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AI readiness of vidyard.com: 94/100
94/100
We checked vidyard.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 | Yes | 15 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 | 6 of 8 | 19 of 25 |
Compared with Video
vidyard.com ranks 9 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
FixHomepage serves a bot challenge page to automated clients
Our checker got a challenge page instead of your content: Vidyard - Video Tools for Virtual Sales and Marketing Teams. Findings below describe that page, not your real homepage.
Fix: AI crawlers get the same challenge and cannot read your site. In your CDN or firewall (Cloudflare, Akamai, Imperva), allow verified AI search bots, or lower the bot protection level on public pages.
ImproveGPTBot (OpenAI, training): blocked on /
User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: CCBot User-agent: ByteSpider Disallow: / Matching rule: "disallow: /" in group "gptbot, ccbot, bytespider".
Fix: This bot is used for training. Blocking it is a valid choice. To allow it, add:
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
ImproveCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): blocked on /
User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: CCBot User-agent: ByteSpider Disallow: / Matching rule: "disallow: /" in group "gptbot, ccbot, bytespider".
Fix: This bot is used for open dataset. Blocking it is a valid choice. To allow it, add:
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
ImproveJSON-LD: 1 block, types WebPage, ReadAction, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, ListItem, WebSite, SearchAction, EntryPoint, PropertyValueSpecification, Organization, SoftwareApplication, Product, AggregateRating
SoftwareApplication is missing recommended offers. Product is missing recommended offers, image.
Fix: Fix the listed properties, then retest at validator.schema.org.
ImproveServer responded in 1153 ms
Time to response headers from our checker, after 1 redirect. Final URL: https://www.vidyard.com/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
17 checks passed or noted
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /wp-admin/ Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "chatgpt-user, claude-user, claudebot, google-extended, perplexitybot".
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "chatgpt-user, claude-user, claudebot, google-extended, perplexitybot".
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /wp-admin/ Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "chatgpt-user, claude-user, claudebot, google-extended, perplexitybot".
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "chatgpt-user, claude-user, claudebot, google-extended, perplexitybot".
Passllms.txt found and well formed
First line: "# Vidyard". 13 ## sections, 144 links, 35480 bytes.
NoteNo llms-full.txt
GET /llms-full.txt returned 404.
Fix: Optional: publish /llms-full.txt with the full text of key pages for tools that want more than a map.
PassTitle, 59 characters
<title>Vidyard - Video Tools for Virtual Sales and Marketing Teams</title>
PassMeta description, 149 characters
content="Vidyard is an online video platform for business which allows you to increase leads, accelerate your pipeline and delight your customers. Learn more!"
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Vidyard - Video Tools for Virtual Sales and Marketing Teams og:description: Vidyard is an online video platform for business which allows you to increase leads, acce… og:image: https://www.vidyard.com/wp-content/themes/vidyard-fp/assets/img/social/vidyard-social-v2.…
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.vidyard.com/">
PassLanguage declared: en-US
<html lang="en-US">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Video for every customer moment</h1>
Pass11,251 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Vidyard - Video Tools for Virtual Sales and Marketing Teams New Video in Motion Benchmark Report. Proven video plays, benchmarks, and proof points for every re…"
PassSitemap found, 17 child sitemaps
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://www.vidyard.com/sitemap_index.xml GET https://www.vidyard.com/sitemap_index.xml returned 200.
PassHTML size 164 KB, 27 script tags
1 render-blocking script in <head>: https://www.vidyard.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
Fix: Add defer or async to scripts in <head> that are not needed for first paint.
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