authorsguild.org 69 C
🛡️ SEO 44 🤖 GEO 84 ⚡ Perf 53 🏗️ Arch 92

authorsguild.org — Global SEODiff Score 69/100

authorsguild.org
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The AI-Readiness profile for authorsguild.org is strong: an ACRI of 76/100 places it ahead of 83% of domains in the index. Compared to other infrastructure sites (avg score: 57), authorsguild.org performs above the benchmark, suggesting strong competitive positioning in AI search. Server-side rendering keeps the ghost ratio near zero, giving AI systems direct access to all visible content. The 5.1× token bloat ratio falls within the normal range, though there is room to trim navigation, footer, and script overhead. Minimal structured data (1 block) limits the site's ability to communicate entity relationships to AI systems. All major AI bot user-agents (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, Google-Extended) are permitted by robots.txt, ensuring broad AI crawler access.

69
C — Global SEODiff Score
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🛡️ Traditional SEO (25% weight)44 × 0.25 = 11.0
🤖 AI Readiness / GEO (40% weight)84 × 0.40 = 33.6
⚡ Performance (20% weight)53 × 0.20 = 10.6
🏗️ Architecture & Trust (15% weight)92 × 0.15 = 13.8
Weighted sum = 11.0 + 33.6 + 10.6 + 13.8
Global SEODiff Score = 69 (C)
📊 ACRI Sub-Scores (AI Readiness Detail)
100
Bot Access
avg 92
100
Rendering
avg 93
63
Structure
avg 35
2
Schema
avg 9
85
Tech Stack
avg 63
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Visibility Delta: Google vs AI
Google (Tranco)
Top 8%
Rank #79308
+10 pts
Gap
AI (ACRI)
Top 17%
Score 76/100

authorsguild.org shows stronger AI visibility than traditional SEO ranking. Great AI foundation to build on. ACRI measures technical crawler readiness. Read the methodology →

Why authorsguild.org ranks here

Tech stackWordPress
RenderingSSR
Schema coverage1 blocks
Token bloat5.1×

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JavaScript Rendering Check

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Traditional SEO

44/100 25 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

📝 Title Tag

28 chars
Too short

Optimal range: 30–60 characters for SERP display.

📋 Meta Description

0 chars
Missing

Optimal range: 120–160 characters for snippet control.

🔤 Heading Hierarchy

  • ✗ Exactly 1 <h1> tag — found 2
  • ✓ Has <h2> headings — found 16
  • ✗ <h2> not before <h1>

🔍 Indexability

  • ✓ Canonical tag present → https://authorsguild.org/
  • ✓ No noindex directive
  • ✓ Meta viewport set
  • ✓ HTML lang attribute → en-US
  • ➖ Hreflang tags — N/A (single language site)
  • ✓ Googlebot allowed by robots.txt

🌐 Social / OpenGraph

  • ✓ og:title — Homepage - The Authors Guild
  • ✗ og:description
  • ✗ og:image
  • ✓ twitter:card — summary_large_image
📐 How the SEO Pillar score is calculated

SEO Pillar = Title (20 pts) + Meta Desc (20 pts) + Heading Hierarchy (20 pts) + Indexability (20 pts) + Social/OG (20 pts)

Each sub-score is derived from the checks above. Canonical tag, lang attribute, og:image, and a single H1 are the highest-impact items.

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AI Readiness / GEO

84/100 40 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

This pillar aggregates citation share, hallucination risk, bot access, schema health, and content extractability. The individual diagnostic sections below contribute to this score.

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Citation Alternatives

Research
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67
Your ACRI Score
90
Industry Peer ACRI
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Hallucination Risk

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🤖 Bot Access Matrix

GPTBot (OpenAI)
Allowed
ClaudeBot (Anthropic)
Allowed
CCBot (Common Crawl)
Allowed
Google-Extended
Allowed
Googlebot
Allowed

👻 Rendering (Ghost Ratio) Docs

Ghost Ratio 0%
0% — Safe 50% 100% — Risk
Status Server-Side Rendered (Safe)
Rendering Type SSR

📊 Structure & Information Density Docs

Structure Grade 63/100 — Good
Structured Elements 199 elements (189 lists, 7 rows, 3 headers)
Total Words1655
Raw Density12.0%

🏷️ Schema Health Docs

Organization Schema ❌ Missing
Product / Service Schema ⚠️ Not Found
Total Schema Blocks1 block(s) — Basic (low value for AI)

Schema Coverage Map

2/7 schema types detected
❌ Organization
❌ Product/Service
✅ Breadcrumb
❌ FAQ
❌ Article
✅ WebSite
💡Organization schema missing. AI models cannot identify your brand entity. Without it, your brand won't appear in Knowledge Panels or be associated with your content.
💡Product / Service schema missing. AI models don't know this is a SaaS product. Add Product or SoftwareApplication schema so AI understands what you offer and can surface pricing/features.
💡FAQ schema missing. Adding FAQPage schema lets AI models directly extract Q&A pairs for Featured Snippets and chatbot answers.

📐 AI Efficiency Metrics Docs

64
AI Extractability
Low
Crawl Cost
None
Blocklist Risk
Extractability64/100 — AI models can partially extract answers from this page
Crawl CostLow (30/100) — efficient for AI crawlers to process
Blocklist RiskNone — 0 of 5 AI crawlers blocked

Token Bloat Research

19%
🗑️ 81%
Useful Content (24.2 KB)Bloat (99.3 KB)
Token Bloat Ratio5.1× — Normal

Multimodal Readiness

Visual Context56% Optimized for Vision
Image Alt Coverage15 / 27 images have alt text

TDM Rights

TDM-Reservation HeaderNot set
X-Robots-Tag: noaiNot set

🔥 Structural Entropy Check Research

0 Entropy
Poor Token Bloat: High
Noise Ratio: 80.4% · SNR: 0.24 · Signal: 6196 / Noise: 25418 tokens

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The LLM Interpretation

AI-VERIFIED

SEODiff AI analyzed the extracted content of authorsguild.org and produced this structured business intelligence. Fields marked SEMANTIC VOID indicate information the AI could not find — a critical gap in your site’s machine-readability.

Core Offering
The Authors Guild supports working writers by advocating for their rights and providing legal and web services.
Target Audience
Authors (traditionally and self-published), literary agents, freelance writers, translators
Pricing Model
Tiered membership levels based on author status and needs, starting from a basic level and increasing with additional services.
🏆 Competitive Moat
Comprehensive legal support, exclusive web services, and a strong community for authors – a one-stop-shop for author needs.
📊 Content Depth
5/10
🔄 Programmatic SEO Signals
PDF Document Annual ReportAuthors Guild Constitution Internal LinkAuthors Guild Anti-Racism Resolution
⚡ Key Pain Points
• Lack of accessible legal advice for authors
• Limited web services for independent authors
• Need for a supportive community among writers
Analyzed by SEODiff AI · 2026-03-04

🔧 Tech Stack

FrameworkWordPress
AI-Readiness Score85/100
Servernginx/1.14.1
CDN
HTTP Status200
Load Time1002 ms
Raw HTML Size123.5 KB
Visible Text Size24.2 KB

Performance & Speed

53/100 20 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

⏱️ Time to First Byte

1002 ms
Slow — bots may time out or deprioritise

Google considers <200 ms "good". AI crawlers may have even shorter timeouts.

📦 Page Weight

1171
DOM nodes
124 KB
HTML payload
Moderate weight — acceptable for most scenarios

🗄️ Cache & CDN

  • ✗ Cache-Control header
  • ✗ CDN cache status
  • ✗ CDN detected

🔬 Tracker Tax

1
tracker scripts
1
third-party domains
0.0%
token overhead
Minimal tracker load — clean signal for bots
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📐 How the Performance Pillar score is calculated

Perf Pillar = TTFB (35 pts) + Page Weight (25 pts) + Cache/CDN (20 pts) + Tracker Tax (20 pts)

TTFB <200 ms = full marks. DOM >3000 or payload >300 KB incurs heavy penalties. Tracker scripts beyond 5 reduce score.

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Architecture & Trust

92/100 15 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

🗺️ Sitemap & Robots

  • ✓ Sitemap declared in robots.txt → https://authorsguild.org/sitemap_index.xml
  • ✓ Googlebot allowed
  • ✓ GPTBot allowed
  • ✓ ClaudeBot allowed

🔗 Linking

208
internal links
4
external links
Good internal linking — helps crawlers discover content

🔒 Security & Trust

  • ✓ HSTS header (Strict-Transport-Security)
  • ✓ Content-Security-Policy header
  • ✓ HTTP status 200 OK (got 200)

♿ Accessibility Signals

  • ✓ HTML lang attribute → en-US
  • ✓ Meta viewport for mobile
  • ✗ Single H1 for screen readers
📐 How the Architecture Pillar score is calculated

Arch Pillar = Sitemap & Robots (30 pts) + Linking (25 pts) + Security (25 pts) + Accessibility (20 pts)

Having a valid sitemap, allowing AI bots, HSTS, and a good internal link count are the highest-impact items.

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� Deep Crawl Analysis 54 pages · Deep-10

Homepage ACRI
67
Single-page score
-3
Consistent readability
Δ delta
Site-Wide ACRI
64
Avg across 54 pages · Range 0–85
Topical Cohesion
14%
Topical Drift
TF-IDF cosine similarity
Total Words
63291
Avg Bloat
15.7×
Page Type ACRI Token Bloat Words Status
https://authorsguild.org/blog/11-things-you-need-to-know-about-bookshop/
11 Things You Need to Know About Bookshop - The Authors Guild
pricing 85 8.3× 2605 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/the-impact-of-ab5-on-authors-and-journalists/
The Impact of AB5 on Authors and Journalists - The Authors Guild
pricing 85 8.1× 2675 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/applying-for-ppp-loans-a-guide-for-authors-and-freelance-writers/
Applying for PPP Loans: A Guide for Authors and Freelance Writers - The Authors Guild
pricing 85 9.0× 2403 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/the-case-act-your-questions-answered/
The CASE Act: Your Questions Answered - The Authors Guild
pricing 85 9.3× 2264 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/details-on-economic-relief-for-authors/
COVID-19: Details on Economic Relief for Authors - The Authors Guild
pricing 85 7.0× 3411 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/the-pro-act-and-the-abc-test/
The PRO Act and the ABC Test - The Authors Guild
pricing 85 8.2× 2689 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/join-the-authors-guild-in-supporting-the-pro-act/
Join the Authors Guild in Supporting the PRO Act! - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 18.0× 1108 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/e-book-library-pricing-the-game-changes-again/
Ebook Library Pricing: The Game Changes Again - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 12.9× 1579 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/centering-black-creators/
Centering Black Creators - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 19.0× 1074 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/financial-relief-virtual-marketing-webinars/
Webinars to Help Authors During COVID-19 - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 18.4× 1091 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/authors-are-you-registering-copyright-in-your-short-online-writing/
Authors – Are You Registering Copyright in Your Short Online Writing? - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 16.7× 1197 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/information-on-the-fw-writers-digest-bankruptcy/
Information on the F&W/Writers Digest Bankruptcy - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 13.7× 1477 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/what-are-your-writing-resolutions-for-2019/
What Are Your Writing Resolutions for 2019? - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 15.0× 1332 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-book-marketing/
What You Need to Know About Book Marketing - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 11.9× 1736 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/black-voices-pushing-for-change-in-childrens-book-publishing/
Black Voices: Pushing for Change in Children’s Book Publishing: Part I - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 16.7× 1267 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/new-ag-activities-in-response-to-covid-19/
New AG Activities in Response to COVID-19 - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 16.7× 1181 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/grants-and-funds-for-writers-in-need/
Grants and Funds for Writers in Need - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 18.3× 1077 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/sign-up-for-office-hours/
Sign Up for Office Hours - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 17.7× 1152 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/tell-internet-archive-to-remove-your-books-from-the-so-called-national-emergency-library/
Tell Internet Archive to Remove Your Books from the So-Called National Emergency Library - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 17.8× 1134 💰 Pricing
https://authorsguild.org/blog/u-s-copyright-office-procedure-changes-during-covid-19/
U.S. Copyright Office Procedure Changes During COVID-19 - The Authors Guild
pricing 75 13.3× 1507 💰 Pricing
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Health by Sub-Directory
Average ACRI and top issues aggregated by URL path prefix
Path Pages Avg ACRI Ghost % Bloat Top Issue
/blog/ 46 74 0% 18.0× High JS Bloat
/pricing/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/about/ 1 67 0% 20.7× High JS Bloat
/features/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/faq/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/integrations/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/products/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/docs/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/case-studies/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
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Outbound External Citations
0 unique external domains cited across 54 pages
go.authorsguild.org ×47
facebook.com ×47
linkedin.com ×47
threads.net ×47
instagram.com ×47
bsky.app ×47
twitter.com ×47
community.authorsguild.org ×47
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Remediation Patches

COPY-PASTE

Auto-generated code fixes tailored to authorsguild.org. Copy and paste these into your codebase to improve AI visibility. These patches are mathematically proven to increase extraction accuracy →

Add Organization JSON-LD
High Impact ⏱ 5 min
AI models cannot identify your brand entity without Organization schema. This is the #1 fix for AI visibility.
html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "Authorsguild",
  "url": "https://authorsguild.org",
  "logo": "https://authorsguild.org/app/themes/industrial/assets/icons/favicon.ico",
  "sameAs": []
}
</script>
Add FAQ Schema
Medium Impact ⏱ 10 min
FAQ schema lets AI models directly extract Q&A pairs. This is the easiest way to get featured in AI responses.
html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "FAQPage",
  "mainEntity": [
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What is Authorsguild?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Add your answer here — describe what Authorsguild does in 1-2 sentences."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How does Authorsguild work?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Explain the key features and how users interact with Authorsguild."
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
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Projected Impact

ROI EST.

If you apply the patches above, here's the estimated improvement for authorsguild.org:

Current Score
76
Projected Score
88
Improvement
+12 pts
Add Organization schema +6 pts
Reduce token bloat +3 pts
Add FAQ schema +3 pts

*Estimates based on SEODiff's scoring model. Actual results depend on implementation quality.

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