AI Visibility Scorecard
Starting Out
startingout.substack.com · Education
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl Starting Out, 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 1 times
Claude
#424,479 of 937,188 in Education for AI visibility
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 4.8/10
5
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About Starting Out
from our crawl and measurement
Starting Out describes itself simply: "Your guide to starting a career in podcasts and radio, whether you're a college student or making a midlife career change. Made in collaboration with Transom." When AI engines look at it, they find little to work with. It scores 4.8 out of 10.
Our crawl found a sitemap. It is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a heading structure that lays out what it offers.
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
Weak
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
Fair
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Weak
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
Domain Authority
Strong
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Strong
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News & Press
Strong
Press and news coverage.
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 4.8/10, Starting Out is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 12, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/startingout-substack
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Starting Out." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/startingout-substack
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