AI Visibility Scorecard
ianploftus.com · E-commerce
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl Ian P Loftus, 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.
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5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 4.5/10
35
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Agent-ready · 35/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
from our crawl and measurement
Ian Loftus describes itself simply: "Ian Loftus writes from the Lake District about grief, remembrance, philosophy and landscape. Discover his books, essays and journal." When AI engines look at it, they find little to work with. It scores 4.5 out of 10.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (WebPage, BreadcrumbList, WebSite), a sitemap and a readable heading structure. It is missing an llms.txt file.
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
Good
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
Strong
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
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.
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 4.5/10, Ian P Loftus is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
Smiler: How do you stop the memories from fading?
After his son Dominic was killed by a drunk driver, Ian began writing through the shock, anger, guilt and enduring love that followed. Smiler is an honest memoir about grief without a map—and the difficult work of rebuilding a meaningful life. Read about the book Buy a signed edition
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Scored by Engagemii on October 1, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
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