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General

What is WebAudit 360?

A GEO-first website auditor. It checks whether AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) can find, understand, and cite your pages, alongside classic SEO and technical checks, and returns the specific fixes that move your score.

Is WebAudit 360 free?

Yes — the core audit is free and runs in seconds. The product is currently in public beta.

Do I need an account to run an audit?

During beta the audit tool is access-controlled while we build. Public marketing and content pages are open to everyone. Signing in also lets you download PDF reports.

How long does an audit take?

Most audits finish in under 30 seconds. We fetch the page once and run every GEO, SEO, and technical check against that snapshot.

How is the overall score calculated?

Each check earns weighted points based on its result (pass, improve, or fail). Checks are grouped into GEO, SEO, and Technical sub-scores, which blend into a single overall score out of 100.

What is the difference between the GEO, SEO, and Technical scores?

GEO measures AI-answer readiness — can a model extract and cite you. SEO covers the on-page fundamentals that still drive rankings. Technical covers the delivery plumbing (HTTPS, mobile, performance) that lets engines reach you at all.

Are my audit results saved?

Yes. Every audit is stored so you can re-run a URL and track your score over time. Each audited site also gets a permanent, shareable report page.

Can I download a PDF report?

Yes — signed-in users can download a branded PDF of any report, and a printable HTML version is available for everyone.

Does running an audit change my website?

No. An audit is read-only: we fetch your page like any crawler would and analyze it. Nothing is modified on your site.

Will you support languages other than English?

Yes. The interface is multilingual — use the language selector to switch, and more translations are on the way.

GEO — AI readiness

What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?

GEO is structuring your content so large language models can extract a clear answer and cite you as the source. It complements SEO rather than replacing it.

Why does GEO matter now?

A growing share of discovery happens inside AI answers, not blue links. If a model cannot parse your page, it cannot cite you — and you vanish from the answer. GEO measures and closes that gap.

How is GEO different from SEO?

SEO optimizes for ranking in a list of links. GEO optimizes for being understood and quoted by an answer engine. They overlap — clean, well-structured content helps both — but GEO adds answerability and quotability on top.

What does the GEO audit check?

Answerability and quotability of your content, plus signals AI engines rely on: an /llms.txt file, AI-crawler access in robots.txt, JSON-LD structured data, content freshness (a published/updated date), canonical attribution, and entity clarity.

Does WebAudit 360 query ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity directly?

No. We analyze your page against the signals those engines depend on. By default this uses a fast rules-based analyzer; an AI-assisted analyzer can be enabled for deeper answerability and quotability scoring. We do not send live queries to third-party chatbots.

What is llms.txt and do I need it?

llms.txt is an emerging convention — a file at /llms.txt that points AI engines to your key content. It is not required, but publishing one is a low-effort signal that can improve how models navigate your site.

Should I let AI crawlers access my site?

If you want to appear in AI answers, yes — blocking AI crawlers in robots.txt means engines cannot read or cite you. The audit flags when known AI crawlers are blocked so the choice is intentional.

Will optimizing for GEO hurt my SEO?

No. The GEO fixes — clear answers, structured data, fresh dates, correct canonicals — are good hygiene that also helps traditional search. GEO is additive, not a trade-off.

SEO fundamentals

What SEO checks does it run?

Title tag, meta description, heading structure, canonical URL, indexability, social sharing (Open Graph) tags, image alt text, internal links, URL quality, and the page language attribute.

Why do title tags and meta descriptions still matter?

They are the primary summary search engines (and increasingly AI engines) use to understand and present your page. Missing, duplicated, or poorly sized titles and descriptions are among the most common ranking leaks.

What is a canonical URL and why is it flagged?

A canonical tag tells engines which URL is the authoritative version of a page, preventing duplicate-content dilution. The audit flags a missing canonical, or one that points away from your own site.

What is structured data (JSON-LD)?

JSON-LD is machine-readable markup that describes your page — articles, products, authors, dates. It helps both search engines earn rich results and AI engines attribute content correctly.

Does the audit check my whole site or a single page?

It audits the single URL you submit. Run it on your homepage and your most important landing pages separately for the fullest picture.

Why does it flag image alt text and heading structure?

Alt text and a clean heading hierarchy make a page parseable for screen readers, search crawlers, and language models alike. They are quick wins that improve accessibility and machine understanding at once.

Technical

What technical checks does it run?

HTTPS, mobile viewport, response compression, a valid DOCTYPE and charset, HTML page weight, and security headers — the delivery plumbing that lets engines crawl you reliably.

Why does HTTPS affect my score?

HTTPS is a baseline trust and ranking signal, and browsers warn users away from pages served over plain HTTP. Serving your page securely is expected by both search engines and visitors.

What is the mobile viewport check?

It verifies your page declares a responsive viewport so it renders correctly on phones. With mobile-first indexing, an unfriendly mobile layout directly limits your reach.

What are security headers and why do they matter?

Headers such as Content-Security-Policy and Strict-Transport-Security harden your site against common attacks. They signal a well-maintained site and protect your visitors.

Why do page weight and compression matter?

Heavy, uncompressed pages are slower to fetch and render, which hurts user experience and crawl efficiency. Enabling compression and trimming page weight speeds everything up.

The audit could not fetch my page — what happened?

We can only audit pages that are publicly reachable. Content behind a login, paywall, or geo-block, pages that block crawlers, or URLs that error or redirect in a loop cannot be analyzed. Try a public page URL.

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