AI Visibility Scorecard
Standard Markdown
standardmarkdown.com · Technology
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read Standard Markdown, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 5 times
Meta AI · Claude
#269,298 of 2,704,685 in Technology for AI visibility
6
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.7/10
5
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About Standard Markdown
from our crawl and measurement
"Standard Markdown offers a structured plain text format for easy document writing with familiar email-style conventions." That is how Standard Markdown introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.7 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found a sitemap and a readable heading structure. It is missing structured data describing the business and an llms.txt file.
AI crawlers have visited 2 times 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
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
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
Weak
Little domain authority yet.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Strong
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 5.7/10, Standard Markdown has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Markdown?
Markdown is a plain text format for writing structured documents, based on conventions used for indicating formatting in email and usenet posts.
What happened to this website?
This website was originally shut down after a complaint by John Gruber. Is no longer has any connection to the original authors and is being maintained just for posterity and curiosity.
How can I help?
Read the spec, run the test suite, and exercise our reference implementations. Provide feedback!
Where can I find it?
We'll operate standardmarkdown.com indefinitely as a central hub, with the following essential resources: The official specification for Standard Markdown. The official reference implementation and validation test suite on GitHub. The official Discourse discussion area and mailing list. The official dingus which allows people to experiment with Standard Markdown.
When is the spec final?
The current version of the Standard Markdown spec is complete (two years in the making!), but provisional pending public feedback, testing, and evaluation. With your help, we plan to announce a finalized 1.0 spec and test suite in the next few months, along with implementations in many different languages.
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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/standardmarkdown
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Standard Markdown." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/standardmarkdown
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