AI Visibility Scorecard
Specialty Coffee Association
sca.coffee · Membership Organizations
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read Specialty Coffee Association, but it is missing signals that would get it named ahead of competitors.
AI engines read this profile 79 times
Meta AI · Perplexity · Claude · ShapBot
#269 of 93,976 in Membership Organizations for AI visibility
87
AI Naming Predictability
iAI names companies like this often · 87/100
Membership Organizations average 9
Top 1% of Membership Organizations
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AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.5/10
Membership Organizations average 4.1
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Network Authority
iNot connected yet
Membership Organizations average 0.0
0 relationships · Average 3
See what's behind this score →5
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
Membership Organizations average 12
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About Specialty Coffee Association
from our crawl and measurement
Specialty Coffee Association is a business whose own site puts it this way: "The Specialty Coffee Association is a nonprofit, membership-based organization that represents thousands of coffee professionals, from producers to baristas all over the world." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.5 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
On the page itself the strengths are clear: a clear heading structure, crawler access and the files AI engines look for and sitemaps and entity links AI can follow. It is passable on a partly stated business identity and a few credibility markers. What holds it back is structured data describing the business.
Away from its own site, other sites link to it, the domain reads as established, AI engines recognise it as a distinct business and it comes up on Reddit. There is some, but not much, sign that press coverage is thin and there is little discussion of it.
It does link out to several social profiles, which helps engines tie the brand together. The business dates to 2017.
- Company ·
- Specialty Coffee Association
- Website ·
- sca.coffee
- Industry ·
- Membership Organizations
- Location ·
- Irvine, California
- Site status ·
- Live (The website showed an active business site when last checked (Oct 31, 2026).)
- Last scored ·
- Aug 1, 2026
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
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
Fair
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
Strong
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Fair
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Strong
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Fair
Forum and community discussion.
Social Mentions
Good
Social discussion and mentions.
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 5.5/10, Specialty Coffee Association 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 1, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/sca-coffee
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Specialty Coffee Association." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/sca-coffee
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