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Smashing Security
smashingsecurity.com · Technology
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read Smashing Security, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 2 times
Claude · Apple Intelligence
#100,138 of 2,808,083 in Technology for AI visibility
6.5
/10
AEO Score
About Smashing Security
from our crawl and measurement
Smashing Security describes itself simply: "Award-winning cybersecurity podcast hosted by Graham Cluley, a cybersecurity keynote speaker and veteran with over 30 years of experience." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 6.5 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
On the page itself the strengths are clear: a clear heading structure. It is passable on a partly stated business identity and basic crawler access. What holds it back is structured data describing the business, credibility markers like credentials or reviews and sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Away from its own site, other sites link to it and AI engines recognise it as a distinct business. There is some, but not much, sign that the domain is only lightly established and there is little discussion of it. Beyond that, there is no press coverage to draw on and it does not come up on Reddit.
AI crawlers have visited 2 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic) and Applebot (Siri). The site links to no social profiles, so there is nothing tying the brand to a wider presence.
The 6 signals AI reads
Higher is better · 0-10
Structured Data
3
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
7
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
5
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
4
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
6
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
3
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
10
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Trust
4
Established authority for your domain.
Entity Presence
10
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News Mentions
0
No press coverage found yet.
Community
3
Forum and community discussion.
0
No Reddit mentions 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 6.5/10, Smashing Security 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 July 31, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
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