AI Visibility Scorecard
Manufactured Progress
manufacturedprogress.com · Media & Entertainment
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl Manufactured Progress, 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 5 times
ChatGPT · Claude
#1,019,930 of 1,966,213 in Media & Entertainment for AI visibility
<1
AI Naming Predictability
iRarely named · <1/100
Media & Entertainment average 17
Top 79% of Media & Entertainment
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AEO Visibility
iNear-invisible · 3.9/10
Media & Entertainment average 4.2
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Network Authority
iNot connected yet
0 relationships on record. Businesses in Media & Entertainment average 3. Claim your page and Engagemii is your first.
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Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Agent-ready · 55/100
Media & Entertainment average 15
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About Manufactured Progress
from our crawl and measurement
Manufactured Progress describes itself simply: "A biweekly progressive interview podcast and Substack newsletter hosted by Steve Lewis. Sharp, funny interviews with domain experts on the issues progressive media tends to...." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity, though, it is barely visible: it scores 3.9 out of 10.
On the page, the fundamentals are in place: structured data on the page (PodcastSeries, Organization, FAQPage), an llms.txt file for AI models, a sitemap.
- Company ·
- Manufactured Progress
- Website ·
- manufacturedprogress.com
- Industry ·
- Media & Entertainment
- Site status ·
- Live (The website showed an active business site when last checked (Oct 31, 2026).)
- Last scored ·
- Jul 31, 2026
The 6 on-page signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Strong
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
Strong
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Strong
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
The 6 off-page signals AI reads
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 read your site and name it in answers. At 3.9/10, Manufactured Progress is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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How to Get Your Company Named by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude
When a buyer asks ChatGPT which company to use, two different things can happen. ChatGPT can name a company in its answer. Or it can link to a web page as a source. Most advice about AI visibility is about the second one. Our data says the first one is what matters.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on July 31, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/manufacturedprogress
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Manufactured Progress." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/manufacturedprogress
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