aiVIP™ · AI & SEARCH VISIBILITY SCANNER
How the aiVIP Scanner Works
A fast-reference guide to using the free aiVIP Scanner, understanding what happens during a scan, reading your results and finding further help when you need it.
The aiVIP Scanner in 6 Steps
If you simply want to know what to expect, this section gives you the whole journey at a glance. Each step links to more detailed guidance further down the page.
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06 · Improve & Re-Scan
Fix worthwhile issues, record your current assessment as a baseline and re-scan after meaningful changes.
The Scanner is a diagnostic starting point — not a prediction.
A score or finding reflects observable signals found by the Scanner and the rules/version used for that assessment. It does not guarantee search-engine ranking, AI inclusion, citation, recommendation, traffic, leads or sales.
What Will I Receive?
Before You Start
The aiVIP™ AI & Search Visibility Scanner is a free, evidence-led website assessment designed to identify observable signals that may be relevant to AI and search visibility readiness.
It combines a bounded scan of publicly accessible website resources with business-context information that you provide.
Tip: Copy and paste your public website address directly from your browser rather than typing it from memory.
Why Does the Scanner Ask Questions?
Some useful business information cannot be reliably established by a bounded technical website scan. The questionnaire adds important business context.
Website Content
Do you publish useful articles, FAQs, industry reports or case studies?
Our People
Are authors identified? Are owners, key staff and industry experts publicly represented?
Online Search Visibility
Do you check search results, monitor website traffic and observe how AI search systems describe you?
Legal & Compliance
Are your About, Contact, Privacy/GDPR and relevant Terms pages maintained?
Business context and observed evidence are kept separate.
Your questionnaire answers are self-reported business context. They are not automatically treated as independently verified technical evidence.
An evidence-led assessment should not imply that it has verified something it has only been told.
Consent Choices
Consent to process the assessment is required. Receiving a copy of the assessment by email is handled separately. Newsletter subscription is an optional, separate choice and is not required to run the scan.
What Does the Scanner Actually Examine?
When you select Run my assessment, the Scanner makes bounded requests to publicly accessible website resources and applies deterministic rules to the evidence it can observe.
Technical Health
Basic technical accessibility and delivery signals affecting whether the public website can be reached and interpreted reliably.
AI Access
Public access controls and AI/search discovery files or resources that the Scanner can check.
Discoverability
Signals that help search systems discover and identify the public site and its preferred URLs or resources.
Content & Entity
Observable content and entity signals that may help make the organisation, subject and page purpose clearer.
Structured Data
Machine-readable structured information detected on the site, where applicable.
Accessibility
Selected observable accessibility-related signals that can also improve clarity and usability.
The Scanner does not need your website administration login, passwords or access to confidential systems.
The current Scanner uses deterministic, rules-based runtime analysis. Its assessment does not depend on an AI API.
Understanding Your Results
When the assessment completes, the results are displayed in your browser. The dashboard provides several levels of information rather than only a headline score.
What Do the Result Statuses Mean?
POSITIVE
Good — Found by Scanner
The relevant observable signal was detected.
What to do: Keep it maintained and make sure the underlying information remains accurate.
REVIEW
You Should Check This Issue
Something may need human review or cannot be fully judged automatically.
What to do: Open the Learn More guidance or review the item manually before making a change.
NOT DETECTED
Not Found / Consider Adding
The Scanner did not detect the expected signal or resource.
What to do: Confirm whether it is genuinely absent and whether it is relevant to your site before deciding what to change.
“Not found” does not automatically mean “install this immediately”.
Understand the finding, its relevance and the limitations of automated testing before making changes.
Your Assessment Email
If you choose to receive a copy, aiVIP sends an assessment email based on the scan that has already been completed.
The email does not trigger a second scan. It is intended to give you a portable record of the same assessment.
The email can include your score and result summary, observable findings, three priority recommendations, links to further guidance, improvement options and a route to re-scan after making changes.
What Should You Do After the Scan?
You do not have to buy anything to make the assessment useful.
Treat your first assessment as a baseline. Improvement is more useful when you can compare what actually changed.
The aiVIP CLEAR™ Framework
CLEAR™ is aiVIP's business-facing framework for explaining five conditions that can influence how clearly a business exists in an AI-first discovery environment.
CLEAR™ is a diagnostic framework, not a guarantee.
It does not claim that an AI system follows a fixed five-step sequence or that satisfying these conditions guarantees citation, ranking or recommendation.
What Information Does the Scanner Need?
Public Website Only
The Scanner assesses publicly accessible website resources and does not require private website credentials.
Assessment Consent
Consent to process the assessment is required to perform the scan.
Email Choice
The assessment-email preference is separate from newsletter consent.
Newsletter Choice
Newsletter consent is optional and can be withdrawn.
Assessment, lead and consent records may be retained for up to 12 months unless a longer period is required for a legitimate legal, contractual, accounting or security purpose.
Carl Henry Global states that it does not sell personal information.
Privacy/GDPR enquiries:
General aiVIP enquiries:
aiVIP Scanner FAQs
Does the Scanner use AI to decide my score?
No. The current runtime analysis is deterministic and rules-based and does not require an AI API.
Does it need my website login?
No. The assessment is designed around publicly accessible website resources.
Will a high score guarantee that an AI system recommends my business?
No. The score reflects observable signals under the Scanner/rules version used. It does not guarantee ranking, inclusion, citation or recommendation.
Why does the Scanner also ask questions?
The questions provide business context that may not be reliably observable from a bounded technical scan.
Can I scan again after making changes?
Yes. Re-scanning is encouraged after meaningful improvements so you can compare the observable evidence.
What if I don't understand a result?
Use the Learn More guidance where available. It is intended to explain what the finding means, why it may matter, what was tested and what you can check next.
Further Information & Resources
Understand Your Results
Plain-English explanations of individual Scanner findings and what you can check next.
Understand Your Results →What Is AI Visibility?
Understand the wider shift from traditional search toward AI-enabled discovery, answers and recommendations.
Explore AI Visibility →Free 2026 Guide
A reader-friendly introduction to how search is changing and what businesses should start assessing.
Explore the Free Guide →Improve Your AI Visibility
Explore the level of guidance or implementation support appropriate to your situation.
View Improvement Options →READY TO START?
Establish Your AI & Search Visibility Baseline
Run the free aiVIP Scanner, review the evidence and identify where your website may deserve attention.
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