roughguides.com 69 C
🛡️ SEO 72 🤖 GEO 66 ⚡ Perf 54 🏗️ Arch 93

roughguides.com — Global SEODiff Score 69/100

roughguides.com
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roughguides.com shows strong AI visibility with an ACRI of 77/100, outperforming 86% of indexed domains. In the infrastructure sector, roughguides.com outperforms the average (57), suggesting strong competitive positioning in AI search. The low ghost ratio (5%) confirms that what crawlers see matches what users see — a hallmark of strong SSR implementation. Heavy markup overhead (50.0× 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. Robots.txt grants unrestricted access to the key AI user-agents, which is the strongest starting position for AI visibility.

69
C — Global SEODiff Score
Comprehensive search visibility assessment
Strong foundations, but Performance (54) is your bottleneck.
🎯 Top Fix: Reduce token bloat (104×) → +5–10 pts
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📈 ACRI Trend 19 snapshots
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🔔 Recent AI Indexing Activity
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🧮 Score Transparency — How is this calculated?
🛡️ Traditional SEO (25% weight)72 × 0.25 = 18.0
🤖 AI Readiness / GEO (40% weight)66 × 0.40 = 26.4
⚡ Performance (20% weight)54 × 0.20 = 10.8
🏗️ Architecture & Trust (15% weight)93 × 0.15 = 13.9
Weighted sum = 18.0 + 26.4 + 10.8 + 13.9
Global SEODiff Score = 69 (C)
📊 ACRI Sub-Scores (AI Readiness Detail)
100
Bot Access
avg 92
99
Rendering
avg 93
46
Structure
avg 35
42
Schema
avg 9
70
Tech Stack
avg 63
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Visibility Delta: Google vs AI
Google (Tranco)
Top 4%
Rank #38651
+11 pts
Gap
AI (ACRI)
Top 14%
Score 77/100

roughguides.com shows stronger AI visibility than traditional SEO ranking. Great AI foundation to build on. ACRI measures technical crawler readiness. Read the methodology →

Why roughguides.com ranks here

Tech stackNext.js
RenderingSSR
Schema coverage1 blocks
Token bloat50×+

Fastest improvements

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🧪

JavaScript Rendering Check

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

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🛡️

Traditional SEO

72/100 25 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

📝 Title Tag

71 chars
Too long

Optimal range: 30–60 characters for SERP display.

📋 Meta Description

154 chars
Good length

Optimal range: 120–160 characters for snippet control.

🔤 Heading Hierarchy

  • ✓ Exactly 1 <h1> tag — found 1
  • ✓ Has <h2> headings — found 7
  • ✓ <h2> not before <h1>

🔍 Indexability

  • ✓ Canonical tag present → https://www.roughguides.com/
  • ✓ No noindex directive
  • ✓ Meta viewport set
  • ✓ HTML lang attribute → en
  • ➖ Hreflang tags — N/A (single language site)
  • ✓ Googlebot allowed by robots.txt

🌐 Social / OpenGraph

  • ✓ og:title — Rough Guides: Online Travel Agency for Tailor-Made trips | Rough Guides
  • ✓ og:description — Plan and book your dream trip, with our famous travel guides and local experts who create bespoke itineraries for every traveller.
  • ✓ og:image — preview
  • ✓ twitter:card — summary_large_image
📐 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

66/100 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 →
roughguides.com
59
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 5%
0% — Safe 50% 100% — Risk
Status Server-Side Rendered (Safe)
Rendering Type SSR

📊 Structure & Information Density Docs

Structure Grade 46/100 — Fair
Structured Elements 76 elements (76 lists, 0 rows, 0 headers)
Total Words1174
Raw Density6.5%

🏷️ Schema Health Docs

Organization Schema ✅ Present
Product / Service Schema ⚠️ Not Found
Total Schema Blocks1 block(s) — Basic (low value for AI)

Schema Coverage Map

3/7 schema types detected
✅ Organization
❌ Product/Service
✅ Breadcrumb
❌ FAQ
❌ Article
✅ WebSite
💡Product / Service schema missing. AI models don't know this is a SaaS product. Add Product or SoftwareApplication schema so AI understands what you offer and can surface pricing/features.
💡FAQ schema missing. Adding FAQPage schema lets AI models directly extract Q&A pairs for Featured Snippets and chatbot answers.

📐 AI Efficiency Metrics Docs

50
AI Extractability
High
Crawl Cost
None
Blocklist Risk
Extractability50/100 — AI models can partially extract answers from this page
Crawl CostHigh (100/100) — expensive for AI crawlers to process
Blocklist RiskNone — 0 of 5 AI crawlers blocked

Token Bloat Research

1%
🗑️ 99%
Useful Content (8.3 KB)Bloat (848.6 KB)
Token Bloat Ratio50×+ — Bloated

Multimodal Readiness

Visual Context100% Optimized for Vision
Image Alt Coverage25 / 25 images have alt text

TDM Rights

TDM-Reservation HeaderNot set
X-Robots-Tag: noaiNot set
💡Your HTML is 856.8 KB, but only 8.3 KB is text. 1% useful / 99% bloat. AI crawlers have limited context windows (e.g. 128k tokens). This level of bloat (50×+) risks context-window truncation by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Reduce inline scripts, CSS, hydration payloads, and tracking code.

🔥 Structural Entropy Check Research

0 Entropy
Poor Token Bloat: High
Noise Ratio: 99.0% · SNR: 0.01 · Signal: 2118 / Noise: 217230 tokens

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AI Answer Preview

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The LLM Interpretation

AI-VERIFIED

SEODiff AI analyzed the extracted content of roughguides.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
This website provides curated recommendations for solo travel in the United States, offering tailored itineraries and local insights to enhance the experience for independent travelers.
Target Audience
Solo travelers, particularly those seeking adventure, cultural experiences, and unique destinations within the US.
Pricing Model
⚠ SEMANTIC VOID
🏆 Competitive Moat
Provides highly specific, curated travel recommendations and local expertise, catering to the unique needs and desires of solo travelers, offering a level of personalization not found in general travel guides.
📊 Content Depth
8/10
🔄 Programmatic SEO Signals
Template comparison pagesIntegration directory pages
⚡ Key Pain Points
• Thin landing pages for features
• Lack of structured FAQ schema
Analyzed by SEODiff AI · 2026-03-02

🔧 Tech Stack

FrameworkNext.js
AI-Readiness Score70/100
ServerNetlify
CDNnetlify
HTTP Status200
Load Time812 ms
Raw HTML Size856.8 KB
Visible Text Size8.3 KB

Performance & Speed

54/100 20 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

⏱️ Time to First Byte

812 ms
Slow — bots may time out or deprioritise

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

📦 Page Weight

1134
DOM nodes
857 KB
HTML payload
Heavy page — consider reducing DOM complexity

🗄️ Cache & CDN

  • ✓ Cache-Control header → public,max-age=0,must-revalidate
  • ✗ CDN cache status
  • ✓ CDN detected → netlify

🔬 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

93/100 15 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

🗺️ Sitemap & Robots

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

🔗 Linking

75
internal links
6
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.

🏅 AI-Verified Trust Badge

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� Deep Crawl Analysis 88 pages · Deep-10

Homepage ACRI
59
Single-page score
-5
Consistent readability
Δ delta
Site-Wide ACRI
54
Avg across 88 pages · Range 0–69
Topical Cohesion
10%
Topical Drift
TF-IDF cosine similarity
Total Words
134993
Avg Bloat
62.2×
RAG Fractures [?]
2
⚠️
2 RAG-Chunking Fractures Detected

Poorly formatted tables or pricing grids on 2 pages will be split incorrectly during RAG chunking, causing AI models to hallucinate prices and features.

Page Type ACRI Token Bloat Words Status
https://www.roughguides.com/article/best-places-to-travel-alone-in-usa-america/
22 Best Solo Trips In The US | Rough Guides
pricing 69 19.6× 4197 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/guide-to-the-hawaiian-islands/
A First Timer's Guide To The Hawaiian Islands | Rough Guides
pricing 69 15.9× 4736 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/hardest-mountains-to-climb/
The Hardest Mountains To Climb: 11 Challenging Peaks | Rough Guides
pricing 69 15.9× 4773 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/an-experts-guide-the-best-area-to-stay-in-paris/
Which is the best area to stay in Paris? | Rough Guides
pricing 69 19.7× 3925 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/best-area-to-stay-in-new-york-city/
Where to stay in New York City area by area guide 2025 | Rough Guides
pricing 64 21.3× 3311 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/going-coastal-12-of-britains-best-seaside-spots/
Going coastal: 12 of Britain's best seaside spots | Rough Guides
pricing 64 24.9× 2889 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/is-it-safe-to-visit-the-palestinian-territories/
Are Palestinian Territories Safe To Visit? | Rough Guides
pricing 64 26.3× 1758 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/croatias-best-honeymoon-destinations/
The best honeymoon destinations in Croatia | Our top picks | Rough Guides
pricing 64 21.4× 3206 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/6-fascinating-jamaican-traditions-and-customs/
6 Fascinating Jamaican Customs and Traditions | Rough Guides
pricing 61 37.8× 1474 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/7-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-in-albania/
7 things you didn't know you could do in Albania | Rough Guides
pricing 61 44.2× 1386 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/8-tips-for-backpacking-central-america/
8 Tips For Backpacking Central America | Rough Guides
pricing 61 37.6× 1188 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/9-tips-for-surviving-the-overnight-bus/
9 tips for surviving that dreaded overnight bus | Rough Guides
pricing 61 41.6× 1046 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/a-first-timers-guide-to-faroe-islands/
Faroe Islands Travel Guide | Rough Guides
pricing 61 31.2× 1893 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/a-beginners-guide-to-cape-verde/
A beginner's guide to Cape Verde | Rough Guides
pricing 61 33.3× 1329 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/a-giant-underground-trampoline-has-opened-in-a-cave-in-wales/
Bounce Below: The Underground Trampoline In A Cave In Wales | Rough Guides
pricing 61 36.0× 1818 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/a-little-piece-of-paradise-visiting-panamas-san-blas-islands/
San Blas Island Tours Panama | Rough Guides
pricing 61 50.6× 1251 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/best-scenic-train-rides-in-europe/
The Best Scenic Train Rides In Europe | Rough Guides | Rough Guides
pricing 61 41.0× 1122 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/an-experts-guide-the-best-places-to-stay-in-moscow/
An Expert's Guide: The Best Places To Stay In Moscow | Rough Guides
pricing 61 41.2× 1350 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/backpacking-south-america/
9 Tips For Backpacking South America | Rough Guides
pricing 61 34.1× 1342 💰 Pricing
https://www.roughguides.com/article/backpacking-thailand-tips/
9 essential tips for backpacking Thailand | Rough Guides
pricing 61 45.2× 1273 💰 Pricing
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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
/article/ 76 60 1% 53.0× Bot Blocked
/blog/ 2 41 1% 334.4× Bot Blocked
/contact/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/features/ 1 41 1% 335.0× Bot Blocked
/about/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/faq/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/pricing/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/docs/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/products/ 1 61 1% 100.6× Bot Blocked
/articles/ 1 41 1% 333.9× Bot Blocked
/integrations/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/case-studies/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
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Outbound External Citations
0 unique external domains cited across 88 pages
facebook.com ×81
twitter.com ×81
pinterest.co.uk ×81
shop.roughguides.com ×81
instagram.com ×81
booking.com ×19
go.roughguides.com ×12
trips.roughguides.com ×11
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🩹

Remediation Patches

COPY-PASTE

Auto-generated code fixes tailored to roughguides.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 0% 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>
Add FAQ Schema
Medium Impact ⏱ 10 min
FAQ schema lets AI models directly extract Q&A pairs. This is the easiest way to get featured in AI responses.
html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "FAQPage",
  "mainEntity": [
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What is Roughguides?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Add your answer here — describe what Roughguides does in 1-2 sentences."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How does Roughguides work?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Explain the key features and how users interact with Roughguides."
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
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Projected Impact

ROI EST.

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

Current Score
77
Projected Score
85
Improvement
+8 pts
Reduce token bloat +5 pts
Add FAQ schema +3 pts

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

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