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AI readiness of ghost.org: 85/100
85/100
We checked ghost.org 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 Website builders
ghost.org ranks 11 of 18 website builders sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 98.5. 10 of 18 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.
FixJSON-LD: 1 block, types WebSite, WebPage, ImageObject
WebSite is missing required name. WebPage is missing recommended name.
Fix: Fix the listed properties, then retest at validator.schema.org.
ImproveServer responded in 850 ms
Time to response headers from our checker. Final URL: https://ghost.org/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
17 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /explore/?*sortBy Disallow: /explore/?*lang Disallow: /explore/?*query Disallow: /explore?*sortBy (2 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /explore/?*sortBy Disallow: /explore/?*lang Disallow: /explore/?*query Disallow: /explore?*sortBy (2 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /explore/?*sortBy Disallow: /explore/?*lang Disallow: /explore/?*query Disallow: /explore?*sortBy (2 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /explore/?*sortBy Disallow: /explore/?*lang Disallow: /explore/?*query Disallow: /explore?*sortBy (2 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /explore/?*sortBy Disallow: /explore/?*lang Disallow: /explore/?*query Disallow: /explore?*sortBy (2 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /explore/?*sortBy Disallow: /explore/?*lang Disallow: /explore/?*query Disallow: /explore?*sortBy (2 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /explore/?*sortBy Disallow: /explore/?*lang Disallow: /explore/?*query Disallow: /explore?*sortBy (2 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /explore/?*sortBy Disallow: /explore/?*lang Disallow: /explore/?*query Disallow: /explore?*sortBy (2 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassTitle, 54 characters
<title>Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform</title>
PassMeta description, 167 characters
content="Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform og:description: Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used… og:image: https://ghost.org/images/meta/ghost-6.png
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://ghost.org/">
PassLanguage declared: en-gb
<html lang="en-gb">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Turn your audience into a business .</h1>
Pass6,176 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform Open menu Product For Creators YouTubers, bloggers, podcasters, musicians & artists For Publishers Write…"
PassSitemap found, 20 child sitemaps
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://ghost.org/sitemap.xml GET https://ghost.org/sitemap.xml returned 200.
PassHTML size 120 KB, 13 script tags
0 render-blocking scripts in <head>
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