geo-technicallisted

# GEO Technical SEO Audit ## Purpose Foundation audit for both traditional search and AI citation. Most critical GEO gates: **server-side rendering** (AI crawlers do not execute JavaScript) and **AI crawler access** (sites often inadvertently block AI bots in robots.txt). 8 categories, 100 points. ## How to Use This Skill 1. Collect target URL (homepage + 2-3 key inner pages) 2. Fetch each page using curl/WebFetch — get raw HTML + HTTP headers 3. Run through each of the 8 audit categories below 4. Score using the rubric 5. Generate GEO-TECHNICAL-AUDIT.md (template at end) Sub-check details, fix lists, framework-specific SSR solutions, and the IndexNow protocol explainer are in **`checks.md`** alongside this file. Reference it as needed. --- ## Category 1: Crawlability (15 pts) Sub-checks (detail in checks.md §1): - **1.1 robots.txt validity** — syntactic correctness, sitemap reference - **1.2 AI crawler access (CRITICAL)** — see table below - **1.3 XML sitemaps** — valid XML, `<lastmod>` accurate, sample-verify 200s - **1.4 Crawl depth** — important pages within 3 clicks of homepage - **1.5 Noindex management** — no erroneous `noindex` on indexable pages ### AI Crawlers — User-Agent Reference | Crawler | User-Agent | Platform | |---|---|---| | GPTBot | GPTBot | ChatGPT / OpenAI | | Google-Extended | Google-Extended | Gemini / Google AI training | | Googlebot | Googlebot | Google Search + AI Overviews | | Bingbot | bingbot | Bing Copilot + ChatGPT (via Bing) | | Perp