# HowsMyGEO

> HowsMyGEO (howsmygeo.com) is a website audit tool that scores any URL on two axes: traditional SEO (14 checks, /100) and GEO — Generative Engine Optimization (7 checks, /100). GEO measures whether AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can crawl, read and cite a site: robots.txt access for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and CCBot; llms.txt presence; content extractability from server HTML; answer-shaped content; factual density; author/entity signals; and freshness.

Headline scores are free; the full report with prioritised fixes is a one-time $5.99 (USD) purchase.

## Key pages

- [Methodology](https://howsmygeo.com/methodology): Every check and its exact weight in the 100-point SEO and GEO scores, plus how measurements are taken. Fact-dense and citable.
- [Why GEO matters for businesses](https://howsmygeo.com/blog/why-geo-matters-for-businesses): Why AI answer engines change discovery, which businesses are most exposed, and what GEO work involves.
- [GEO vs SEO](https://howsmygeo.com/blog/geo-vs-seo): How the two disciplines overlap and diverge, and where to invest first.
- [Unblocking AI crawlers](https://howsmygeo.com/blog/unblock-ai-crawlers-robots-txt): How to check robots.txt for GPTBot/ClaudeBot/PerplexityBot blocks and the exact lines to change.
- [What is llms.txt](https://howsmygeo.com/blog/what-is-llms-txt): What the file is, who reads it, and a copyable template.
- [How AI engines choose citations](https://howsmygeo.com/blog/how-ai-engines-choose-citations): The page-level signals that decide which businesses get quoted in AI answers.
- [Glossary](https://howsmygeo.com/glossary): Definitions of GEO, llms.txt, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, AI Overviews, content extractability and answer-shaped content.
- [FAQ](https://howsmygeo.com/faq): What a GEO score is, what's free vs paid, and how to fix a low score.

## Facts

- Scores: SEO /100 and GEO /100; combined letter grade A–F (A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60).
- Heaviest GEO weights: AI crawler access (25 pts) and content extractability (20 pts).
- The scanner (HowsMyGEOBot/1.0) respects robots.txt, uses a 10-second timeout, and never executes JavaScript — matching what AI crawlers actually see.