Vesna Scepanovic 
If AI can’t see your page, it can’t fetch it, cite it, or recommend it. And that’s more costly than you think.
Recent data shows that the average AI search visitor is 4.4 times more valuable than a traditional organic search visitor, thanks to higher conversion rates. By the time someone clicks through from an AI response, they’ve already compared options and absorbed your value proposition. In other words, they’re ready to act.
That’s why being AI-readable isn’t just a technical concern, but also a business one. So we ran a test and asked leading AI tools to scan one of our blog posts, and answer a simple question: Can you see this page yet?
What We Tested
We asked AI tools to check whether a blog post covering a myth about Google penalizing AI-generated content was AI-readable. We wanted to test if they could access the page, understand its main point, and suggest how to make it more accessible.
In other words, does a clear, myth-busting post that speaks to both humans and search engines also speak to AI?
The Prompt
We gave each AI tool the same instructions:
Look at the following web page to test if you can see and understand its main content. Then, briefly suggest what could improve its AI fetchability. Keep the full answer under 6 short bullet points.
The Results
Each tool gave us a different view of what it means to be AI-readable. Some could see the page clearly, some flagged improvements, and one couldn’t access it at all. Here’s how they responded:
ChatGPT 5
ChatGPT 5 gave a tidy list of actionable steps. However, a few of them didn’t quite make sense. It suggested adding a meta description even though the post already has one, and the call for a TL;DR felt unnecessary given how short the post is. In the end, it was useful to read, but more of a generic audit than an insight into how we can improve the AI readiness of this page.
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash focused on structure. It suggested adding a table of contents and a short summary at the beginning, changes that don’t feel necessary for a post of this length. Overall, useful ideas, but not very specific to this page.
Perplexity
Perplexity repeated some of the familiar advice from other models, such as better heading tags, bullet points, structured data, and alt text. What stood out was its focus on semantic keywords and long-tail question phrases, along with a related-questions list at the end of the result.
That kind of guidance points toward making the page not just AI-readable, but more useful for readers, too.
Claude Sonnet 4
Claude Sonnet 4 said it couldn’t access the page at all because it was blocked by robots.txt, even though other tools had no problem reading it. It pointed to that as a key reason for reduced AI-readability, then offered a general list of steps that could help resolve the issue. So, its response didn’t engage with the content itself, but with access and crawlability at a broader level.
The Verdict
Three tools could read the post and gave overlapping advice on structure, schema, and clarity. One flagged a crawlability issue that clearly didn’t block the others. The mixed results show why AI-readability can’t be guaranteed. Different models “see” content in different ways, and sometimes they disagree entirely.
What they did agree on is that markup, headings, and authority signals all matter if you want AI systems to fetch and use your content.
Zlurad PoV
AI told us what we already suspected: the basics still make the difference between being fetchable and being forgotten. But becoming and staying AI readable is an ongoing effort, as the way people search keeps shifting.
Nearly 80% of users say they’ll rely on AI-enhanced search within the next year. That means your content isn’t just competing for rankings. It’s also competing to be the sentence AI lifts, cites, and presents as the answer. If you’re not building for that, you’ll get skipped and replaced by someone who is.
What this test also showed is that AI tends to default to checklists. It can flag what’s missing, but it doesn’t know what matters most for your audience or strategy. That judgment call is still human, and it’s what turns a technically fetchable page into one that earns trust and attention.
What Say We?
If you want AI to see you, make your content clear.
If you want AI to choose you, build authority into every page.
And if you want to stay visible in an AI-first search world, be AI readable and human memorable.