AI crawlers allowed
20/20 pts
robots.txt allows GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.
AI Readiness Report
How visible merriam-webster.com is to AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude, based on a technical scan of crawler access, structured data, and citation signals.
Summary
merriam-webster.com has an AI Readiness score of 50/100, placing it at Maturity Level 2: Indexable. The site was scanned on April 27, 2026 across 7 technical signals that influence whether AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude can discover, parse, and cite content from merriam-webster.com.
Maturity Level 2
Based on 50 out of 100 points across 7 technical signals that influence whether AI engines can discover, parse, and cite merriam-webster.com.
Content-level signals were checked on: https://www.merriam-webster.com/sitemap-ssl/lexilicious-0.xml.gz
20/20 pts
robots.txt allows GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.
0/10 pts
No /llms.txt file. AI engines have no curated guide to the site's purpose and key pages.
Fix: Publish /llms.txt with a short site description and links to your most important pages.
15/15 pts
JSON-LD Organization or LocalBusiness markup is present on the homepage.
0/15 pts
Content pages lack JSON-LD Article markup. AI engines may struggle to attribute and quote the content.
Fix: Add JSON-LD Article with headline, datePublished, author, and publisher to blog/article templates.
0/15 pts
No FAQPage schema detected on homepage, content pages, or /faq endpoints.
Fix: Add a FAQ section with FAQPage JSON-LD. This is one of the most AI-cited schema types.
0/10 pts
Content pages have no Person schema with a verifiable identity (sameAs link or author bio URL).
Fix: Add JSON-LD Person to article authors with sameAs link to LinkedIn or other verifiable profile.
15/15 pts
A Sitemap: directive in robots.txt points to the sitemap.xml file.
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Maturity model →
The 5-level framework behind this score.
2026 report →
How merriam-webster.com compares to the top 500.
merriam-webster.com scored 50 out of 100 on the Appearly AI Readiness scan, placing it at Maturity Level 2 (Indexable).
Yes. robots.txt allows GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.
No. No /llms.txt file. AI engines have no curated guide to the site's purpose and key pages. Publish /llms.txt with a short site description and links to your most important pages.
Yes. JSON-LD Organization or LocalBusiness markup is present on the homepage.
No. Content pages lack JSON-LD Article markup. AI engines may struggle to attribute and quote the content. Add JSON-LD Article with headline, datePublished, author, and publisher to blog/article templates.
No. No FAQPage schema detected on homepage, content pages, or /faq endpoints. Add a FAQ section with FAQPage JSON-LD. This is one of the most AI-cited schema types.
No. Content pages have no Person schema with a verifiable identity (sameAs link or author bio URL). Add JSON-LD Person to article authors with sameAs link to LinkedIn or other verifiable profile.
Yes. A Sitemap: directive in robots.txt points to the sitemap.xml file.
Appearly scans up to 8 pages per domain (homepage, robots.txt, /llms.txt, sitemap, and a discovered content page) to evaluate 7 signals weighted from 10 to 20 points each. The maturity model maps total score to one of 5 levels: Invisible (0), Discoverable (1), Indexable (2), Retrievable (3), Cited (4).
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