AI search visibility report ยท 2026-06-05
How AI assistants see duckduckgo.com
duckduckgo.com has an AI visibility score of 47/100. The site passed 16 of 34 tests. Its strongest areas are Technical Accessibility and Citation & Source Quality. The areas to improve are Content Freshness and Schema.org Markup.
How ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity read duckduckgo.com
Readability60/100
Result: average. 2 of 4 tests passed.
Sentences are significantly longer than the recommended 20-word average.
Schema.org Markup0/100
Result: weak. 0 of 5 tests passed.
Complete absence of JSON-LD schema markup.
Authority & Trust Signals28/100
Result: weak. 2 of 5 tests passed.
Lacks specific contact details and publication dates, though trust pages are present.
Citation & Source Quality72/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Strong inline citations but lacks links to high-authority external domains like .gov or .edu.
Content Freshness0/100
Result: weak. 0 of 4 tests passed.
No machine-readable or visible publication/modification dates found.
Content Structure72/100
Result: average. 3 of 4 tests passed.
Good use of semantic HTML but flawed heading hierarchy with multiple H1s and skipped levels.
Entity Definition58/100
Result: weak. 2 of 4 tests passed.
Clear brand consistency and About page, but lacks Person schema for authors.
Technical Accessibility100/100
Result: strong. 4 of 4 tests passed.
Excellent technical setup with full AI crawler access and social metadata.
How duckduckgo.com can improve its AI visibility
- Add JSON-LD Schema Markup (high priority)
- Improve Contact Transparency (high priority)
- Add Visible Content Dates (medium priority)
- Optimize Heading Hierarchy (medium priority)
- Implement Author Schema (low priority)
How duckduckgo.com compares to its competitors
- Google Search (google.com)
- Brave Software (brave.com) โ score 73/100
- Microsoft Bing (bing.com) โ score 28/100
- Perplexity AI (perplexity.ai) โ score 30/100