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Client Audit TemplateAI Search Visibility Audit
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Client Facing · Horizontal Audit Sheet

AI Search Visibility Audit

Tests whether the business appears in AI-style local recommendations and whether entity signals support confident AI retrieval.

AI search/entity reviewAI answer inclusion, entity recognition, and source authority evidence.
Answer VisibilityPresence in AI-style responses.
Entity RecognitionBusiness/category relationship clarity.
Source InclusionCitation and authority signals.
AI SEARCHENTITYSOURCESIGNAL
Client
Joe's Pizza Brooklyn

Business being evaluated.

Market
[SIM:market]

Local search market and service area.

Category
[SIM:business_category]

Primary category used for comparison.

Audit Date
2026-07-08

Timestamp for all findings.

Data Confidence
[SIM:confidence_score]/100

Reliability based on evidence coverage.

Risk Level
[SIM:risk_level]

Operating risk from current visibility gaps.

Primary Gap
[SIM:primary_visibility_gap]

Largest constraint detected.

Next Action
[SIM:recommended_next_action]

Highest-impact action from this template.

Automation note: This template is designed to populate from structured audit data. Empty sections should be hidden by the report renderer when source confidence is below the configured threshold.
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Score Model

AI Search Visibility Audit · Diagnostic Breakdown

Designed for prompts across ChatGPT-style, Gemini-style, Perplexity-style, and map/search recommendation behavior.

Score Components

AI Mention Strength[SIM:ai_mention_strength_score]/100
Entity Clarity[SIM:entity_clarity_score]/100
Source Support[SIM:source_support_score]/100
Review Proof[SIM:review_proof_score]/100
Website Authority[SIM:website_authority_score]/100
Competitor Mentions[SIM:competitor_mentions_score]/100
Plain-English meaning: [SIM:plain_english_summary]
Business risk: [SIM:business_risk_summary]

Decision Panel

Fastest Win
[SIM:fastest_win]

Lowest-friction improvement.

Highest Risk
[SIM:highest_risk]

Most damaging active gap.

Revenue Link
[SIM:highest_revenue_link]

Commercial linkage.

Confidence
[SIM:confidence_band]

Evidence quality.

Top Findings

1
AI mention weakness

The business is not consistently surfaced in local recommendation prompts.

High Risk
2
Entity signals fragmented

Website, GBP, citations, and reviews may not reinforce the same identity.

Fix
3
Source support thin

AI systems need corroborating public sources to recommend confidently.

Fix
4
Competitors appear first

Other businesses may be more frequently recommended by AI outputs.

Watch
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Evidence Layer

Evidence, Screenshots, And Competitor Context

Every generated claim should trace back to a source, timestamp, screenshot, scan result, or manual reviewer note.

Evidence Receipt Log

SourceQuery / URL / PromptFindingChecked
[SIM:evidence_source_1][SIM:evidence_query_1][SIM:evidence_finding_1][SIM:evidence_checked_at_1]
[SIM:evidence_source_2][SIM:evidence_query_2][SIM:evidence_finding_2][SIM:evidence_checked_at_2]
[SIM:evidence_source_3][SIM:evidence_query_3][SIM:evidence_finding_3][SIM:evidence_checked_at_3]
[SIM:evidence_source_4][SIM:evidence_query_4][SIM:evidence_finding_4][SIM:evidence_checked_at_4]
[SIM:evidence_source_5][SIM:evidence_query_5][SIM:evidence_finding_5][SIM:evidence_checked_at_5]
[SIM:evidence_source_6][SIM:evidence_query_6][SIM:evidence_finding_6][SIM:evidence_checked_at_6]

Competitor Delta

CompetitorScoreAdvantageGap To Close
Bleecker Street Pizza[SIM:competitor_1_score][SIM:competitor_1_advantage][SIM:competitor_1_gap_to_close]
John's of Bleecker Street[SIM:competitor_2_score][SIM:competitor_2_advantage][SIM:competitor_2_gap_to_close]
Prince Street Pizza[SIM:competitor_3_score][SIM:competitor_3_advantage][SIM:competitor_3_gap_to_close]
[SIM:competitor_4_name][SIM:competitor_4_score][SIM:competitor_4_advantage][SIM:competitor_4_gap_to_close]
[SIM:competitor_screenshot_or_map_pack_image]
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Action Output

Priority Fix Matrix And 30-Day Audit Roadmap

This page converts the audit finding into a specific execution sequence the client can understand and the internal system can track.

Priority Fix Matrix

PriorityIssueImpactEffortRecommended Fix
P1[SIM:priority_1_issue][SIM:priority_1_impact][SIM:priority_1_effort][SIM:priority_1_recommended_fix]
P2[SIM:priority_2_issue][SIM:priority_2_impact][SIM:priority_2_effort][SIM:priority_2_recommended_fix]
P3[SIM:priority_3_issue][SIM:priority_3_impact][SIM:priority_3_effort][SIM:priority_3_recommended_fix]
P4[SIM:priority_4_issue][SIM:priority_4_impact][SIM:priority_4_effort][SIM:priority_4_recommended_fix]
P5[SIM:priority_5_issue][SIM:priority_5_impact][SIM:priority_5_effort][SIM:priority_5_recommended_fix]
P6[SIM:priority_6_issue][SIM:priority_6_impact][SIM:priority_6_effort][SIM:priority_6_recommended_fix]
Days 1–7
  • [SIM:first_7_days_task_1]
  • [SIM:first_7_days_task_2]
  • [SIM:first_7_days_task_3]
Days 8–14
  • [SIM:days_8_14_task_1]
  • [SIM:days_8_14_task_2]
  • [SIM:days_8_14_task_3]
Days 15–30
  • [SIM:days_15_30_task_1]
  • [SIM:days_15_30_task_2]
  • [SIM:days_15_30_task_3]

Conditional Notes

  • [SIM:conditional_note_1]
  • [SIM:conditional_note_2]
  • [SIM:conditional_note_3]

Final Audit Recommendation

[SIM:final_recommendation_summary]

[SIM:client_facing_next_step]
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