AI Visibility Scorecard
Cates Consulting
catesconsulting.com · Professional Services
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl Cates Consulting, but the structured-data signals are thin - you are at real risk of being skipped when buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity for a recommendation.
AI engines read this profile 82 times
Meta AI · Claude · Perplexity · Apple Intelligence
#23,107 of 528,946 in Professional Services for AI visibility
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AI Naming Predictability
iRarely named · <1/100
Professional Services average 8
Top 13% of Professional Services
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Network Authority
iNot connected yet
0 relationships on record. Businesses in Professional Services average 1. Claim your page and Engagemii is your first.
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Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
Professional Services average 18
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About Cates Consulting
from our crawl and measurement
Cates Consulting describes itself simply: "Founded by Elena Cates in 1991, and run by Elena Cates and Rachel Galligan, commonly known as The Search Sisters, Cates Consulting has cultivated a highly talented research, recruiting." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity, though, it is barely visible: it scores 4.2 out of 10.
Our crawl found a sitemap and a readable heading structure. It is missing structured data describing the business and an llms.txt file.
AI crawlers have visited 9 times in our tracking, including Applebot (Siri), ClaudeBot (Anthropic) and Meta AI.
- Company ·
- Cates Consulting
- Website ·
- catesconsulting.com
- Industry ·
- Professional Services
- Location ·
- Human Resources, Connecticut
- Site status ·
- Live (The website showed an active business site when last checked (Aug 26, 2026).)
- Last scored ·
- Aug 1, 2026
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Fair
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Fair
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Good
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Weak
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Good
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Weak
Little domain authority yet.
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 read your site and name it in answers. At 4.2/10, Cates Consulting is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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How to Get Your Company Named by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude
When a buyer asks ChatGPT which company to use, two different things can happen. ChatGPT can name a company in its answer. Or it can link to a web page as a source. Most advice about AI visibility is about the second one. Our data says the first one is what matters.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 1, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/catesconsulting
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Cates Consulting." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/catesconsulting
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