Are you ready for GEO, AEO & LLMO?
Self-score generative citations, answer surfaces, agent readability, entity clarity, and measurement — get Citation-ready / Conditional / Not ready with ranked blockers.
Local services · local · 3 critical blockers
- Entity · critical
Clarify who you are on-site (name, markets, services) — conflicting identity blocks citations - GEO · critical
Add 40–80 word direct answers on priority service/About pages before buying more content - Measurement · critical
Create a 20–40 prompt watchlist and log citations monthly — otherwise GEO has no KPI - Entity
Ship Organization (and LocalBusiness if relevant) structured data - GEO
Publish unique proof (numbers, process, cases) models can quote — not brochure fluff - GEO
Earn category + geo mentions beyond self-published pages
Next: GEO playbook · SEO vs GEO vs AEO
Tracking fixes you can implement immediately for Local services:
- Defend Map Pack firstGEO is secondary. Fix GBP, reviews, and service+city pages — then add answer-first cost/how FAQs.
- Explicit areaServed languageSay where you work on About and location pages so assistants stop recommending the wrong city.
- Real FAQ from sales calls“Do you come to me?” and pricing process questions beat invented PAA spam.
- Review response hygieneSpecific review replies strengthen third-party corroboration local models retrieve.
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Estimates based on industry-standard performance benchmarks for SMB ad accounts. Actual results vary based on offer quality, market saturation, seasonality, and operational capacity. The audit identifies which factors apply to your business.
What is AI Search Visibility Score?
AI Search Visibility Score is a free self-assessment that scores GEO, AEO, and LLMO readiness — entity clarity, generative citation craft, answer surfaces, agent readability, and measurement hygiene — before you buy AI SEO.
Published by Zenos senior strategists · Benchmarks last reviewed 2026-07-27 · Free to use — no email required for your on-screen score
What this measures — and who it's for
Most “AI SEO” retainers skip the scoreboard. This visibility score mirrors the pre-flight we run before GEO/AEO/LLMO work: Citation-ready, Conditional, or Not ready, with ranked blockers across generative citations, answer surfaces, agent readability, entity clarity, and measurement hygiene. Built for US and UK SMBs deciding whether ChatGPT/Perplexity programs are premature. Pair it with the GEO playbook and SEO vs GEO vs AEO compare; a free SEO audit validates live pages and crawl access.
Best for
- SMB owners hearing “found you in ChatGPT” or shopping AI SEO retainers
- Teams whose Google sessions fell and need to separate AIO from GEO work
- Marketers who want a citation watchlist scoreboard before content spend
Not a fit when
- Anyone needing a live crawl, schema validation, or Maps audit (use a free SEO audit)
- Businesses that only need Map Pack and have no AI-assistant discovery path
What the score covers
GEO & entity
Answer-first proof, mentions, watchlist, Organization schema, profile alignment.
AEO & LLMO
FAQs, extractable structure, llms.txt, AI crawlers, HTML facts.
Measurement
Separate GEO vs session KPIs, monthly citation logs, sales origin fields.
Directional SMB ranges we calibrate against
- GEO without a prompt watchlist is vocabulary — citations need a scoreboard.
- Blocking AI crawlers while buying GEO is a critical blocker in this diagnostic.
Three steps to check AI search readiness
- Step 1
Answer entity, GEO, AEO, and LLMO questions
Schema, answer-first pages, mentions, FAQs, llms.txt, crawlers, and KPIs.
- Step 2
See Citation-ready / Conditional / Not ready
Weighted category scores plus critical blockers that force a no-go.
- Step 3
Fix foundations before the retainer
Work ranked blockers — or request a free SEO audit for a live review.
How we score this — and what we don't claim
Benchmarks follow a fixed source hierarchy: (1) anonymised Zenos SMB client portfolio ranges (US/UK-weighted), (2) public industry reports (WordStream, LocaliQ, and similar summaries), (3) platform-published case ranges used only as sanity bounds. Scores are directional self-diagnosis anchors — not guarantees and not a live account inspection.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-27
- Next review due
- 2026-10-27
- Refresh cadence
- quarterly
- Scope
- SMB paid media + local SEO (US/UK primary)
Author: Zenos IT Solutions performance strategists. Want verification on your live accounts? Request a free 24-hour audit.
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Insights
Scores are the start. Execution is the product.
If your score is below 60 — or you're spending enough that leaks hurt — a senior strategist can inspect the live accounts and tell you what to fix first.