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AI Visibility Scorecard
Clare Foster
clarefoster.substack.com · Other
Well-positioned for AI search. The breakdown below shows where Clare Foster is still leaving points on the table.
Monitoring for AI engine activity
In the Engagemii AEO index
8
AEO Visibility
iVisible · 7.6/10
5
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About Clare Foster
from our crawl and measurement
Bud to Seed describes itself simply: "A garden editor’s diary. Monthly to-do lists, weekly jottings and garden musings. Click to read Bud to Seed, by Clare Foster, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers." Measured against the twelve signals AI engines rely on, it scores 7.6 out of 10, a strong showing.
Our crawl found a sitemap. It is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a heading structure that lays out what it offers.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Weak
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
Fair
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
Strong
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Strong
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Strong
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News & Press
Strong
Press and news coverage.
Community
Strong
Forum and community discussion.
Social Mentions
Strong
Social discussion and mentions.
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 7.6/10, Clare Foster has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Your potential customers are asking ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude questions about your product category. These AI models are giving answers without sending traffic to your website. You're not losing rank. You're losing visibility entirely.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on September 22, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/clarefoster-substack
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Clare Foster." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/clarefoster-substack
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