AI Visibility Scorecard
Belleville News-Democrat
belleville.com · Media & Entertainment
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read Belleville News-Democrat, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 106 times
Meta AI · Perplexity · Claude · ChatGPT
#17,171 of 1,966,289 in Media & Entertainment for AI visibility
63
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.4/10
30
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Agent-ready · 30/100
4
AI Adoption
iBasic · 4/100
About Belleville News-Democrat
from our crawl and measurement
Belleville describes itself simply: "Read today's latest news, headlines, and updates from Belleville, Illinois and the Metro East. Stay up to date on crime, politics, local business and the economy." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 6.2 out of 10, readable in places, missing in others.
Under the hood there is structured data on the page (NewsMediaOrganization) and a readable heading structure, but the score is capped by what is missing: an llms.txt file, a sitemap.
AI crawlers have visited the site 5 times in our tracking, so the engines are already looking.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Fair
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Fair
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Strong
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Fair
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Good
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Strong
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Strong
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Fair
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Weak
No community discussion yet.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - can actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 5.4/10, Belleville News-Democrat has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 25, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/belleville
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