Technical Audit: AI Readiness & Link Analysis
AI citation readiness, link validation, and image integrity. The machine-readable layer between your content and search engines.
Why AI readiness and link integrity belong together.
AI is reshaping search. Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT citations, Perplexity answers — your content either shows up in these or it does not. Phase 7 checks whether your site is structured to be cited by AI systems. Phase 8 validates every link and image on the page because broken resources are the most common technical issue we find. Together they cover the technical layer that sits between your content and how machines interpret it.
- AI structured data and citation readiness scored
- Every link crawled — 404s, redirects, and chains flagged
- Every image checked for alt text, loading, and broken sources
Two phases. The machine-readable layer.
Phase 7 checks if AI can cite you. Phase 8 checks if your links and images work.
Phase 7 — AI Readiness
Structured data for AI Overviews, FAQ and HowTo schema, content organization for LLM extraction, entity disambiguation, and citation-worthiness scoring. This phase checks whether your content is structured to appear in AI-generated answers.
- AI Overview eligibility assessment
- LLM-friendly content structure scoring
- Entity and citation readiness analysis
Phase 8 — Links & Images
Every link on the page crawled for status codes. Every image checked for alt text, loading attributes, file size, and broken sources. Redirect chains identified. Orphan links flagged. The most common technical issues on the web, checked exhaustively.
- Every link status-checked (404, 301, 302, chains)
- Image alt text and loading attribute audit
- Broken resource and mixed content detection
Why They Are One Category
AI readiness requires clean technical infrastructure. Broken links and missing images make your site look abandoned to both humans and AI systems. The technical category ensures the machine-readable layer of your site is intact.
- Both phases run on every free audit
- The fastest-growing category as AI search expands
- Catches issues invisible to visual inspection
What is AI readiness and why does it matter now?
How many links does Phase 8 actually check?
Does Phase 7 check for ChatGPT and Perplexity specifically?
What is a redirect chain?
Do broken images really affect SEO?
How often should I run the technical audit?
Run Free Audit
Run Free AuditFind the technical issues hiding in plain sight.
Run all 12 phases on your live site. AI Readiness and Links & Images are phases 7 and 8 — the checks that catch what visual inspection misses. Free audit, results in under 5 minutes.
- AI readiness scored for the new search landscape
- Every link and image on the page validated
- Free to run, free to download, yours to keep
AI Readiness + Links & Images