AI search visibility report · 2026-10-10
How AI assistants see aei.org
aei.org has an AI visibility score of 62/100. The site passed 19 of 34 tests. Its strongest areas are Entity Definition and Content Freshness. The areas to improve are Readability and Content Structure.
How ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity read aei.org
Readability30/100
Result: weak. 0 of 4 tests passed.
Extremely low readability scores and very long sentences hinder LLM processing.
Schema.org Markup68/100
Result: average. 4 of 5 tests passed.
Core technical schema is present and valid, but content-specific schema is missing.
Authority & Trust Signals62/100
Result: average. 2 of 5 tests passed.
Strong publication dates and contact info, but lacks structured author credentials and social proof schema.
Citation & Source Quality74/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent use of inline citations for claims, though outbound links to high-authority .gov/.edu domains are low.
Content Freshness75/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Content is exceptionally fresh with updates as recent as 1 day ago.
Content Structure42/100
Result: weak. 0 of 4 tests passed.
Poor heading hierarchy with no H1 and very short paragraph structures.
Entity Definition78/100
Result: average. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Strong About page and brand consistency, but lacks Person schema for scholars.
Technical Accessibility70/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent AI crawler access and JS independence, but missing meta description.
How aei.org can improve its AI visibility
- Implement H1 Heading Hierarchy (high priority)
- Add Missing Meta Description (high priority)
- Add Content-Specific Schema Markup (high priority)
- Improve Paragraph Substance (medium priority)
- Enhance Author Entity Definition (medium priority)
How aei.org compares to its competitors
- Brookings Institution (brookings.edu) — score 64/100
- The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org) — score 35/100
- Cato Institute (cato.org) — score 65/100
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (csis.org) — score 49/100
- Center for American Progress (americanprogress.org) — score 62/100