# AEO Audit for crawlproof.com

**Target:** https://crawlproof.com/  
**Score:** 68 / 100  
**Generated:** 2026-05-13T08:45:18.887Z  
**Pages crawled:** 9  
**Findings:** 42 pass · 15 warn · 0 fail · 0 unknown

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## 1. Crawl Summary

- ✅ **Fetched 9 of 9 pages successfully**
  Target: https://crawlproof.com

## 2. Data Found

| Data Point | Found? | Source | Notes |
|---|---:|---|---|
| Pricing | Yes | Pricing page | https://crawlproof.com/pricing |
| Customer logos | No | — | — |
| Social proof | No | — | — |
| Recent launches | Yes | Press/news pages | https://crawlproof.com/blog |
| Blog post activity | Yes | Blog | https://crawlproof.com/blog |
| New hires | No | — | Often only on a /blog/team or LinkedIn page |
| Headline copy | Yes | Homepage | See your site the way AI crawlers do. |
| Positioning | No | — | — |
| Executive team | Yes | About/team page | https://crawlproof.com/about |
| Product/service descriptions | Yes | Homepage | From meta description |
| Case studies or testimonials | No | — | — |
| Contact/demo/signup paths | Yes | Navigation links | — |

## 3. Homepage Audit

- ⚠️ **Long meta description (171 chars)**
  Snippets truncate around 160 chars. Tighten to keep the key sentence visible.
- ✅ **Homepage fetched successfully**
  HTTP 200 · 42975 bytes · 117ms
- ✅ **Page load time: 0.12s**
  Fast — well within AI crawler budgets.
- ✅ **<html lang="en"> declared**
- ✅ **Single H1**
  See your site the way AI crawlers do.
- ✅ **`<title>` present (50 chars)**
- ✅ **Canonical present**
  https://crawlproof.com
- ✅ **Open Graph tags complete**
- ✅ **Twitter Card tags complete**
- ✅ **Critical content is server-rendered**
  Raw and rendered text are within 8% of each other.
- ✅ **Content volume: 426 words**
  Substantive content — AI models have enough to summarize and recommend.
- ✅ **Heading structure: 16 (h1:1, h2:4, h3:11)**
  Multiple headings help AI chunk and outline your page.
- ✅ **Internal links: 16**
  16 internal + 0 external links help crawlers navigate.

## 4. Schema / Structured Data Audit

- ✅ **6 JSON-LD block(s) found**
  Types: WebSite, Organization, SoftwareApplication, Organization, SoftwareApplication, FAQPage
- ✅ **Organization present**
- ✅ **WebSite present**
- ✅ **SoftwareApplication present**
- ✅ **FAQPage JSON-LD present**

## 5. robots.txt and sitemap.xml Audit

- ✅ **robots.txt present**
  336 chars
- ✅ **robots.txt references sitemap(s)**
- ✅ **sitemap.xml present (14 URLs)**

## 6. LLM / AI Crawler Accessibility

- ⚠️ **/.well-known/security.txt missing**
  Publish a /.well-known/security.txt with at least a Contact: line. Crawlers and security researchers expect it; AI systems use it as a trust signal.
- ✅ **GPTBot has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **ClaudeBot has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **PerplexityBot has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **Google-Extended has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **OAI-SearchBot has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **Applebot-Extended has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **CCBot has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **llms.txt present**
  1583 chars
- ✅ **skill.md present**
- ✅ **/.well-known/ai-plugin.json present**

## 7. Positioning Clarity

- ⚠️ **Value-prop language not detected**
  Pages with phrases like 'we help X', 'platform for Y', 'built for Z' are easier for LLMs to summarize.
- ✅ **About/Team path discoverable**
- ✅ **H1 communicates value**
  See your site the way AI crawlers do.
- ✅ **Pricing path discoverable**
- ✅ **Contact / signup path discoverable**

## 8. Missing or Hard-to-Find Information

- ⚠️ **5 data point(s) could not be found from public pages**
  · Customer logos
  · Social proof
  · New hires
  · Positioning
  · Case studies or testimonials

## 9. Recommended Fixes

- ⚠️ **Add a meta description**
  50–160 chars. Repeat your core value prop in plain language; this often becomes the AI snippet.
  
  ```html
  <meta name="description" content="CrawlProof shows you exactly how AI crawlers see your site, then tells you what to fix." />
  ```
- ⚠️ **Publish /.well-known/security.txt**
  A security contact builds trust with crawlers and researchers. Minimal example:
  
  ```
  Contact: mailto:security@yourdomain.com
  Expires: 2027-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
  Preferred-Languages: en
  ```
- ⚠️ **State your audience explicitly**
  Use phrases like 'Built for B2B SaaS marketing teams' on the homepage and About page.

## 10. Priority To-Do List

- [ ] **P3** — Add a meta description
      50–160 chars. Repeat your core value prop in plain language; this often becomes the AI snippet.
      
      ```html
      <meta name="description" content="CrawlProof shows you exactly how AI crawlers see your site, then tells you what to fix." />
      ```
- [ ] **P3** — Publish /.well-known/security.txt
      A security contact builds trust with crawlers and researchers. Minimal example:
      
      ```
      Contact: mailto:security@yourdomain.com
      Expires: 2027-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
      Preferred-Languages: en
      ```
- [ ] **P3** — State your audience explicitly
      Use phrases like 'Built for B2B SaaS marketing teams' on the homepage and About page.

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_Report by [CrawlProof](https://crawlproof.com). Reusable after every major website change._
