AI Visibility Scorecard
hackers.pub · Technology
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read Hackers' Pub, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 7 times
Claude · Meta AI · Apple Intelligence · ShapBot
#100,212 of 2,704,979 in Technology for AI visibility
70
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.4/10
0
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Not agent-ready · 0/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
from our crawl and measurement
"Hackers' Pub is a place for software engineers to share their knowledge and experience with each other." That is how Hackers' Pub introduces itself. Its AI visibility score is 5.4 out of 10: the engines can find it, but they do not have much to hold on to.
The page falls short on a heading structure that lays out what it offers, sitemaps and entity links AI can follow, structured data describing the business, a clearly stated business identity, credibility markers like credentials or reviews and the technical files AI engines look for, such as llms.txt or an open robots.txt.
Off the page, other sites link to it and people discuss it in places AI engines read. There is some, but not much, sign that the domain is only lightly established and press coverage is thin. Beyond that, AI engines do not yet recognise it as a distinct business and it does not come up on Reddit.
AI crawlers have visited 3 times in our tracking, including Applebot (Siri) and ClaudeBot (Anthropic). There is not much on the page to read either, about 70 words. The site links to no social profiles, so there is nothing tying the brand to a wider presence.
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
Weak
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.
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Strong
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Fair
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Good
Forum and community discussion.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
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 5.4/10, Hackers' Pub has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
What is Hackers' Pub?
Hackers' Pub is a place for software engineers to share their knowledge and experience with each other. It's also an ActivityPub-enabled social network, so you can follow your favorite hackers in the fediverse and get their latest posts in your feed.
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The search landscape has fundamentally shifted. While Google still dominates, millions of users now ask questions to ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude instead of typing into a search bar.
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Scored by Engagemii on August 2, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
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