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Will AI Cite Your Website?
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The free CiteTrust™ Score checks whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Copilot have everything they need to cite your site — and shows exactly what's missing.

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73
Partially Ready
CiteTrust™ Score — example result
AI crawlers allowed (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot)
Meta description present & quality
Open Graph tags complete
Schema markup found — no FAQPage or HowTo
llms.txt not found
Canonical tag present

What CiteTrust™ Checks

10 checks free. 40 checks in Pro Analysis. All the signals that determine whether AI cites you or your competitor.

Want the concept behind the score first? Read What Is AI Citation Readiness?

AI Crawler Access

Verifies GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, and 9 more are allowed in robots.txt. Blocked crawlers = zero citations.

Schema Markup

Detects FAQPage, HowTo, Article, Product, and other schema types. Structured data increases citation probability by up to 3×.

llms.txt

Checks for the AI-equivalent of sitemap.xml — the file that tells LLMs what content is available and how to use it.

Meta Tags & Open Graph

Validates meta description quality, Open Graph completeness, canonical tags, and robots directives.

Indexability

Confirms the page isn't accidentally blocking AI crawlers via noindex, X-Robots-Tag, or password walls.

Citation Probability Score

Combines all checks into a single 0–100 CiteTrust™ Score — a clear, actionable benchmark for AI search readiness.

How the Score Is Built

40 checks across 10 weighted categories. Each category scores independently, then rolls up by weight — AI Optimization and AEO & Voice Search count for more, because they're what AI systems actually key on. Every check runs against the live page: its HTML, its robots.txt, its llms.txt, its structured data. Nothing is estimated.

AI Optimization
AEO & Voice Search
Content Quality
Indexability
Performance Signals
Basic Meta Tags
Content Structure
Mobile Optimization
Technical SEO
Social Media
The AI gate. If a site's AI Optimization and AEO & Voice Search scores average below 60, the overall score is capped at 65 — no matter how clean the rest of the site is. You can't buy your way to a high CiteTrust™ score with tidy meta tags alone; the AI-specific signals have to hold up.
What it doesn't do. CiteTrust™ doesn't query ChatGPT or Gemini live to check whether they've actually cited a page. It measures the structural signals AI crawlers and LLMs are known to weigh — schema markup, llms.txt, crawler permissions, FAQ depth, content freshness, answer-first formatting, author signals — as a readiness proxy, the same way a traditional SEO score works for classic search. Treat it as readiness, not as a live citation count.

CiteTrust is one part of a larger framework — see how UltraScout tracks AI visibility end-to-end.

Free Score. Full Audit from £19. Fixes Pre-Written for +£49.

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Free Check

£0 forever free
  • CiteTrust™ Score (0–100)
  • 10 checks included
  • AI crawler access status
  • Schema & llms.txt detection
  • No signup required
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Pro Analysis

£19 one-time per URL
  • Full 40-check audit
  • 13 AI bot checks
  • Every warning and fail explained with a specific fix
  • PDF report included
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Fix Pack

+£49 add-on to Pro
  • Ready-to-use code for every flagged issue
  • robots.txt, JSON-LD, AI bot meta tags, llms.txt
  • Pre-filled with your site's own metadata
  • Saves ~3 hours of developer time
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Similar checkers and alternatives

How CiteTrust™ Compares

CiteTrust™ is often compared to or used as an alternative for:

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an AI citation checker and why do I need it?
An AI citation checker tests whether your website includes the technical signals that ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and other LLMs need to cite your content as a source. If your site is missing these signals, AI search engines will cite competitors instead, costing you referral traffic. CiteTrust™ Score measures this readiness on a 0–100 scale.
Is CiteTrust similar to SEO checkers like Ahrefs or SEMrush?
No. Traditional SEO tools focus on Google rankings. CiteTrust™ is the first dedicated AI citation readiness checker built for LLM visibility. It tests AI-specific signals — llms.txt, AI bot crawl permissions, answer-format schema — that those other tools ignore entirely.
Which AI search engines does CiteTrust check?
CiteTrust™ analyses signals for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot. The Pro Analysis also checks 13 AI-specific bots including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, and CCBot.
Can I check a competitor's website?
Yes — enter any URL. There are no restrictions on which URLs you can analyse. The free check works on any publicly accessible website.
What alternatives exist to CiteTrust?
Most generic SEO tools offer basic schema validation but no dedicated AI citation score. CiteTrust™ is the first tool built specifically for AI search citation readiness. The Pro Analysis includes a gap analysis against AI citation benchmarks.

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