AI Search Audit

An AI search audit measures whether AI answer engines name a business when people ask them for a recommendation, in the same way a traditional audit measures search rankings. This page explains what an AI search audit covers, how it differs from a standard SEO audit, and how to run one.

What an AI search audit covers

An AI search audit checks whether a business is named in the answers AI assistants give to buying questions. It queries multiple AI engines with realistic prompts, reads each reply for the business name, and reports a pass or fail per engine. Combined, these produce a single visibility figure. Unlike a keyword report, the unit measured is a spoken-style answer, so the audit reflects how a customer using an assistant would actually encounter, or miss, the business.

AI search audit versus traditional SEO audit

A traditional SEO audit measures where pages rank in a list of links for given keywords. An AI search audit measures whether the business is cited inside an assistant's synthesized answer, where usually only a few names appear. The two are related, since both reward readable, consistent, public content, but they are not the same: a business can rank on page one of a search engine yet still be absent from an assistant's reply. Running both gives a fuller picture of discoverability.

How to run an AI search audit

The Yesodi AI visibility checker performs the audit automatically. Enter a business name and it sends live queries to AI answer engines, including Google Gemini with search grounding and Claude with web search, reads each answer, and returns a score from 0 to 100 with specific steps to close the gaps. A first audit is free and needs no signup; a free account saves reports so the score can be tracked over time alongside a normal rank-tracking workflow.

What is an AI search audit?
It is a check of whether AI assistants name a business in their answers to relevant questions, reported per engine and as a combined visibility score, similar to how an SEO audit reports rankings.

How is an AI search audit different from an SEO audit?
An SEO audit measures where pages rank in a list of links. An AI search audit measures whether the business is cited inside an assistant's answer, where only a few names appear. Both reward consistent, readable content.

Can agencies run this for clients?
Yes. Agencies use the AI visibility checker as an audit to show clients where an AI presence is missing and to track a visibility score over time, alongside traditional rank tracking.

Free AI Visibility Checker is a free tool on Yesodi, the private network for business professionals. Free AI visibility checker on Yesodi. See whether your business shows up in AI search, Gemini and Claude, get a 0 to 100 visibility score, and a clear plan to become citable by AI answer engines. No signup to run it.