Guides
6 guides and 5 comparisons on what blocks AI crawlers, how to give AI assistants the facts they quote, and how to get ChatGPT ad landing pages through OpenAI’s review. Each one ends with its sources and the date they were checked.
- GuideHow we took a React directory from 57 to 99 on AI readability without leaving ViteNearMe Kids PH, a React and Vite directory, went from 57/100 to 99/100 on the Blanc audit after adding a static fallback to index.html. What we changed, what went wrong, and how to apply it.
- ComparisonAI search agency or audit tool? LeapOut, LocalEnhance and doing it yourselfWhen to hire an AI search agency such as LeapOut or LocalEnhance, and when an audit tool and your own developer are enough. Services, published prices and what each option leaves to you.
- ComparisonAI SEO audit tools compared: TurboAudit, Crawlly, Surva and BlancFour tools that check whether AI search engines can read and cite your site, compared on what they check, what they track, ChatGPT Ads readiness and published prices.
- ComparisonChatGPT Ads landing page checkers comparedFree and paid tools that check whether OAI-AdsBot can review a ChatGPT ad landing page: AdsBot Inspector, three Apify actors and our ChatGPT Ads readiness check. What each one checks and what none can prove.
- GuideAEO vs SEO: is AEO just SEO, or something different?For Google, mostly yes: Google’s own guide calls AEO and GEO still SEO. For ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity, four things differ: who is allowed in, JavaScript, being quoted instead of ranked, and practical facts.
- GuideLocalBusiness schema for AI answers: hours, prices, payment and amenitiesThe facts AI assistants need to answer questions about a local business, in priority order, with a complete JSON-LD example for a café you can adapt and paste.
- GuideOAI-AdsBot: make sure ChatGPT can review your ad landing pageOpenAI reviews every ChatGPT ad landing page with OAI-AdsBot. A checklist of what can block it: robots.txt, firewalls, rate limits, CAPTCHAs, broken links and tracking parameters.
- Guiderobots.txt for AI crawlers: which bots to allow, and which you can blockAllow AI search and user-requested crawlers if you want to appear in AI answers; training crawlers are your choice. A robots.txt template you can paste, plus the matching rules that trip people up.
- ComparisonSurva alternative for agencies and site owners: how Blanc comparesSurva bundles AI visibility tracking, site audits, AI-written articles and a white-label agency service. Blanc focuses on fixing pages, with generated code, a ChatGPT Ads check and lower prices.
- ComparisonTurboAudit alternative: when Blanc fits better, and when it does notAn honest comparison of TurboAudit and Blanc: TurboAudit adds citation monitoring and broader scoring; Blanc adds a free no-sign-up audit, generated code from your page, and a ChatGPT Ads landing page check.
- GuideWhat blocks AI crawlers from your site, and how to checkSix things stop ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google from reading a page: robots.txt rules, firewalls, JavaScript-only content, noindex, a failing robots.txt and login walls. How to check each one.
About these guides
Which guide should I read first?
“What blocks AI crawlers from your site, and how to check”. It covers the 6 problems that most often stop AI crawlers, with a 5-minute check for each.
Who writes these guides?
Jeron Clemente, co-founder of NearMe Kids PH, a directory of 100+ kid-friendly places in Metro Manila where these audit rules were first worked out. Every guide lists its sources.
How often are they updated?
Each guide shows the date it was last checked. OpenAI, Google and the other AI companies change their crawler documentation often, so we recheck sources whenever they do.