Scope and boundaryEach check needs a URL, observation or approved source. A yes/no box without evidence is not considered complete.
5evidence categories
4checklist rows in the kit
0opaque composite scores
What the evidence supports
- Entity consistency and answer coverage are different: a site can describe the brand clearly but fail to resolve purchase questions.
- External corroboration should be evaluated by relevance to the question, not raw domain count.
- A percentage is incomplete unless the prompt sample, provider and date are recorded.
Minimum evidence checklist
Record the evidence URL or observation beside each result.
| Category | Pass condition | Evidence to retain |
|---|---|---|
| Entity | Canonical name, offer, audience and profiles agree | URLs and approved entity statement |
| Answers | Priority questions have direct, useful, supported answers | Question-to-page map and section anchor |
| Technical | Important pages are fetchable, canonical and internally discoverable | Response, rendered page, robots, sitemap and links |
| Corroboration | Material claims have owned evidence or relevant independent support | Source URLs, dates and claim mapping |
| Measurement | Question sample and collection conditions are reproducible | Exact prompt, provider, date, answer and citations |
Turn failed checks into a queue
01
Record consequence
Explain the buyer or discovery decision affected by each failure.
02
Assign one owner
Separate technical, editorial, data and outreach responsibilities.
03
Retest the exact check
Close the item only when the evidence changes, not when work starts.
Methodology
- Mapped each check to one of the RadiusRank Action Center issue types and an observable acceptance condition.
- Removed checks that depended on unsupported ranking or citation guarantees.
- Published the underlying rows as CSV so teams can add owners, dates and evidence links.
Limitations
- Passing the checklist does not guarantee retrieval, ranking or citation.
- Private analytics and index data require the site owner's authorized tools.
Questions
Is llms.txt required to pass the checklist?
No. It can be a useful agent reference, but crawlable, accurate pages and standard technical foundations remain more important.
What should be fixed first?
Prioritize failures that block important pages or create material ambiguity for high-value buyer questions.
Sources and data
- RadiusRank AI SEO tool: Current public product scope, three-day diagnostic and $79 month-to-month subscription, verified August 14, 2026.
- Google Search Essentials: Official search technical requirements, spam policies and core practices.
- OpenAI crawler and user-agent documentation: Official distinction among OpenAI crawler and user-agent controls.
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