AI search visibility report ยท 2026-10-24
How AI assistants see bankrate.com
bankrate.com has an AI visibility score of 56/100. The site passed 13 of 34 tests. Its strongest areas are Schema.org Markup and Content Structure. The areas to improve are Content Freshness and Readability.
How ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity read bankrate.com
Readability35/100
Result: weak. 0 of 4 tests passed.
Extremely long sentences and low reading ease scores hinder LLM parsing.
Schema.org Markup80/100
Result: strong. 4 of 5 tests passed.
Core schemas are valid and complete, but specific content schemas (Article/FAQ) are missing.
Authority & Trust Signals52/100
Result: weak. 2 of 5 tests passed.
Strong contact and trust pages, but lacks author credentials and publication dates on the homepage.
Citation & Source Quality48/100
Result: weak. 0 of 4 tests passed.
Lacks links to authoritative external sources and formal citation markup.
Content Freshness0/100
Result: weak. 0 of 4 tests passed.
No visible or schema-based dates found on the homepage.
Content Structure75/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent heading hierarchy and semantic HTML, but paragraph structure is fragmented.
Entity Definition70/100
Result: average. 2 of 4 tests passed.
Strong organization definition but lacks individual author identification.
Technical Accessibility60/100
Result: average. 2 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent crawler access and JS independence, but meta tags are weak.
How bankrate.com can improve its AI visibility
- Reduce Sentence Length (high priority)
- Implement Visible Update Dates (high priority)
- Add Author Person Schema (high priority)
- Optimize Meta Description Length (medium priority)
- Add Authoritative Outbound Links (medium priority)
How bankrate.com compares to its competitors
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- Credit Karma (creditkarma.com) โ score 56/100