AI search visibility report · 2026-06-12
How AI assistants see gwern.net
gwern.net has an AI visibility score of 40/100. The site passed 13 of 34 tests. Its strongest areas are Citation & Source Quality and Technical Accessibility. The areas to improve are Schema.org Markup and Authority & Trust Signals.
How ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity read gwern.net
Readability30/100
Result: weak. 0 of 4 tests passed.
Extremely low readability scores due to very long sentences and high technical complexity.
Schema.org Markup0/100
Result: weak. 0 of 5 tests passed.
Completely lacks JSON-LD structured data, which is a major missed opportunity for LLM optimization.
Authority & Trust Signals8/100
Result: weak. 0 of 5 tests passed.
Lacks standard trust signals like contact info, privacy pages, and structured author credentials.
Citation & Source Quality86/100
Result: strong. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent use of inline citations and links to authoritative primary sources.
Content Freshness15/100
Result: weak. 1 of 4 tests passed.
While content is clearly updated (2026 dates visible), the lack of machine-readable dates in schema or meta tags hinders LLM detection.
Content Structure62/100
Result: average. 2 of 4 tests passed.
Uses semantic HTML and sections well, but the heading hierarchy is broken (all H1s) and paragraph structure is fragmented.
Entity Definition63/100
Result: average. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Strong brand consistency and an about page, but lacks Person/Organization schema to formalize the entity.
Technical Accessibility68/100
Result: average. 2 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent AI crawler access and JS independence, but meta tags are poorly optimized.
How gwern.net can improve its AI visibility
- Implement Structured Data (JSON-LD) (high priority)
- Establish Trust & Contact Signals (high priority)
- Fix Heading Hierarchy (medium priority)
- Improve Sentence Readability (medium priority)
- Optimize Meta & Social Tags (low priority)
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