Can AI read your website?
Paste your web address. In about 10 seconds you’ll see what ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity get when they visit, who your site lets in, and what to fix.
Free, no sign-up, checked live. The website you check is kept for my research. Nothing about you is.
What this check does
- 01Opens your page like an AI crawler
One visit, with no JavaScript. That’s how the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity have been found to read a page.
- 02Reads the text it gets
The words, title, headings, contact details and structured data in your page’s code. You can read that text yourself in the report.
- 03Reads your robots.txt
The file that tells crawlers where they may go, read by the official rules, for each AI tool.
- 04Visits again as ChatGPT’s crawler
To see whether your site turns it away or sends it a different page.
Every check is live. Your report shows your page as it is right now, and nothing else.
What this check can’t tell you
- What AI says about you
It checks whether AI can read your page, not what AI says about your business. For that, try See if AI names you, further down.
- Words added by JavaScript
It reads your page before scripts run. To compare, open your page, press Ctrl+U, then Ctrl+F, and search for a sentence you can see.
- Your whole website
It checks one page at a time. Start with your homepage, then your main service page.
- Every firewall’s rules
Real AI crawlers visit from their own servers. Some firewalls treat them differently from this check.
Even big websites hide words from AI
In October 2026 I tested the world’s 1,000 most popular websites with JavaScript off and on. Many well-known brands lost words that AI crawlers never see. That’s why it’s worth checking your own pages.
Read the studyof the 494 homepages I could measure lost more than half their words with JavaScript off.
Readable doesn’t mean recommended
This check answers one question: can AI read your page? Whether AI names your business when a customer asks depends on two more things.
- Not in this checkHas AI heard of you?
AI tools lean on what Google already shows. In my study of local businesses, 70% of the ones ChatGPT named were in Google Maps’ top 20 for the same search.
- This checkCan AI read your site?
Your words in the page itself, and AI crawlers let in. This is the part you can check at the top of this page.
- Not in this checkDo others back you up?
Reviews and mentions by other people. The businesses AI tools picked typically had more than twice the reviews of the ones they skipped.
From my study of 1,352 AI picks checked against Google Maps, October 2026. Read the study
See if AI names you
Ask the question your customers ask. It opens in a new tab, so you see the real answer, not a guess.
“Who is the best dentist in Austin?”
Ask two or three times, because answers change. In my study, only 35% of the businesses ChatGPT named came up in all three of its answers. What you type isn’t sent to me.
Send me your URL.
I’ll tell you what Google and AI actually see when they look at Your Brand, and what I’d fix first.
No obligation. If we’re a good fit, we’ll plan the next step together. If not, the findings are still yours to keep.