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We Ran CiteScan on CiteScan. It Scored a C. Here's What We Changed.

A before-and-after on our own homepage — 43 to 69 in one working session, and exactly which fixes moved which numbers.

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Case Study

We Ran CiteScan on CiteScan. It Scored a C. Here's What We Changed.

We pointed our own diagnostic at citescan.ai, took the C grade on the chin, worked the fix list, and re-scanned. Here's the honest before-and-after — 43 to 69 — and which fixes moved which pillars.

CiteScan Team · June 2026 · 6 min read
43→69
DRI
Credibility Index

Why Your Credibility Index Score Is Low — And How to Fix It in a Weekend

AI answer engines like Perplexity and ChatGPT Search skip pages that aren't structured for extraction. Here's a 3-step weekend fix using FAQ sections, definition blocks, and JSON-LD schema — no developer required.

CiteScan Team · June 2025 · 7 min read
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Credibility
Visibility Index

How AI Search Citations Actually Work — And How to Get Cited More

Your Visibility Index measures whether AI engines treat you as a trustworthy source. Author attribution, publication recency, and external signals all play a role. Here's what actually moves the needle.

CiteScan Team · Coming soon
Visibility
Technical Health

Why AI Crawlers Can't Read Your Site — And the 30-Minute Fix

Blocking GPTBot doesn't just keep OpenAI out of training data — it silences your site in ChatGPT Search answers. Your Technical Health score tracks exactly this. Most sites have it wrong.

CiteScan Team · Coming soon
Technical

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