AI crawlers in robots.txt
GPTBot, Google-Extended and PerplexityBot must be allowed. Blocking them removes your store from AI shopping research entirely.
Free tool · AEO / LLM SEO
Is your store invisibleto AI search?
AI crawlers read raw HTML — not a rendered browser. Score ten technical factors in 30 seconds and see what stops ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews from citing your Shopify or ecommerce site.
Enter a store URL to score ten technical factors that affect whether AI crawlers can read and cite your ecommerce site.
AI visibility checkLive
Scanning raw HTML, robots.txt and llms.txt
What the checker inspects
Same idea as thetechnical AI visibility framework— adapted for UK ecommerce. See also Victoria Olsina’sAEO and GEO experts roundup(LoudCrowd listed for ecommerce). Local service businesses:loudcrowd.digital checker.
llms.txt and product entities
Machine-readable manifests help AI find category hubs, policies and brand facts — especially on large Shopify catalogues.
Product & FAQ schema
Product, Organization and FAQPage JSON-LD give AI extractable prices, ranges and policies. Thin themes often ship without them.
Readable HTML on product pages
If titles, descriptions and schema only load via JavaScript, LLMs may see empty product shells — common after custom headless builds.
Google guidance · AEO
Agent-friendly stores vs citation-ready stores
Google’s web.dev guidance covers AI agents that browse and act on your store. Our checker scores the crawlability layer those agents and answer engines share — raw HTML, robots.txt, llms.txt and schema.
See Google’s overview:Build agent-friendly websites(web.dev). Below is how that advice maps to our free checker and AEO work.
| Agent-friendly guidance | LoudCrowd checker & AEO |
|---|---|
| Readable product HTML (not JS-only theme shells) | Readable text in HTML — H1, title and body copy visible without executing JavaScript |
| Product schema and machine-readable entity signals | JSON-LD Product/Organization, FAQ schema, llms.txt and ai.txt |
| AI crawlers allowed to fetch store pages | robots.txt — GPTBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot not blocked |
| Accessibility tree: roles, names and labelled forms | Fixed in theme CRO — semantic buttons, labelled checkout fields, stable PDP layout |
| Stable CTAs on PDP and collection templates | Shopify SEO + CRO — consistent add-to-cart and trust paths agents and shoppers follow |
Technical crawlability is step one. AEO adds extractable FAQs, category hubs and entity consistency so AI recommends your store — not just reads it.
Ranking in Google ≠ visible in ChatGPT
Product schema, readable collection HTML and llms.txt matter when shoppers ask AI for the best Shopify store in your niche. Technical readiness is step one — ourAEO programmes fix entity signals, category hubs and citation-ready content.
Common questions
Is this AI visibility checker free?
Yes. Enter any store or brand URL and get a score in about 30 seconds — no signup. It checks technical factors AI crawlers use, not whether ChatGPT will recommend you.
Does this work on Shopify stores?
Yes. Shopify themes vary — some serve rich HTML, others lean on JavaScript. The checker reads raw HTML the way GPTBot and PerplexityBot often do.
What does the score mean?
Ten technical checks combine into a score out of 100. Higher means AI systems are more likely to read, classify and extract product and brand facts from your pages.
Does a high score guarantee AI will recommend my store?
No. This is technical readiness only. Citations also need authority, reviews, product schema, category hubs and consistent entity signals — our AEO and Shopify SEO work covers that.
How is this different from Google Search Console?
Google renders JavaScript for indexing. Many AI crawlers fetch raw HTML only. This tool mirrors what LLMs often see, plus ai.txt, llms.txt and FAQ schema.
We sell locally — is loudcrowd.digital relevant?
For UK ecommerce and Shopify, stay on this agency checker. For trades and local service businesses (roofers, solicitors, etc.), see loudcrowd.digital GEO services.
Want us to fix your AI visibility?
Book a 15-minute call — we will walk through your score and what AEO would change for your catalogue.