# The Trusted Signal

> The Trusted Signal is a unified SEO, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), and AEO (AI Engine Optimization) audit platform that measures how much AI engines trust and cite your website.

## About

The Trusted Signal provides a Trust Score that quantifies your website's visibility and authority across AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude. The platform evaluates 25 factors across 8 categories: meta tags, security, crawlability, content quality, structured data (schema), mobile readiness, performance, and GEO optimization.

Trust Score tiers range from Invisible (0-19) to Trusted (80-100), giving website owners a clear roadmap to improve their AI discoverability.

## Key Links

- Platform: https://app.thetrustedsignal.com
- Free Scan: https://app.thetrustedsignal.com/scan.html
- Blog/Newsletter: https://thetrustedsignal.com
- Sign In: https://app.thetrustedsignal.com/login.html

## Features

- Free Trust Score Scan: Analyze any website across 13 checks in under 60 seconds
- Full 50-Page Audit: Deep analysis with Core Web Vitals, schema validation, and AI crawlability checks
- AI Chat Advisor: Personalized recommendations to improve your trust score
- Comprehensive Reports: Executive summaries, technical reports, GEO analysis, and keyword strategy
- Trust Tiers: Invisible, Fragile, Visible, Cited, Trusted — know exactly where you stand

## Categories Evaluated

1. Meta Tags (15%): Title, description, Open Graph, canonical
2. Security (12%): SSL certificate, security headers
3. Crawlability (12%): robots.txt, sitemap.xml
4. Content (18%): Headings, internal links, author, publication date, outbound links
5. Schema (8%): JSON-LD structured data
6. Mobile (5%): Viewport, responsive design
7. Performance (15%): Response time, Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS)
8. GEO (15%): AI bot access, llms.txt, content extractability, answer-first structure, freshness signals

## Contact

- Platform: https://app.thetrustedsignal.com
- Newsletter: https://thetrustedsignal.com