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AI Readiness Assessment

Score how ready your business is to be cited by AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Gemini. Answer fifteen quick questions across five areas, get an instant readiness score, a full category breakdown with prioritised fixes, and a branded PDF report you can keep.

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Self-assessment

Score your AI readiness

Answer honestly. Everything runs in your browser. At the end, enter your email to unlock the full report and download a branded PDF. No score is shared until you choose to.

  Area 1 of 5 · Structured data & schema

Structured data & schema

Your key pages use JSON-LD schema (Organization, Article or BlogPosting, FAQPage).
Your Organization schema is consistent site-wide and links to your profiles with sameAs.
You validate structured data with the Google Rich Results Test before publishing.

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  Area 2 of 5 · Answer-ready content

Answer-ready content

Important pages open with a direct, one-paragraph answer (answer-first).
You have genuine FAQ sections with concise 40 to 60 word answers.
Content is built in clear, self-contained sections with descriptive headings.

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  Area 3 of 5 · Entity, E-E-A-T & authority

Entity, E-E-A-T & authority

You have an About page naming real people with roles and credentials.
Articles carry author bylines linked to author bio pages.
Your name, address and phone are consistent across your site, Google Business Profile and directories.

Please answer every question to continue.

  Area 4 of 5 · Technical & crawlability

Technical & crawlability

Your site loads fast and passes Core Web Vitals on mobile.
robots.txt allows the AI crawlers you want (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended).
Critical content is in the HTML, not rendered only by JavaScript.

Please answer every question to continue.

  Area 5 of 5 · Off-site signals & brand mentions

Off-site signals & brand mentions

Your brand is mentioned on third-party sites, directories or industry publications.
You publish original data, stats or definitions worth quoting.
You actively earn reviews and citations (Google reviews, listings, PR).

Please answer every question to continue.

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Honest note: no tool can guarantee AI citations. This is a readiness self-assessment, not a ranking promise. The score reflects what you tell us; real gains come from doing the work behind each item.

Plain English

What AI readiness actually means

Search is splitting in two. People still type into Google, but a fast-growing share ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or read a Google AI Overview and never click a link. If your brand is not in that answer, you are invisible, even when you rank on page one of classic search.

AI readiness is the sum of the signals that decide whether an answer engine trusts and quotes you. This assessment groups them into five areas: structured data so machines can read you, answer-ready content they can lift, entity and E-E-A-T authority they can trust, technical crawlability so they can reach you, and off-site signals that prove you matter. Want the detail? Read our guides on AI SEO, AEO and GEO, schema markup for AEO and AEO vs SEO.

Juicy Designs has built search visibility for South African brands since 2015. Founder-led, 4.9-star Google rating, 64+ clients. Our AI SEO, AEO and GEO services turn this readiness score into a prioritised plan.

Low score? That is a roadmap, not a verdict.

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AI readiness questions

What is an AI Readiness Assessment?

It scores how well your website is set up to be found, trusted and cited by AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Gemini. It checks five areas, structured data, answer-ready content, entity and E-E-A-T authority, technical crawlability, and off-site brand signals, then gives an overall score, a breakdown and prioritised fixes.

Is it free?

Yes. Answer fifteen quick questions, enter your email to receive the full report, and get an on-screen score plus a downloadable branded PDF. No obligation.

Does a high score guarantee AI citations?

No. No tool or agency can guarantee that ChatGPT, Gemini or Google AI Overviews will cite you. A high readiness score means you have removed the common reasons AI engines skip a brand. Real citations also depend on genuinely useful content, consistent entities and ongoing authority work.

How is the score calculated?

Each question is scored Yes, Partly or No. Answers are weighted and grouped into five equal categories. Your overall score is the percentage of total possible points, and each category gets its own percentage so you can see exactly where to focus.

What do I get in the report?

An overall score and band, a percentage for each of the five categories, and a prioritised list of fixes starting with your weakest area. Each recommendation links to a relevant Juicy Designs guide or service, and you can download the whole thing as a branded PDF.