AI Visibility Scorecard
The Fine Print*
karlbode.com · Technology
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read The Fine Print*, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 5 times
Meta AI · Claude
#226,579 of 2,705,712 in Technology for AI visibility
6
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.8/10
35
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 35/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About The Fine Print*
from our crawl and measurement
The Fine Print* is a business whose own site puts it this way: "A newsletter by Karl Bode covering tech, media, politics, and consumer rights." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.8 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (WebSite), a sitemap and a readable heading structure. It is missing an llms.txt file.
AI crawlers have visited once in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic).
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Good
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
Good
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Weak
Little domain authority yet.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Fair
Press and news coverage.
Community
Good
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 5.8/10, The Fine Print* has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 11, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/karlbode
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for The Fine Print*." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/karlbode
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