AI search visibility report ยท 2026-05-14
How AI assistants see apnews.com
apnews.com has an AI visibility score of 82/100. The site passed 30 of 34 tests. Its strongest areas are Content Freshness and Readability. The areas to improve are Technical Accessibility and Schema.org Markup.
How ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity read apnews.com
Readability85/100
Result: strong. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Professional journalistic style, though some sentences are complex.
Schema.org Markup70/100
Result: average. 4 of 5 tests passed.
Valid WebSite and SearchAction schema present, but missing detailed NewsArticle schema for feed items.
Authority & Trust Signals80/100
Result: strong. 4 of 5 tests passed.
High trust due to brand and contact info, but lacks homepage-level author credentials.
Citation & Source Quality85/100
Result: strong. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent primary source reporting, though few outbound links to external sources.
Content Freshness95/100
Result: strong. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Extremely high freshness with multiple updates from May 13-14, 2026.
Content Structure80/100
Result: strong. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Clear hierarchy and semantic HTML usage, though navigation is heavy.
Entity Definition75/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Strong brand consistency, but lacks structured author identification on the main feed.
Technical Accessibility60/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Meta description is good, but 'noindex' tag is a major technical blocker.
How apnews.com can improve its AI visibility
- Remove NoIndex/NoFollow Directives (high priority)
- Implement Author Person Schema on Homepage (medium priority)
- Enhance NewsArticle Schema Implementation (medium priority)
- Structured Definitions for New Terminology (low priority)
How apnews.com compares to its competitors
- Reuters (reuters.com) โ score 88/100
- The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- Bloomberg News (bloomberg.com) โ score 84/100
- Agence France-Presse (AFP) (afp.com)