darksky.org

Science and Education

60/100

GEO 71.27AEO 55.64AI Extractability 88

Last scanned Jun 25, 2026 · Methodology v4.5 · View Leaderboard →

darksky.org scored 60/100 on AI-readiness across 48 parameters measured against ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini visibility checks. 21 parameters passed, 13 failed, and 10 need improvement. Strongest area: Discovery & Metadata. Weakest: Answer Positioning. Compared to other science_and_education.environmental_science sites, this score is in the 50th percentile.

The website darksky.org features the page title "DarkSky International | Protecting the night skies for present and future generations". According to the site's meta-description, DarkSky International works to restore the nighttime environment and protect communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation. Based on a scan of these elements, friendly4AI has evaluated the platform's friendliness for AI systems and assigned it an AI-readiness score of 60.

21 Pass

13 Fail

10 Needs Improvement

Engine-specific readiness

These are derived on-page readiness estimates for each engine's grounding index — not live engine queries.

Microsoft Copilot · ChatGPT Search

Bing index

Google AI Mode · Gemini

Google ranking

Limited signal

Perplexity

Own index

Limited signal

Claude

Brave Search

Limited signal

Why per-provider matters: ChatGPT and Perplexity disagree by up to 22× on the same prompt set. A single-engine score is a sampling error.

AI Extractability

AI Extractability: 88/100

How easily AI engines can extract and cite this page. Combines freshness, schema, and answer-block placement.

Freshness

Fresh

Fresh — last modified 0 days ago. Inside the 7–14 day refresh window AI engines reward.

Source:last_modified_header

Freshness: page modified 0 days ago. Inside Perplexity 2–3 day window. Inside 13-week recent band. Far from 26-week at-risk threshold.

Perplexity 2–3d

Schema / Structured Data

website

searchaction

entrypoint

webpage

breadcrumblist

+4 more

9 schema types detected (website, searchaction, entrypoint, webpage, breadcrumblist, listitem, readaction, organization, imageobject). Adding FAQPage is the highest-leverage next step (+28% coverage in 21 days).

Answer Block

Too short

Answer block too short — 14 words. Target is 40–60 words; expand the opening paragraph to be self-contained for ChatGPT and Perplexity.

Answer block starts at word 31, spans 14 words within a 134-word context passage.

GEO — Generative Engine Optimization

Parameters that determine how well AI crawlers can discover and index your content.

Crawlability & Access

robots.txt accessibilityLearn more	Pass
HTTP status and reachabilityLearn more	Pass
AI usage declaration GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
AI opt-out technical signals GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
AI crawler access controlLearn more	Pass
Paywall and login gating detectionLearn more	Pass
Search-bot network reachabilityLearn more	Partial

Discovery & Metadata

sitemap.xml availabilityLearn more	Pass
Structured Data (schema.org)Learn more	Pass
Page metadataLearn more	Pass
URL stabilityLearn more	Pass
Structured data (schema.org/JSON-LD) coverageLearn more	Pass
Security headers baselineLearn more	Pass
FAQ schema detection GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Internal link coverageLearn more	Pass
Content-type schema alignmentLearn more	N/A
IndexNow push-protocol adoptionLearn more	Fail
Entity grounding via sameAs linksLearn more	Fail

API & Agent Readiness

OpenAPI/API discoverability GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
API schema quality for agent consumption GEO + AEO Learn more	Partial
Action-oriented API GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Agent onboarding documentation GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Machine-readable capability metadata GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
API auth transparency GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail

Content Structure

Semantic HTML structure GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
Content visibility without JavaScriptLearn more	Partial
Alt text and accessibility labels GEO + AEO Learn more	Partial
Heading hierarchy quality GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Nosnippet directive detectionLearn more	Pass
Paragraph length distributionLearn more	Partial
Section length distributionLearn more	Fail
Dated statistics ratioLearn more	N/A
Comparison table presenceLearn more	N/A
Entity name consistencyLearn more	Pass
Multimedia coverage and alignmentLearn more	Partial

AI-Specific Protocols

AI manifests coverageLearn more	Pass
llms.txt file presence Experimental Learn more	Partial
UCP manifest availabilityLearn more	N/A

Content Quality

Content freshness GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
Core Web Vitals (page experience)Learn more	Pass

AEO — Answer Engine Optimization

Parameters that influence how AI systems cite and surface your content in answers.

AI Integration

OpenAPI/API discoverability GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
API schema quality for agent consumption GEO + AEO Learn more	Partial
Action-oriented API GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Agent onboarding documentation GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
AI usage declaration GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Machine-readable capability metadata GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
API auth transparency GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
AI opt-out technical signals GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass

Content Authority & Quality

Semantic HTML structure GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
Alt text and accessibility labels GEO + AEO Learn more	Partial
Content freshness GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass
Author authority signalsLearn more	Fail
Heading hierarchy quality GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Content depthLearn more	Partial
Citation and evidence densityLearn more	Pass

Answer Positioning

FAQ schema detection GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Answer-oriented content structureLearn more	Partial
Answer-first H2 complianceLearn more	Fail
Chunk extractability (self-contained H2 blocks)Learn more	Fail
TL;DR / Key Takeaways sectionLearn more	Fail
Answer block shapeLearn more	Partial

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