GEO Audit Sentinel splits each theory behind this tool into three layers: verified (with a source), our inference, and gaps marked [FILL]. The tool only reads static page signals, so none of this promises rankings or more AI citations.
Source rights · identity declaration · Directly detectable
Machine-readable tags saying who you are and what you offer make the subject easier for machines to tell apart.
GEO Audit Sentinel checks: Structured data, organisation declaration, sameAs links, product/service entity
Verified: Schema.org publicly defines vocabulary such as Organization, Product and FAQPage. [7][19]
Our inference: Clearly declared entities are less likely to be confused with others. No public evidence shows a specific AI product reads these tags.
[FILL] Whether each AI platform reads page markup: to be verified against official statements.
Source rights · machine access · Directly detectable
Not blocking crawlers by mistake, and offering a site guide, gives your information a chance to be read.
GEO Audit Sentinel checks: robots.txt, llms.txt, language attribute (lang)
Verified: robots.txt is an IETF-standardised crawler protocol (RFC 9309); llms.txt is only a community proposal, not a universal standard. [5][20]
Our inference: Blocking crawlers by mistake reduces the chance of being read, but crawler names and compliance differ by platform.
[FILL] The tool only checks that the files exist; it does not analyse robots.txt rules per AI crawler.
Source rights · official pages state facts · Indirect cue only
Clear title, description and Q&A structure make a page easier to summarise accurately.
GEO Audit Sentinel checks: Title and description, Q&A structure (FAQPage)
Verified: Google Search documentation promotes helpful, reliable, people-first content (E-E-A-T reference). [6]
Our inference: That guidance targets search; applying it to AI answers is our inference. The tool checks tag presence, not whether content is true.
[FILL] Whether authority pages (about, credentials, contact) exist: not checked here; see the full audit.
Source rights · cross-site consistency · Not detectable yet
Keeping names and specifications consistent across your site, shops and encyclopedias reduces contradictions.
GEO Audit Sentinel checks: The tool reads only one homepage and cannot compare other sites
Verified: [FILL] No verified public study directly supports this yet.
Our inference: A methodological judgement: contradictory sources make wrong answers more likely. Verify with the same question set before and after.
[FILL] Cross-site consistency needs multi-source collection and is outside the free tools.