Leaderboard10 min read
The GEO leaderboard: who's winning AI visibility in 2026
Agent integration = 0 across all 118 domains. The agentic web is coming but zero companies have started building for it.
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Agent Integration8 min read
Agent integration: the 0/13 frontier
Hidden Layer audited 118 domains across 12 industries. Every single one scored 0/13 on agent integration. The frontier is completely open.
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Methodology6 min read
46+ checks, one grade: how we score AI readiness
A transparent look at the 8 categories, 229 base points, and why a B doesn't mean you're ready and an F doesn't mean you're invisible.
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Structured Data7 min read
Product schema in the AI era: why your store's JSON-LD is now table stakes
AI shopping agents don't browse — they parse. If your product pages don't emit Product, Offer, and AggregateRating in server-rendered JSON-LD, you're invisible to the next wave of commerce traffic.
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GEO Fundamentals8 min read
Cold recall: the 15-point GEO check that tells you if AI knows your brand
We ask a language model — no tools, no search, just training knowledge — to describe your domain. 15 points. The highest-weight single check in the audit. Here's why it matters and how to move the needle.
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GEO Fundamentals5 min read
The render gap: why your website is invisible to AI
Your homepage loads beautifully in a browser. An AI crawler sees a skeleton. Here's why — and how to measure the gap for your own domain.
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Bot Policy6 min read
robots.txt in the AI era: what 10 major brands got wrong
robots.txt was designed for Googlebot in 1994. Now 12+ AI bots use it as policy. Most brands haven't updated their files in years — and it shows.
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Standards7 min read
llms.txt: a year in, what actually works
Shopify has one. Samsung has one. Anthropic and OpenAI don't. A practical look at what llms.txt does, what format AI models actually process, and whether it's worth your time.
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Bot Registry8 min read
The 12 AI bots crawling your site right now
A field guide to every major AI crawler: what company runs it, what it does with your content, whether it respects robots.txt, and what UA string to put in your rules.
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