apnews.com — AI Search Visibility Report
Overall score: 82/100
AI search visibility analysis for apnews.com. LLMao scored apnews.com 82/100 across 8 LLM-readiness categories including crawlability, semantic content, structured data, authority signals, and answer-engine clarity.
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Category breakdown
- readability: 85/100 — Professional journalistic style, though some sentences are complex.
- schema_markup: 70/100 — Valid WebSite and SearchAction schema present, but missing detailed NewsArticle schema for feed items.
- authority_trust: 80/100 — High trust due to brand and contact info, but lacks homepage-level author credentials.
- citation_sources: 85/100 — Excellent primary source reporting, though few outbound links to external sources.
- content_freshness: 95/100 — Extremely high freshness with multiple updates from May 13-14, 2026.
- content_structure: 80/100 — Clear hierarchy and semantic HTML usage, though navigation is heavy.
- entity_definition: 75/100 — Strong brand consistency, but lacks structured author identification on the main feed.
- technical_accessibility: 60/100 — Meta description is good, but 'noindex' tag is a major technical blocker.
Top recommendations
- Remove NoIndex/NoFollow Directives (Technical Accessibility): The robots.txt or meta tags currently include 'noindex, nofollow' which is catastrophic for LLM indexing and search visibility. This must be changed to 'index, follow' immediately.
- Implement Author Person Schema on Homepage (Authority & Trust Signals): While AP has high brand trust, the homepage lacks visible author bylines or Person schema for the journalists. Adding these helps LLMs attribute expertise.
- Enhance NewsArticle Schema Implementation (Schema.org Markup): Expand the JSON-LD to include 'NewsArticle' schema for each top story listed on the homepage, rather than just 'ListItem'.
- Structured Definitions for New Terminology (Entity Definition): Key terms like 'PMOS' (formerly PCOS) are mentioned but not defined in a structured way. Use 'DefinedTerm' schema for new medical or technical terminology.