Read Your Report
Understand every section of your IndexMind report, including the AI Optimization Score, four scoring pillars, and prioritized recommendations.
Your IndexMind report summarizes how visible your website is to AI systems and provides specific, prioritized recommendations for improvement. The report is generated after every analysis run and is accessible from your project dashboard.
AI Optimization Score
The AI Optimization Score is a single number from 0 to 100 that represents your site's overall AI readiness. It appears at the top of every report. The score is a weighted average of four pillar scores.
| Score range | Rating | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 80 to 100 | Excellent | Your site is well-optimized for AI visibility. Focus on maintaining performance. |
| 60 to 79 | Good | Strong foundation with clear opportunities for improvement. |
| 40 to 59 | Fair | Significant gaps exist. Addressing top recommendations will yield measurable gains. |
| 0 to 39 | Needs work | Major issues across multiple areas. Start with high-priority recommendations. |
The four pillars
1. Content Quality (25% of total score)
Measures how well your content serves both human readers and AI systems. Evaluates:
- Clarity and structure of headings and paragraphs
- Presence of comprehensive answers to common questions
- Depth of topical coverage
- Readability and factual density
2. Technical SEO (25% of total score)
Assesses the technical foundation that search engines and AI crawlers depend on:
- Structured data (JSON-LD, schema markup)
- Canonical tags and proper URL structure
- Page load performance and Core Web Vitals
- Mobile responsiveness
- Robots.txt and crawlability
3. AI Visibility (30% of total score)
This pillar carries the highest weight. It measures how often and how prominently your content appears in AI-generated responses:
- Brand mention frequency across AI models
- Citation rate when AI systems answer relevant queries
- Accuracy of AI-generated statements about your business
- Comparison against tracked competitors
4. Citation Authority (20% of total score)
Evaluates how AI systems perceive your site's authority and trustworthiness:
- Quality and diversity of referring domains
- Industry authority signals
- Content freshness and update frequency
- Author expertise indicators (E-E-A-T signals)
Recommendations section
Below the pillar scores, IndexMind lists specific recommendations sorted by priority: Critical, High, Medium, and Low.
Each recommendation includes:
- Title. A concise description of the issue.
- Pillar. Which scoring pillar this recommendation affects.
- Impact estimate. Projected score improvement if the recommendation is implemented.
- Why it matters. Context on how this issue affects your AI visibility.
- How to fix. Step-by-step instructions or an auto-generated code change.
Focus on Critical and High priority items first. These typically deliver the largest score improvements for the least effort.
Comparing reports over time
Click the History tab on your project dashboard to see all past analysis runs. Select any two runs and click Compare to see a side-by-side view of:
- Score changes for each pillar
- New, resolved, and recurring recommendations
- Page-level improvements and regressions
Exporting your report
Click the Download button at the top of any report to export it as a PDF. Pro plan users can also customize the report template with their branding from Settings > Reports.
Next steps
- Fix recommendations to act on the issues identified in your report.
- Connect integrations to push recommendations directly to your team's task manager.