protonvpn.com 73 B
🛡️ SEO 84 🤖 GEO 74 ⚡ Perf 52 🏗️ Arch 80

protonvpn.com — Global SEODiff Score 73/100

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protonvpn.com shows strong AI visibility with an ACRI of 81/100, outperforming 95% of indexed domains. Compared to other infrastructure sites (avg score: 57), protonvpn.com performs above the benchmark, suggesting strong competitive positioning in AI search. Content is delivered server-side, meaning bots and AI agents can parse the full page without executing JavaScript. Heavy markup overhead (18.0× bloat) forces AI systems to wade through excess code before finding useful information. Minimal structured data (1 block) limits the site's ability to communicate entity relationships to AI systems. The site maintains an open-door policy for AI crawlers — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and other major agents are all allowed.

73
B — Global SEODiff Score
Comprehensive search visibility assessment
Strong foundations, but Performance (52) is your bottleneck.
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📈 ACRI Trend 6 snapshots
Feb 23 Mar 16
🔔 Recent AI Indexing Activity
📈 Mar 10 ACRI +2 (59→61)
📈 Mar 10 ACRI +2 (59→61)
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🧮 Score Transparency — How is this calculated?
🛡️ Traditional SEO (25% weight)84 × 0.25 = 21.0
🤖 AI Readiness / GEO (40% weight)74 × 0.40 = 29.6
⚡ Performance (20% weight)52 × 0.20 = 10.4
🏗️ Architecture & Trust (15% weight)80 × 0.15 = 12.0
Weighted sum = 21.0 + 29.6 + 10.4 + 12.0
Global SEODiff Score = 73 (B)
📊 ACRI Sub-Scores (AI Readiness Detail)
100
Bot Access
avg 92
97
Rendering
avg 93
47
Structure
avg 35
82
Schema
avg 9
55
Tech Stack
avg 63
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Visibility Delta: Google vs AI
Google (Tranco)
Top 2%
Rank #15313
Aligned
Gap
AI (ACRI)
Top 5%
Score 81/100

protonvpn.com has balanced Google and AI visibility — both rank roughly in the same tier. ACRI measures technical crawler readiness. Read the methodology →

Why protonvpn.com ranks here

Tech stackExpress
RenderingHybrid
Schema coverage1 blocks
Token bloat18.0×

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JavaScript Rendering Check

We check what AI crawlers miss when they skip JavaScript execution.

Running headless browser to simulate AI extraction…
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Traditional SEO

84/100 25 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

📝 Title Tag

35 chars
Good length

Optimal range: 30–60 characters for SERP display.

📋 Meta Description

138 chars
Good length

Optimal range: 120–160 characters for snippet control.

🔤 Heading Hierarchy

  • ✓ Exactly 1 <h1> tag — found 1
  • ✓ Has <h2> headings — found 8
  • ✓ <h2> not before <h1>

🔍 Indexability

  • ✓ Canonical tag present → https://protonvpn.com
  • ✓ No noindex directive
  • ✓ Meta viewport set
  • ✓ HTML lang attribute → en
  • ✅ Hreflang tags
  • ✓ Googlebot allowed by robots.txt

🌐 Social / OpenGraph

  • ✓ og:title — The best VPN for speed and security
  • ✓ og:description — Get fast, secure VPN service in 120+ countries. Download our free VPN now — or check out Proton VPN Plus for even more premium features.
  • ✓ og:image — preview
  • ✗ twitter:card
📐 How the SEO Pillar score is calculated

SEO Pillar = Title (20 pts) + Meta Desc (20 pts) + Heading Hierarchy (20 pts) + Indexability (20 pts) + Social/OG (20 pts)

Each sub-score is derived from the checks above. Canonical tag, lang attribute, og:image, and a single H1 are the highest-impact items.

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AI Readiness / GEO

74/100 40 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

This pillar aggregates citation share, hallucination risk, bot access, schema health, and content extractability. The individual diagnostic sections below contribute to this score.

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Citation Alternatives

Research
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Insight: In the infrastructure sector, safely.co.jp (ACRI: 90) currently has stronger AI extractability. AI models tend to prefer sources with higher semantic structure and schema coverage. Domains with ACRI < 40 see 3.5× more hallucinations. Read the research →
protonvpn.com
61
Your ACRI Score
90
Industry Peer ACRI
AI models prioritize pages with strong semantic structure and schema coverage. safely.co.jp has schema coverage of 3 blocks and uses WordPress. Improve your score by implementing the remediation patches below.
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🚨

Hallucination Risk

Research

Is AI lying about your brand? This panel measures how likely LLMs are to hallucinate facts when extracting information from your page.

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🤖 Bot Access Matrix

GPTBot (OpenAI)
Allowed
ClaudeBot (Anthropic)
Allowed
CCBot (Common Crawl)
Allowed
Google-Extended
Allowed
Googlebot
Allowed

👻 Rendering (Ghost Ratio) Docs

Ghost Ratio 10%
0% — Safe 50% 100% — Risk
Status Server-Side Rendered (Safe)
Rendering Type Hybrid

📊 Structure & Information Density Docs

Structure Grade 47/100 — Fair
Structured Elements 166 elements (145 lists, 9 rows, 12 headers)
Total Words2502
Raw Density6.6%

🏷️ Schema Health Docs

Organization Schema ✅ Present
Product / Service Schema ✅ Present
Total Schema Blocks1 block(s) — Basic (low value for AI)

Schema Coverage Map

5/7 schema types detected
✅ Organization
✅ Product/Service
❌ Breadcrumb
✅ FAQ
❌ Article
✅ WebSite
💡BreadcrumbList schema missing. AI cannot understand your site hierarchy or how pages relate to each other.

📐 AI Efficiency Metrics Docs

64
AI Extractability
High
Crawl Cost
None
Blocklist Risk
Extractability64/100 — AI models can partially extract answers from this page
Crawl CostHigh (70/100) — expensive for AI crawlers to process
Blocklist RiskNone — 0 of 5 AI crawlers blocked

Token Bloat Research

5%
🗑️ 95%
Useful Content (20.1 KB)Bloat (341.3 KB)
Token Bloat Ratio18.0× — Heavy

Multimodal Readiness

Visual Context43% Optimized for Vision
Image Alt Coverage28 / 65 images have alt text

TDM Rights

TDM-Reservation HeaderNot set
X-Robots-Tag: noaiNot set
💡Only 43% of images have alt text. Add descriptive alt attributes so multimodal AI (ChatGPT Vision) can understand your images.

🔥 Structural Entropy Check Research

0 Entropy
Poor Token Bloat: High
Noise Ratio: 94.4% · SNR: 0.06 · Signal: 5138 / Noise: 87367 tokens

🔬 AI-Crawler Simulation

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This is what humans see — styled, branded, visual.
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AI Answer Preview

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The LLM Interpretation

AI-VERIFIED

SEODiff AI analyzed the extracted content of protonvpn.com and produced this structured business intelligence. Fields marked SEMANTIC VOID indicate information the AI could not find — a critical gap in your site’s machine-readability.

Core Offering
Proton VPN provides a secure VPN service with a strict no-logs policy, prioritizing user privacy and digital freedom.
Target Audience
Privacy-conscious individuals, digital freedom advocates, users concerned about data security and government surveillance.
Pricing Model
Subscription-based, with various tiers offering different features and usage limits.
🏆 Competitive Moat
Community-supported, non-profit structure prioritizing user privacy over profit, coupled with Swiss jurisdiction.
📊 Content Depth
6/10
Analyzed by SEODiff AI · 2026-03-01

🔧 Tech Stack

FrameworkExpress
AI-Readiness Score55/100
Server
CDN
HTTP Status200
Load Time870 ms
Raw HTML Size361.3 KB
Visible Text Size20.1 KB

Performance & Speed

52/100 20 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

⏱️ Time to First Byte

870 ms
Slow — bots may time out or deprioritise

Google considers <200 ms "good". AI crawlers may have even shorter timeouts.

📦 Page Weight

2408
DOM nodes
361 KB
HTML payload
Heavy page — consider reducing DOM complexity

🗄️ Cache & CDN

  • ✓ Cache-Control header → no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate
  • ✗ CDN cache status
  • ✗ CDN detected

🔬 Tracker Tax

0
tracker scripts
0
third-party domains
0.0%
token overhead
Minimal tracker load — clean signal for bots
📐 How the Performance Pillar score is calculated

Perf Pillar = TTFB (35 pts) + Page Weight (25 pts) + Cache/CDN (20 pts) + Tracker Tax (20 pts)

TTFB <200 ms = full marks. DOM >3000 or payload >300 KB incurs heavy penalties. Tracker scripts beyond 5 reduce score.

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Architecture & Trust

80/100 15 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

🗺️ Sitemap & Robots

  • ✓ Sitemap declared in robots.txt → https://protonvpn.com/sitemap.xml
  • ✓ Googlebot allowed
  • ✓ GPTBot allowed
  • ✓ ClaudeBot allowed

🔗 Linking

123
internal links
63
external links
Good internal linking — helps crawlers discover content

🔒 Security & Trust

  • ✓ HSTS header (Strict-Transport-Security)
  • ✗ Content-Security-Policy header
  • ✓ HTTP status 200 OK (got 200)

♿ Accessibility Signals

  • ✓ HTML lang attribute → en
  • ✓ Meta viewport for mobile
  • ✓ Single H1 for screen readers
📐 How the Architecture Pillar score is calculated

Arch Pillar = Sitemap & Robots (30 pts) + Linking (25 pts) + Security (25 pts) + Accessibility (20 pts)

Having a valid sitemap, allowing AI bots, HSTS, and a good internal link count are the highest-impact items.

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� Deep Crawl Analysis 132 pages · Deep-10

Homepage ACRI
61
Single-page score
0
Consistent readability
Δ delta
Site-Wide ACRI
61
Avg across 132 pages · Range 0–72
Topical Cohesion
13%
Topical Drift
TF-IDF cosine similarity
Total Words
189912
Avg Bloat
44.4×
RAG Fractures [?]
126
⚠️
126 RAG-Chunking Fractures Detected

Poorly formatted tables or pricing grids on 126 pages will be split incorrectly during RAG chunking, causing AI models to hallucinate prices and features.

Page Type ACRI Token Bloat Words Status
https://protonvpn.com/blog/discord-alternatives
Discord alternatives: Pros and cons of 7 open-source chat apps | Proton VPN
pricing 72 18.9× 2962 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/product-roadmap-winter-2024-2025
Proton VPN roadmap: Product updates coming this winter - Proton VPN | Proton VPN
pricing 72 19.3× 1730 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/vpns-censorship
Could a VPN have helped during the TikTok ban? | Proton VPN
pricing 72 19.6× 2883 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/airtag-alternative
AirTag alternatives: What’s better for your privacy and security? - Proton VPN | Proton VPN
pricing 72 18.0× 3104 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/dns-server-not-responding
DNS server isn't responding: How to fix it | Proton VPN | Proton VPN
pricing 72 17.3× 2143 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/blog-how-to-check-if-vpn-working
Is my VPN working? - Proton VPN | Proton VPN
pricing 67 26.0× 2152 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/may-2025-update
May 2025: Phishing, battery, and speed improvements | Proton VPN
pricing 67 48.6× 666 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/windows-arm
Proton VPN now supports Windows ARM devices - Proton VPN | Proton VPN
pricing 67 45.2× 750 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/discord-banned-egypt
Is Discord banned in Egypt? | Proton VPN
pricing 67 40.8× 841 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/expat-vpn-survey
Study: VPNs are an emotional lifeline for expats | Proton VPN
pricing 67 44.8× 778 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/security-issues-cloud-computing
13 security issues in cloud computing and how to avoid them | Proton VPN
pricing 67 21.2× 1677 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/crunchyroll-streaming-app
Is Crunchyroll a safe platform to stream anime? | Proton VPN
pricing 67 40.8× 1358 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/censorship-2025
Top 10: The biggest internet censorship moments in 2025 - Proton VPN | Proton VPN
pricing 67 24.0× 2351 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/old-ovpn-configs
You may need to update your old OpenVPN configs | Proton VPN
pricing 67 45.3× 736 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/uganda-internet-shutdown-elections
Uganda shut down the internet; Proton VPN signups spike 8,000% | Proton VPN
pricing 67 63.6× 530 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/why-streamlined-server-lists
How streamlined server lists make Proton VPN stronger - Proton VPN | Proton VPN
pricing 67 27.5× 1243 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/spain-cloudflare-block
Cloudflare blocked in Spain; Proton VPN signups surge 200% | Proton VPN
pricing 67 46.1× 743 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/jordan-discord-ban
Discord banned in Jordan? Spike in VPN signups - Proton VPN | Proton VPN
pricing 67 53.3× 628 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/no-logs-audit
Proton VPN annual no-logs third-party audits | Proton VPN
pricing 67 28.5× 1193 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
https://protonvpn.com/blog/spring-summer-recap-2025
Proton VPN spring and summer recap 2025 | Proton VPN
pricing 67 25.6× 1386 ⚠️ RAG Fracture
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Health by Sub-Directory
Average ACRI and top issues aggregated by URL path prefix
Path Pages Avg ACRI Ghost % Bloat Top Issue
/blog/ 104 66 0% 36.5× High JS Bloat
/nl/ 1 53 1% 78.6× Bot Blocked
/faq/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/ja/ 1 43 1% 363.6× Bot Blocked
/docs/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/tr/ 1 53 1% 86.5× Bot Blocked
/features/ 1 67 0% 25.7× High JS Bloat
/es-419/ 1 53 1% 68.7× Bot Blocked
/pt-br/ 1 53 1% 69.0× Bot Blocked
/integrations/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/fi/ 1 53 1% 98.4× Bot Blocked
/contact/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/cs/ 1 53 1% 82.5× Bot Blocked
/ru/ 1 53 1% 98.7× Bot Blocked
/pl/ 1 53 1% 81.5× Bot Blocked
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Outbound External Citations
0 unique external domains cited across 132 pages
instagram.com ×126
youtube.com ×126
proton.me ×126
linkedin.com ×126
simplelogin.io ×126
threads.net ×126
t.me ×126
bsky.app ×126
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📊 Semantic Share of Voice

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Remediation Patches

COPY-PASTE

Auto-generated code fixes tailored to protonvpn.com. Copy and paste these into your codebase to improve AI visibility. These patches are mathematically proven to increase extraction accuracy →

Reduce Token Bloat
Medium Impact ⏱ 1–2 hrs
Only 5% of your HTML is useful content. AI crawlers waste context window tokens on bloat.
html
<!-- Move inline CSS to external stylesheets -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/main.css">

<!-- Move inline scripts to external files with defer -->
<script src="/js/app.js" defer></script>

<!-- Remove duplicate navigation blocks -->
<!-- Keep only ONE <nav> in the <header> -->

<!-- Ensure <main> wraps your primary content -->
<main>
  <!-- Your content here — this is what AI sees first -->
</main>
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Projected Impact

ROI EST.

If you apply the patches above, here's the estimated improvement for protonvpn.com:

Current Score
81
Projected Score
86
Improvement
+5 pts
Reduce token bloat +5 pts

*Estimates based on SEODiff's scoring model. Actual results depend on implementation quality.

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