AI Visibility Scorecard
The Big Swing
dougfrench.substack.com · Other
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl The Big Swing, 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 3 times
Claude · Apple Intelligence · Meta AI
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 4.8/10
0
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Not agent-ready · 0/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About The Big Swing
from our crawl and measurement
"It's mostly fun, until it throws you. Click to read The Big Swing, by Doug French, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago." That is how The Big Swing introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 6.7 out of 10, readable in places, missing in others.
Almost none of the machinery AI engines read is present, including structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file, a sitemap.
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
Weak
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
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
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
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 4.8/10, The Big Swing is crawlable but under-signaled - 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/dougfrench-substack
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for The Big Swing." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/dougfrench-substack
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