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What the Free AI Visibility Check Actually Measures

Read the result as a website diagnostic, then measure any real AI mention separately.

Paste a public website URL into the AI Visibility check and the tool examines signals available from that site. Its findings can help you identify a page to fix. They are not an observation of seven assistants answering customer questions.

What the result means

The free check uses website rules to estimate readiness. It looks at items such as business identity, accessible page text, answer coverage, and published access rules. The REAL Method groups these into Recognize, Evidence, Answer, and Link so the findings are easier to act on. The score belongs to RankingLocal's diagnostic model; it is not a score issued by any search or AI provider.

The interface may show separate engine profiles. Those are rule interpretations for different crawler or search contexts. A profile score is not proof that the named engine fetched your page, indexed it, mentioned you, or recommended you. A limited live Perplexity query may be available, but it is a separate observation with its own date and query.

How to act on a finding

After making a change, verify the page itself and watch Search Console for crawl and search data. A higher diagnostic score alone does not prove improved ranking, AI mentions, or leads.

How to measure actual AI mentions

Select the customer questions you care about and record the engine, date, region, repeated runs, and raw answers. Then count how often the business was named in that sample. Keep that measure separate from website-readiness scores. Results vary by query and context, and no tool can promise a recommendation.

For a broader website review, request the Free Report Preview. It requires business-email verification to return a private result and does not require a credit card.

Frequently asked questions

Does the free check test seven live AI engines?

No. It estimates website readiness using public signals and may show engine profiles. A limited Perplexity query may be available separately; other profile scores are not live recommendation tests.

What should I do with a low result?

Open the specific finding, verify the relevant page or published rule, and fix the underlying issue. Then observe crawl, search, AI-answer, and lead outcomes using separate evidence. The diagnostic number itself is not an outcome measure.

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