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AI Visibility Scorecard
Departments
directory.tacoma.uw.edu · Education
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read Departments, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
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In the Engagemii AEO index
#15,961 of 901,052 in Education for AI visibility
6.9
/10
AEO Score
About Departments
from our crawl and measurement
"Skip to main content Apply Canvas Map Calendar Library Directory MyUW more_vert more_vert Close Search I'm searching for." That is how Departments of Tacoma, WA introduces itself. Its AI visibility score is 6.9 out of 10: the engines can find it, but they do not have much to hold on to.
The site gets some of it right: it has substantial page content. What holds it back is what is absent, including structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file, a sitemap.
The 6 signals AI reads
Higher is better · 0-10
Structured Data
1
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
6
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
7
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
2
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
5
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
7
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
9
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Trust
6
Established authority for your domain.
Entity Presence
10
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News Mentions
8
Press and news coverage.
Community
8
Forum and community discussion.
0
No Reddit mentions 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 6.9/10, Departments 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 July 31, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/directory-tacoma-uw-edu
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