Clear positioning
Title, description, headings, and an explicit connection to the target topic.
Maximum: 20 points
Is your web page ready to be cited by AI search?
Run a deterministic page audit for citation-ready structure, topical clarity, and content quality, with an optional OpenAI search-model snapshot when enabled.
The score is a rules-based estimate of page readiness, not the probability that an AI system will cite the page. CiteCheckup does not access private AI indexes.
What this checker analyzes
CiteCheckup applies seven deterministic checks to the public content extracted from one web page. The category maximums add up to 100 points.
Topic relevance
Coverage of the target phrase and its meaningful component terms.
Maximum: 20 points
Answer-style content
Question headings and practical patterns such as guides, steps, and explanations.
Maximum: 15 points
Comparison / alternative content
Useful comparison, alternative, review, pricing, and decision-oriented language.
Maximum: 15 points
FAQ & structured content
Real question-and-answer content and the presence of structured data.
Maximum: 10 points
Crawlability & content quality
Successful retrieval, useful content depth, and basic page metadata.
Maximum: 10 points
Brand clarity
Clear and consistent use of the supplied brand in the title, headings, and body.
Maximum: 10 points
What it cannot verify
- CiteCheckup cannot access ChatGPT, Google, Perplexity, or any other provider's private search or answer index.
- A readiness score is not the probability that an AI system will mention or cite the page.
- When enabled, the citation probe is one OpenAI search-model snapshot. Results can change and are not a universal visibility measurement.
Citation readiness vs. live AI visibility
Citation readiness is a repeatable audit of one page's public content. Live AI visibility is an ongoing observation of what particular models return for particular prompts at particular times. CiteCheckup primarily measures the former; the optional snapshot offers limited evidence about the latter. Read the full comparison of readiness and visibility.