AI search visibility report · 2026-06-12
How AI assistants see martinfowler.com
martinfowler.com has an AI visibility score of 42/100. The site passed 14 of 34 tests. Its strongest areas are Content Structure and Technical Accessibility. The areas to improve are Content Freshness and Schema.org Markup.
How ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity read martinfowler.com
Readability50/100
Result: weak. 2 of 4 tests passed.
Technical content results in a low Flesch-Kincaid score; sentences are significantly longer than the LLM-optimized target.
Schema.org Markup0/100
Result: weak. 0 of 5 tests passed.
Completely lacks JSON-LD or any structured data markup.
Authority & Trust Signals16/100
Result: weak. 0 of 5 tests passed.
Lacks structured trust signals like contact info, trust pages, and explicit publication dates despite high real-world authority.
Citation & Source Quality74/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent use of inline citations for factual claims, though lacks links to .gov/.edu authoritative data sources.
Content Freshness0/100
Result: weak. 0 of 4 tests passed.
No machine-readable or visible publication/modification dates found on the homepage.
Content Structure78/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Good use of semantic HTML and sections, but flawed heading hierarchy with multiple H1s.
Entity Definition50/100
Result: weak. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Strong brand consistency and term definitions, but lacks structured Person/Organization schema.
Technical Accessibility75/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent crawler access and JS-independence, but missing critical meta description.
How martinfowler.com can improve its AI visibility
- Add JSON-LD Schema Markup (high priority)
- Implement Content Freshness Signals (high priority)
- Add Meta Description (medium priority)
- Improve Contact Information Visibility (medium priority)
- Fix Heading Hierarchy (low priority)
How martinfowler.com compares to its competitors
- Uncle Bob (Robert C. Martin) (cleancoder.com) — score 21/100
- Joel on Software (joelonsoftware.com) — score 59/100
- Thoughtworks Insights (thoughtworks.com) — score 58/100
- InfoQ (infoq.com) — score 57/100