▼ 0.8 since Jul 2026
#1,639,870 OF 1,960,756 IN MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
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AI Visibility Scorecard
The Frictional Self
frictionalself.com · Media & Entertainment
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl The Frictional Self, 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 1 times
Claude
#1,639,870 of 1,960,756 in Media & Entertainment for AI visibility
3
AEO Visibility
iNear-invisible · 3.2/10
0
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Not agent-ready · 0/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About The Frictional Self
from our crawl and measurement
The Frictional Self describes itself simply: "A book about the hidden engine of suffering, addiction, and identity. What it is, how it runs on you, and what becomes available when you set it down." As far as answer engines are concerned it may as well not exist yet: 2.9 out of 10.
Under the hood there is substantial page content, but the score is capped by what is missing: 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
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
Good
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
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 actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 3.2/10, The Frictional Self is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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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/frictionalself
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for The Frictional Self." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/frictionalself
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