnly, and SameSite flags

Hreflang tags for multilingual targeting

SearchAction schema present (sitelinks search box)

Speakable schema markup present

Content Freshness & Authority

Last-modified date present (schema or meta)

Author or byline present (schema, meta, or visible)

Publication date present (schema or meta)

Visible <time> element with datetime attribute

FAQPage schema present for direct answers

Article or BlogPosting schema present

Content Answerability

Content includes structured elements (lists, tables)

Content includes unique data points (numbers, percentages, prices)

Content sections have sufficient depth (≥ 40 words median)

Headings use question phrasing (who, what, how…)

Content uses definition patterns ("X is…", "refers to…")

FAQ or expandable Q&A section on page

Off-site Presence & Mentions

Recent mentions (last ~6 months)

Unique source diversity

External mentions found

No negative/controversy signals

High-authority source mentions

Brand name accuracy in results