AI readiness leaderboard · Video
AI readiness of riverside.fm: 85/100
85/100
We checked riverside.fm 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 Video
riverside.fm ranks 11 of 20 video sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 85. 10 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.
ImproveJSON-LD: 1 block, types Organization, PostalAddress, Person, ContactPoint
Person is missing recommended url.
Fix: Fix the listed properties, then retest at validator.schema.org.
ImproveServer responded in 985 ms
Time to response headers from our checker, after 1 redirect. Final URL: https://riverside.com/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
ImproveHTML size 313 KB, 62 script tags
3 render-blocking scripts in <head>: https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/webfont/1.6.26/webfont.js
Fix: Large HTML slows crawlers and tools with size limits. Move inline data and scripts out of the HTML.
16 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
No group names this bot and there is no * group.
PassTitle, 65 characters
<title>Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing</title>
PassMeta description, 157 characters
content="Riverside is your online studio for high-quality podcast and video recording and editing. Powered by AI, built for human conversations. Get started for free."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing og:description: Riverside is your online studio for high-quality podcast and video recording and editing.… og:image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/685be7dcd32275d3830651d3/6a7c495ae57069880eb7e25b_og-i…
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://riverside.com">
PassLanguage declared: en
<html lang="en">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Create your best content yet</h1>
Pass7,712 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing Skip to main content Platform Products Recording 4K video and audio recorder. Editing…"
PassSitemap found, 2 child sitemaps
robots.txt has no Sitemap: line. GET https://riverside.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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