Free tool
Can Google and AI assistants read your website?
This free checker reads one page of your website the way a search or AI crawler does, then scores whether Google, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity can find it, read it and quote it. You get four area scores, an overall score out of 100 and a fix list in order of impact. It is a snapshot, not a ranking.
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What it scores
- Findable by searchCan Google and Bing find and index the page?30%
- Readable by AICan AI crawlers get in and read it?30%
- Quotable answersIs there a short answer they can lift?25%
- Trust and local signalsDo they know who you are and where?15%
Your result
One page, checked just now. Not a ranking, and not Lighthouse or Search Console data.
Fix list, most important first
Every check
Who robots.txt lets in
Fix what the check finds
Pali fixes them on your site as a one-off Search setup, then checks the result again. Want the whole site planned first? The search audit is RM 200 and is credited to the setup.
- Add structured data: business, FAQ and breadcrumbs
- Rewrite the opening as a 40 to 60 word direct answer
- Open robots.txt to AI crawlers, with a clear choice for each one
- Write and publish llms.txt with your key pages and one clear description
- Price
- RM 2,000
- Timeline
- 10 working days
How does this check work?
- It fetches the one page you give, plus robots.txt, llms.txt and sitemap.xml from the same site. It does not crawl your other pages.
- It reads the HTML as sent, without running JavaScript, which is how most AI crawlers see a page.
- It identifies itself honestly as BuiltByPaliSiteCheck/1.0 (+https://builtbypali.com/tools/website-ai-search-checker), waits at most 8 seconds and reads at most 2 MB.
- Each area scores out of 100 from the checks below. The overall score weights the four areas.
- It uses no Lighthouse, Search Console or AI model data. Rankings and AI answers depend on much more than one page.
What each check is worth
Findable by search
30% of the overall score
- Secure address (HTTPS)15 points
- Page title15 points
- Meta description10 points
- One main heading (h1)10 points
- Canonical link10 points
- Mobile viewport10 points
- Google and Bing can crawl it20 points
- Sitemap10 points
Readable by AI
30% of the overall score
- AI crawlers allowed30 points
- llms.txt10 points
- Structured data (JSON-LD)20 points
- Page language10 points
- Page size and speed15 points
- Image descriptions (alt)15 points
Quotable answers
25% of the overall score
- Answer-first opening40 points
- Question-shaped headings25 points
- FAQ structured data25 points
- Breadcrumb structured data10 points
Trust and local signals
15% of the overall score
- Business identity (Organization or LocalBusiness)30 points
- Share image (Open Graph)15 points
- Language versions (hreflang)10 points
- Malaysia signals45 points
A worked example
An invented bakery page in Ipoh, checked by the same rules:
71/100
Fair. The basics are there, but gaps stop assistants quoting you.
- Findable by search90/100
- Readable by AI73/100
- Quotable answers33/100
- Trust and local signals95/100
Its top fixes:
- 1Open the page with a 40 to 60 word direct answer. The opening is a welcome line, 39 words, not an answer.
- 2Open robots.txt to the AI crawlers you want to be quoted by. Blocked in robots.txt: GPTBot, ClaudeBot.
- 3Add an FAQ section with FAQPage structured data. No FAQPage found.
What happens to the address I type?
Your address is used once to fetch the page and is not stored. This site keeps only the day, a salted hash of your IP and a random cookie id, to hold the limit of five checks a day.
Sources
- Google Search Central: robots.txt specification
- Google Search Central: common crawlers and Google-Extended
- OpenAI: crawlers (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User)
- Perplexity: PerplexityBot
- Anthropic: ClaudeBot and robots.txt
- llms.txt proposal
- Schema.org: Organization, LocalBusiness, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList
Rules and crawler names checked 22 October 2026.
Questions about the website AI-search checker
Is this my Google or ChatGPT ranking?
No. It checks whether one page is easy for search engines and AI assistants to find, read and quote. Rankings and AI answers also depend on your other pages, reviews, links and competitors.
Why does it check only one page?
It reads the address you give, so the result is fast and exact for that page. Run it on your home page first, then on your key service or product pages.
Should I let AI crawlers into my site?
If you want ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity or Gemini to quote and link you, their crawlers must be allowed in robots.txt. You can still block training bots like GPTBot and allow search bots like OAI-SearchBot.
What is llms.txt?
A short plain-text file at /llms.txt that tells AI tools what your business does and which pages matter most. It is a proposal, not a standard, and it is cheap to add.
My site blocked the checker. What now?
Some firewalls block unknown bots. If yours blocks this checker, it may block AI crawlers too, which is worth checking with whoever runs your hosting.
What do you keep from my check?
Nothing about your site. Not the address and not the result. Only the day, a salted hash of your IP and a random cookie id, to hold the daily limit.
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