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AI readiness of ahrefs.com: 85/100
85/100
We checked ahrefs.com on 2026-10-18 with our free checker: six scored tests plus evidence for each finding. The score reflects the site on that date. The site may have changed after that date.
| Test | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|
| llms.txt | No | 0 of 15 |
| JSON-LD schema on the homepage | Yes | 20 of 20 |
| Meta description | Yes | 10 of 10 |
| Text readable without JavaScript | Yes | 20 of 20 |
| Sitemap | Yes | 10 of 10 |
| AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt | 8 of 8 | 25 of 25 |
Compared with SEO tools
ahrefs.com ranks 7 of 20 seo tools sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 85. 6 of 20 have an llms.txt file.
Findings with evidence
FixNo llms.txt
GET /llms.txt returned 404.
Fix: Create /llms.txt: a # title, a > one-line summary, then ## sections that list key pages as [name](url). Draft one free at checkaiready.com/llms-txt-generator.
ImproveServer responded in 1059 ms
Time to response headers from our checker. Final URL: https://ahrefs.com/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
ImproveHTML size 976 KB, 15 script tags
1 render-blocking script in <head>: https://cdn-cookieyes.com/client_data/f9ad6b34a3cd7bccc042d6b6/script.js
Fix: Large HTML slows crawlers and tools with size limits. Move inline data and scripts out of the HTML.
17 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /article Disallow: /site-explorer/ajax/ Allow: /site-explorer/$ Disallow: /site-explorer/* Allow: /link-intersect/$ (25 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /article Disallow: /site-explorer/ajax/ Allow: /site-explorer/$ Disallow: /site-explorer/* Allow: /link-intersect/$ (25 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /article Disallow: /site-explorer/ajax/ Allow: /site-explorer/$ Disallow: /site-explorer/* Allow: /link-intersect/$ (25 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /article Disallow: /site-explorer/ajax/ Allow: /site-explorer/$ Disallow: /site-explorer/* Allow: /link-intersect/$ (25 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /article Disallow: /site-explorer/ajax/ Allow: /site-explorer/$ Disallow: /site-explorer/* Allow: /link-intersect/$ (25 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /article Disallow: /site-explorer/ajax/ Allow: /site-explorer/$ Disallow: /site-explorer/* Allow: /link-intersect/$ (25 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /article Disallow: /site-explorer/ajax/ Allow: /site-explorer/$ Disallow: /site-explorer/* Allow: /link-intersect/$ (25 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /article Disallow: /site-explorer/ajax/ Allow: /site-explorer/$ Disallow: /site-explorer/* Allow: /link-intersect/$ (25 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassJSON-LD: 1 block, types Organization, PostalAddress
Every typed block has its required properties.
PassTitle, 48 characters
<title>Ahrefs—AI Marketing Platform Powered by Big Data</title>
PassMeta description, 128 characters
content="We help marketers drive visibility across AI search, SEO, content, and social – with the largest AI and search databases online."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Ahrefs—AI Marketing Platform Powered by Big Data og:description: We help marketers drive visibility across AI search, SEO, content, and social – with the … og:image: https://static.ahrefs.com/assets/img/og/ahrefs.png?v=2
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://ahrefs.com/">
PassLanguage declared: en
<html lang="en">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Make your business discoverable—in search, AI, and beyond</h1>
Pass11,615 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Ahrefs—AI Marketing Platform Powered by Big Data Marketing reports, apps, and automations, handled. Meet Letaido. Get Started The only AI marketing platform bu…"
PassSitemap found, 7 child sitemaps
robots.txt has no Sitemap: line. GET https://ahrefs.com/sitemap.xml returned 200.
Fix: Add a "Sitemap:" line to robots.txt so every crawler finds it.
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Scoring: llms.txt 15, JSON-LD 20, meta description 10, readable text 20, sitemap 10, AI crawler access 25. Want this page changed or removed? Email [email protected].
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