What is AuditForge AI Pro?

AuditForge AI Pro is a free, enterprise-grade SEO and AI visibility auditing platform. It crawls your website using breadth-first search (BFS) technology, analyzes on-page SEO signals (titles, descriptions, headings, alt text, schema), evaluates accessibility compliance, and scores your content for AI readiness — how likely it is to be cited by generative AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.

How does the SEO audit work?

The crawler enters your root URL and uses breadth-first search to discover and analyze up to 100 pages on your site. For each page, it extracts: title tags, meta descriptions, H1-H6 hierarchy, image alt text, internal links, readability metrics, keyword density, structured data (JSON-LD), social meta tags, and robots/sitemap compliance. Each page receives a score from 0–100 based on technical SEO best practices. Results are stored locally in your browser — data never leaves your device.

What is AI Visibility and why does it matter?

AI Visibility refers to how discoverable and citable your content is by generative AI systems. It combines multiple signals: FAQ content, named entities, clear definitions, answer-ready paragraphs, structured data (schema), semantic HTML landmarks, and citations. High AI Visibility means your content is more likely to appear in AI-generated responses (GEO = Generative Engine Optimization). Unlike traditional SEO (Google rankings), GEO focuses on AI citation — appearing in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity responses.

Can I use AuditForge to audit pages behind login?

The URL Crawler uses a CORS proxy (allorigins.win) to fetch pages, which may not work for login-protected pages. However, the Paste HTML Audit mode lets you manually paste the full HTML source of any page — including authenticated pages — for analysis. This is the most reliable method for auditing private content.

What crawl limits does AuditForge have?

You can crawl up to 100 pages per audit (configurable: 10, 25, 50, or 100). The crawler respects a 500ms per-request rate limit and uses a 2-stream concurrency model to balance speed and politeness. All crawling happens in your browser — no pages are stored on our servers. Results are cached locally in browser storage (max 50 audits).

How does the Paste HTML Audit mode work?

Copy the entire HTML source code of a page (View Source → Select All → Copy), paste it into the textarea, optionally set the page URL for context, and click Analyze. AuditForge parses the HTML, extracts all SEO signals, and scores the page immediately. This method bypasses CORS/proxy issues and is 100% reliable. All processing happens client-side — your HTML is never sent to any server.

What scores are most important for AI Visibility?

The AI Visibility score is weighted across 8 dimensions: FAQ Coverage (18%), Entity Signals (14%), Definitions (12%), Knowledge Chunks (15%), Conversational Intent (12%), Citations (8%), Structured Data / JSON-LD (12%), and Semantic HTML (9%). To reach high AI Visibility (80+), prioritize: clear FAQ sections, definition patterns (is/refers to/means), internal linking, structured data (FAQPage + Organization + Article schemas), and semantic HTML5 landmarks (main, article, section, nav, header, footer).

Is my data stored on AuditForge servers?

No. AuditForge is 100% client-side. All crawling, parsing, analysis, and storage happens in your browser. Your audit history is stored in browser localStorage (up to 50 audits, max ~1MB per browser). Audit data is never transmitted to any external server. When you clear browser data, audit history is deleted. This privacy-first design means AuditForge works offline and respects your data completely.

AuditForge AI Pro

AuditForge AI Pro is a free, enterprise-grade SEO and AI visibility auditing platform that analyzes your website across five critical dimensions:

Technical SEO: Title tags, meta descriptions, H1-H6 hierarchy, canonical tags, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, HTTPS compliance
Content Quality: Word count, readability (Flesch score), paragraph structure, internal linking, keyword density analysis
Accessibility: Alt text coverage, semantic HTML landmarks, ARIA attributes, heading hierarchy, lang attributes
Structured Data: JSON-LD schema detection (Organization, Article, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, Product)
AI Visibility: FAQ content, entity signals, definition patterns, knowledge chunks, conversational intent, citations (GEO readiness)

What is AI Visibility (GEO)?

AI Visibility refers to how discoverable and citable your content is by generative AI systems like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and other large language models (LLMs). While traditional SEO focuses on ranking in Google Search, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) focuses on appearing in AI-generated responses.

High AI Visibility means: Your content is more likely to be retrieved, processed, and cited when users ask AI systems questions. This creates a new traffic channel independent of Google rankings. AuditForge's AI Visibility score (0–100) measures: FAQ coverage, named entity density, definition clarity, answer-ready paragraphs, structured data completeness, and citation patterns.

How the Crawl Engine Works

AuditForge uses a breadth-first search (BFS) crawler with the following characteristics:

📍 Root URL entry: Paste your homepage (e.g., https://example.com) and crawler discovers all linked pages
🔗 Link extraction: Follows all internal links matching your domain origin
⏱️ Rate limiting: 500ms delay between requests (crawl politeness)
🌊 Concurrency: 2 simultaneous request streams (balanced speed/politeness)
📊 Configurable depth: Crawl 10, 25, 50, or 100 pages per audit
🔒 Privacy-first: All processing happens in your browser — no data sent to servers

Paste HTML Audit (Most Reliable)

The Paste HTML Audit mode is the most reliable way to analyze any page:

Open the page in your browser (any page, including those behind login)
Right-click → View Page Source (Ctrl+U / Cmd+U)
Select All (Ctrl+A / Cmd+A) and Copy
Paste into AuditForge's Paste HTML textarea
Optionally set the page URL for context
Click "Analyze Pasted HTML" — instant results

✓ Works on authenticated pages · ✓ Bypasses CORS/proxy issues · ✓ 100% client-side

Key Scoring Dimensions

AuditForge computes five independent scores, each 0–100:

Technical SEO (25%)

Title, meta, H1, canonical, robots.txt, sitemap, HTTPS, schema

Content Quality (20%)

Word count, readability, structure, keyword density, lists

Accessibility (15%)

Alt text, semantic HTML, ARIA, heading hierarchy, lang attr

Schema Health (15%)

FAQPage, Organization, Article, BreadcrumbList, Product

Social Optimization (10%)

Open Graph, Twitter Card, og:image, og:description

AI Visibility (15%)

FAQ, entities, definitions, chunks, intent, citations, schema

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How are audit results calculated?

A: Each page is scored across five dimensions (Technical SEO 25%, Content 20%, Accessibility 15%, Schema 15%, Social 10%, AI 15%). Deductions are applied for specific issues (missing title: -18 pts, no H1: -14 pts, etc.). The final page score ranges from 0–100. Audit results show per-page scores, aggregate statistics, and actionable recommendations prioritized by severity and potential impact.

Q: What makes a page "AI visible"?

A: High AI Visibility (80+/100) pages have: (1) Clear FAQ sections (5+ Q&A pairs), (2) Named entities (people, places, organizations), (3) Definition patterns ("X is a...", "X refers to..."), (4) Answer-ready paragraphs (100–300 words), (5) JSON-LD schema (FAQPage, Organization, Article), (6) Semantic HTML landmarks (main, article, section), (7) Internal links (3+ per page), (8) Citations to credible sources. LLMs use these signals to determine if content is worth citing in responses.

Q: How do I improve my AI Visibility score?

A: Use AuditForge's recommendations engine. After each audit, you'll see prioritized suggestions sorted by severity and potential impact. To boost AI Visibility (highest gains): (1) Add FAQPage schema + at least 5 FAQ pairs (+18 pts), (2) Add Organization/Article schema (+15 pts), (3) Add definitions for key concepts (+10 pts), (4) Improve readability (Flesch score 60+) (+10 pts), (5) Add 3+ internal links per page (+8 pts), (6) Add citations to authoritative sources (+8 pts). Most sites reach 85+ AI Visibility with these six changes.

Q: Why does AuditForge focus on AI Visibility?

A: As generative AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity) become primary search interfaces, being cited in AI responses is as important as ranking in Google. Traditional SEO (Google rankings) remains critical, but AI Visibility opens a parallel traffic channel that's currently underutilized. Sites optimized for both SEO and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) will capture the most organic traffic over the next 3–5 years. AuditForge provides the tools to measure and improve both.

Q: Is AuditForge really free and open source?

A: Yes. AuditForge AI Pro is 100% free, and the source code is open on GitHub (https://github.com/audit-forge-ai). There are no paywalls, no feature restrictions, no usage limits (per session). You can clone the repository, self-host it, modify it, and use it without any attribution required. All data processing happens in your browser — we never store or transmit your audit data.

Q: How does AuditForge handle private / authenticated pages?

A: The URL Crawler cannot access pages behind login or paywalls (they require authentication). However, the Paste HTML Audit mode works on any page you can view. Simply open the page in your browser (while logged in, if needed), copy the HTML source, paste it into AuditForge, and analyze. This is the recommended approach for internal pages, staging environments, or any protected content.

Q: What about CORS and proxy errors?

A: AuditForge's URL Crawler uses a CORS proxy (allorigins.win) to fetch pages from any domain without CORS errors. However, if the proxy is down or the page is unreachable, you'll see a warning. The Paste HTML Audit mode bypasses this entirely — it analyzes HTML you provide directly. If URL crawling fails, switch to Paste mode (both are equally reliable for analysis).

Citation & Attribution

AuditForge AI Pro follows best practices from:

• Google Search Central — SEO best practices
• Schema.org — Structured data specifications
• W3C WCAG 2.2 — Web accessibility standards
• Google PageSpeed Insights — Core Web Vitals
• Flesch Reading Ease & Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level — Content readability

What is AI Visibility (GEO)?

How the Crawl Engine Works

Paste HTML Audit (Most Reliable)

Key Scoring Dimensions

Frequently Asked Questions

Citation & Attribution

PageSpeed Insights Gateway

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