out.com

News & Media Publishers

59/100

GEO 71.89AEO 34.24AI Extractability 79

Last scanned Jun 26, 2026 · Methodology v4.5 · View Leaderboard →

out.com scored 59/100 on AI-readiness across 48 parameters measured against ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini visibility checks. 18 parameters passed, 10 failed, and 12 need improvement. Strongest area: Discovery & Metadata. Weakest: Content Authority & Quality. Compared to other news_and_media.general sites, this score is in the 69th percentile.

The website out.com features the page title Out Magazine - Gay & Lesbian Travel, Fashion, Culture & Politics. According to its meta-description, the site defines and articulates the contribution of gay men and women to the culture through a provocative blend of fashion, pop culture, and journalism, inspiring readers to consider the ever-evolving meaning of gay. Following a scan by friendly4AI, the website has been assigned an AI-readiness score of 59.

18 Pass

10 Fail

12 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: 79/100

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:date_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

organization

imageobject

website

searchaction

4 schema types detected (organization, imageobject, website, searchaction). Adding FAQPage is the highest-leverage next step (+28% coverage in 21 days).

Answer Block

Missing

No answer block in the first 200 words. Your first 200 words contain navigation, a {{introWordCount}}-word intro, and a product description. Open with a 40–60 word direct answer.

No answer block detected.

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	Pass

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

Content Structure

Semantic HTML structure GEO + AEO Learn more	Partial
Content visibility without JavaScriptLearn more	Pass
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	Partial
Comparison table presenceLearn more	N/A
Entity name consistencyLearn more	Pass
Multimedia coverage and alignmentLearn more	Partial

AI-Specific Protocols

AI manifests coverageLearn more	Fail
llms.txt file presence Experimental Learn more	Fail
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	N/A
API schema quality for agent consumption GEO + AEO Learn more	N/A
Action-oriented API GEO + AEO Learn more	N/A
Agent onboarding documentation GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
AI usage declaration GEO + AEO Learn more	Fail
Machine-readable capability metadata GEO + AEO Learn more	Partial
API auth transparency GEO + AEO Learn more	N/A
AI opt-out technical signals GEO + AEO Learn more	Pass

Content Authority & Quality

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

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	Pass
TL;DR / Key Takeaways sectionLearn more	N/A
Answer block shapeLearn more	Partial

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