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AI Search Readiness Checklist

Use this checklist before publishing an Article: confirm the draft has one clear H1, answer-first H2 sections, entity-rich wording, source notes, contextual internal links, and visible structured-data support. Those checks protect the Content Score, improve the GEO Score, and lower Review Gate risk.

Your working Review Gate checklist

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Answer-first section structure
Each H2 opens with the direct answer, then support and context.Entity-specific wording
Name products, concepts, sources, and constraints precisely.Factual density and sources
Include verifiable facts, dates, definitions, and source notes where claims need support.Heading hierarchy
Use one H1, question-like H2s, and H3s only for subpoints.Contextual internal links
Add in-body links to the next useful guide, tool, or demo.Schema matches visible content
Use Article, BreadcrumbList, WebApplication, or WebSite only when the page visibly supports it.

What should you check before publication?

Treat each row as an editorial gate. If a row fails, the Article should stay in draft until the ExplainScore action is resolved.

Signal	Manual check	SEO AI Regent signal	Risk if missing
Answer-first section structure	Each H2 opens with the direct answer, then support and context.	GEO Score: answerFormat (scores the opening sentence; later sections are a manual check)	AI search engines skip passages that require scroll-back context.
Entity-specific wording	Name products, concepts, sources, and constraints precisely.	GEO Score: entityAuthority (credits well-known organizations from a fixed list)	Vague nouns cannot map cleanly to a knowledge graph.
Factual density and sources	Include verifiable facts, dates, definitions, and source notes where claims need support.	GEO Score: factualDensity	Unsupported claims are harder for LLM crawlers to cite confidently.
Heading hierarchy	Use one H1, question-like H2s, and H3s only for subpoints.	Content Score: headingStructure (checks that headings exist; hierarchy is a manual check)	Flat or duplicated headings reduce extraction and crawler clarity.
Contextual internal links	Add in-body links to the next useful guide, tool, or demo.	Content Score: internalLinks	Dead-end pages waste crawl equity and violate the Review Gate workflow.
Schema matches visible content	Use Article, BreadcrumbList, WebApplication, or WebSite only when the page visibly supports it.	Manual check (not scored)	Invisible or excessive JSON-LD weakens trust and rich-result eligibility.

How to interpret the result

Map checklist failures to score movement

Content Score readiness

An Article is not publication-ready until its structure, entity coverage, readability, and contextual links are strong enough to clear the 70/100 Review Gate threshold.

GEO Score citability

A high GEO Score means the Article has self-contained answer blocks, clear entity authority, credible source signals, factual density, and current information for AI search extraction.

ExplainScore clarity

ExplainScore turns each weak signal into a visible editorial action, so writers know whether to revise headings, add sources, strengthen entities, or improve internal links.

Sources, citations, and next steps

This checklist is based on SEO AI Regent's canonical scoring model: Content Score measures traditional Article quality signals, GEO Score measures AI-search citability signals, and ExplainScore translates both into editorial actions. Use the GEO optimization guide for deeper signal definitions, then compare the draft against the AI Search Optimization page and the resource directory.

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