KinetixSEO

The AI SEO checklist

Most AI-visibility tools stop at "are we mentioned?" — tracking citations across ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. That answers one question. It doesn't answer the harder one: is your site actually set up to be found, understood, and described correctly by those systems in the first place? Below is the full CITED framework we audit against — Crawlability, Intent-First content, Trust signals, Entity clarity, and Discovery tracking — 21 checks in total. 20 of them are already automated inside KinetixSEO today.

Crawlability & Configuration

Can AI crawlers even reach and parse this site?

  • llms.txt / llms-full.txt✅ Automated
  • robots.txt (AI-crawler allowlisting)✅ Automated
  • Schema Markup✅ Automated
  • Markdown-Friendly Structure✅ Automated
  • Site Architecture✅ Automated

Intent-First Content

Is content structured the way an AI answer engine wants to cite it?

  • Direct Answer Format / Frontloading✅ Automated
  • FAQ / Conversational Queries✅ Automated
  • Chunking-Friendly Structure✅ Automated
  • Content Freshness✅ Automated

Trust & Authority Signals

Does the wider web back up what this site says about itself?

  • High-DR Backlinks✅ Automated
  • Brand Mentions (unlinked)✅ Automated
  • PR & Media Coverage✅ Automated
  • Original Research & Data✅ Automated

Entity & Brand Clarity

Does an AI know exactly who this brand is — and describe it correctly?

  • Knowledge Graph Presence✅ Automated
  • Topical Authority✅ Automated
  • Internal Linking Structure✅ Automated
  • Brand Disambiguation✅ Automated
  • Description Accuracy✅ Automated

Discovery & Data Tracking

Is this brand actually showing up in AI answers, and can you prove it?

  • Citation Frequency✅ Automated
  • Brand Radar Monitoring✅ Automated
  • AI referral traffic🔧 In progress