Free Trust Score Scan: Measure Your AI Visibility
The Trusted Signal is a free tool that scans any website and produces a Trust Score measuring how visible and authoritative it appears to AI-powered search engines. In under 60 seconds, the scanner evaluates 13 trust signals across 8 categories to produce your score.
What does a free Trust Score scan check?
The free scan evaluates your website across every layer of the Trust Stack:
- Meta Tags — Title tag, meta description, Open Graph tags, and canonical URL
- Security — SSL certificate validity and security headers
- Crawlability — robots.txt configuration and sitemap.xml presence
- Content — Heading structure, internal links, author presence, and publication dates
- Schema — JSON-LD structured data for AI comprehension
- Mobile — Viewport meta tag and responsive design readiness
- Performance — Server response time (TTFB)
- GEO / AEO — AI bot access permissions in robots.txt
How is a Trust Score calculated?
Trust Score is a weighted average of 8 category scores. Each category is scored 0 to 100 and carries a specific weight based on its importance for AI visibility:
| Category | Weight | Trust Stack Layer |
|---|---|---|
| Content Quality | 18% | Substance |
| Meta Tags | 15% | Foundation |
| Performance | 15% | Experience |
| GEO Readiness | 15% | Intelligence |
| Security | 12% | Foundation |
| Crawlability | 12% | Access |
| Schema Markup | 8% | Structure |
| Mobile | 5% | Experience |
What are Trust Tiers?
Your Trust Score maps to one of five tiers that describe your website's AI visibility stage:
- Invisible (0-19) — AI engines cannot find or parse your content
- Fragile (20-39) — Basic signals present but critical gaps remain
- Visible (40-59) — AI can find you, but may not cite you
- Cited (60-79) — AI engines reference your content in answers
- Trusted (80-100) — You are the authoritative signal AI engines rely on
What is the difference between a free scan and a full audit?
In summary, the free scan gives you a meaningful baseline score instantly. The full audit provides comprehensive analysis with downloadable reports, Core Web Vitals, content extractability scoring, freshness signals, and AI readiness checks across up to 50 pages.