Will AI engines citewired.com?

What we checked

• HTTPS10 pts

  TLS responds correctly. AI crawlers won't be blocked at the network layer.

• robots.txt + AI bots15 pts

  robots.txt explicitly addresses 3 AI bot(s) — a strong signal you're playing the AEO game on purpose.

• llms.txt10 pts

  No /llms.txt published. The llmstxt.org spec is the explicit channel for telling AI engines what to index. Missing this is the cheapest fix on this page.

• sitemap.xml10 pts

  sitemap.xml present at the standard location. AI crawlers can enumerate your indexable surface.

• Open Graph image10 pts

  og:image is set. Social and AI-engine link previews will render with a branded card.

• JSON-LD schema20 pts

  JSON-LD detected. Schema.org markup is the single highest-leverage signal for AI Overview eligibility.

• <title> length5 pts

  Title is 71 chars — over 70 gets truncated in AI Overview citations.

• meta description5 pts

  Meta description (152 chars) sits in the 80–160 sweet spot.

Quick grade checks 8 signals at the homepage level. The full VectorCite audit scores 47 signals per page and runs against real buyer queries you specify.