AI Visibility Scorecard
Merkat
getmerkat.com · Home & Living
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl Merkat, 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.
Monitoring for AI engine activity
In the Engagemii AEO index
#500,321 of 1,375,122 in Home & Living for AI visibility
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 4.9/10
30
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 30/100
12
AI Adoption
iBasic · 12/100
About Merkat
from our crawl and measurement
Merkat local visibility for contractors, based in Surrey, BC, describes itself simply: "We map your Google position across every block of your service area, show you the zones where customers can't find you, and do the work to fix it." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity, though, it is barely visible: it scores 4.9 out of 10.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (Organization), an llms.txt file for AI models and a sitemap.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Good
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Strong
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
Strong
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 4.9/10, Merkat is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on October 4, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/getmerkat
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Merkat." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/getmerkat
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