2026 Edition

GEO Checklist and Validator

Optimise your site to appear in AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and Gemini. Paste a URL to scan live, or work through the checklist below.

Live GEO URL Scanner: paste any URL to check AI bot access, key files, and HTTPS instantly

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Works on any publicly accessible page. No account or sign-up needed.

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What the scanner checks

Results in seconds. No account needed. Checks only what can be reliably detected without rendering JavaScript.

Manual GEO and SEO Checklist
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Work through the checklist below and check off each item as you complete it.

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Not Visible
AI engines are blocked or cannot trust your site. Start with bot access and E-E-A-T items.
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Emerging
AI can access your content but prefers competitors. Focus on FAQ sections and direct answers.
56 to 75
Competitive
You are being cited for some queries. Expand your content cluster and earn brand mentions.
76 to 100
Strong
Your brand is a trusted AI source. Maintain publishing cadence and monitor competitors.
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SEO Foundation
Prerequisites for GEO: AI engines cannot cite a site they cannot crawl.
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Search Console and Analytics
Indexation
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Keyword Research
Informs architecture, content priorities, and GEO prompt coverage.
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Competitive Analysis
Keyword Discovery
Keyword Mapping
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Technical SEO
Technical health is the prerequisite for ranking and for AI crawling.
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Security and Architecture
Crawlability and Indexation
Performance and Core Web Vitals
Structured Data
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On-Site and Content SEO
Determines what you rank for and how you are understood by AI.
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Title Tags and Meta Descriptions
Heading Structure
Content Quality
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GEO: AI Bot Access
Critical. If AI bots are blocked, citation rate is zero regardless of content quality.
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GEO: Content Structure for AI Citation
Format and structure signals that AI engines use when selecting sources.
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GEO: E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness: how AI judges whether to cite you.
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GEO: Topical Authority
AI prefers sources that cover a topic comprehensively, not single-page sources.
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GEO: Technical Signals
Schema, metadata, and platform-level signals that influence AI engine behaviour.
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Validator Tools

robots.txt AI Bot Validator

Paste your robots.txt to check whether AI crawlers are allowed or blocked. This is the single highest-impact GEO action.

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Page GEO Signal Evaluator

Paste your page HTML to evaluate GEO signals: useful for JavaScript-rendered sites or paywalled pages that the URL scanner cannot reach.

Signal Analysis