st-andrews.ac.uk 63 C
🛡️ SEO 10 🤖 GEO 78 ⚡ Perf 80 🏗️ Arch 86

st-andrews.ac.uk — Global SEODiff Score 63/100

st-andrews.ac.uk
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st-andrews.ac.uk shows strong AI visibility with an ACRI of 67/100, outperforming 59% of indexed domains. Compared to other education sites (avg score: 57), st-andrews.ac.uk performs above the benchmark, 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. A tight 2.9× token bloat ratio reflects disciplined markup: minimal noise between the crawler and the content it needs. 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.

63
C — Global SEODiff Score
Comprehensive search visibility assessment
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🧮 Score Transparency — How is this calculated?
🛡️ Traditional SEO (25% weight)10 × 0.25 = 2.5
🤖 AI Readiness / GEO (40% weight)78 × 0.40 = 31.2
⚡ Performance (20% weight)80 × 0.20 = 16.0
🏗️ Architecture & Trust (15% weight)86 × 0.15 = 12.9
Weighted sum = 2.5 + 31.2 + 16.0 + 12.9
Global SEODiff Score = 63 (C)
📊 ACRI Sub-Scores (AI Readiness Detail)
100
Bot Access
avg 92
99
Rendering
avg 93
36
Structure
avg 35
2
Schema
avg 9
50
Tech Stack
avg 63
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Visibility Delta: Google vs AI
Google (Tranco)
Top 1%
Rank #11276
+40 pts
Gap
AI (ACRI)
Top 41%
Score 67/100

st-andrews.ac.uk punches above its weight in AI — AI visibility exceeds Google ranking. This is a competitive moat worth protecting. ACRI measures technical crawler readiness. Read the methodology →

Why st-andrews.ac.uk ranks here

Tech stackCustom / Proprietary
Industryeducation
RenderingSSR
Schema coverage1 blocks
Token bloat2.9×

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JavaScript Rendering Check

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Traditional SEO

10/100 25 % of Global Score 🟡 Medium Confidence

📝 Title Tag

68 chars
Too long

Optimal range: 30–60 characters for SERP display.

📋 Meta Description

0 chars
Missing

Optimal range: 120–160 characters for snippet control.

🔤 Heading Hierarchy

  • ✗ Exactly 1 <h1> tag — found 0
  • ✓ Has <h2> headings — found 9
  • ✗ <h2> not before <h1>

🔍 Indexability

  • ✗ Canonical tag present
  • ✓ 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
  • ✗ og:description
  • ✗ og:image
  • ✗ 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

78/100 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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Your ACRI Score
85
Industry Peer ACRI
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Hallucination Risk

Research

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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 36/100 — Low
Structured Elements 51 elements (51 lists, 0 rows, 0 headers)
Total Words1292
Raw Density4.0%
💡Low structure score (36/100). Your content appears as a wall of text with few structured HTML elements. You have 51 list items, 0 table rows, 0 table headers. Convert features into <ul> lists and data into <table> elements to help AI models extract structured information.

🏷️ Schema Health Docs

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

Schema Coverage Map

0/7 schema types detected
❌ Organization
❌ Product/Service
❌ Breadcrumb
❌ FAQ
❌ Article
❌ WebSite
💡Organization schema missing. AI models cannot identify your brand entity. Without it, your brand won't appear in Knowledge Panels or be associated with your content.
💡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.
💡BreadcrumbList schema missing. AI cannot understand your site hierarchy or how pages relate to each other.
💡FAQ schema missing. Adding FAQPage schema lets AI models directly extract Q&A pairs for Featured Snippets and chatbot answers.
💡WebSite schema missing. Add WebSite + SearchAction so Google can generate a Sitelinks Search Box for your brand in AI results.

📐 AI Efficiency Metrics Docs

56
AI Extractability
Low
Crawl Cost
None
Blocklist Risk
Extractability56/100 — AI models can partially extract answers from this page
Crawl CostLow (10/100) — efficient for AI crawlers to process
Blocklist RiskNone — 0 of 5 AI crawlers blocked

Token Bloat Research

34%
🗑️ 66%
Useful Content (13.0 KB)Bloat (24.2 KB)
Token Bloat Ratio2.9× — Lean

Multimodal Readiness

Visual Context100% Optimized for Vision
Image Alt Coverage10 / 10 images have alt text

TDM Rights

TDM-Reservation HeaderNot set
X-Robots-Tag: noaiNot set

🔥 Structural Entropy Check Research

52 Entropy
Fair Token Bloat: Medium
Noise Ratio: 65.0% · SNR: 0.54 · Signal: 3331 / Noise: 6189 tokens

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The LLM Interpretation

AI-VERIFIED

SEODiff AI analyzed the extracted content of st-andrews.ac.uk 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 information about the University of St Andrews and the town of St Andrews.
Target Audience
Students, prospective students, local community members, visitors
Pricing Model
⚠ SEMANTIC VOID
🏆 Competitive Moat
Historical information and community resources.
📊 Content Depth
3/10
Analyzed by SEODiff AI · 2026-02-28

🔧 Tech Stack

AI-Readiness Score50/100
ServerApache/2.4.66 (Debian)
CDN
HTTP Status200
Load Time596 ms
Raw HTML Size37.2 KB
Visible Text Size13.0 KB

Performance & Speed

80/100 20 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

⏱️ Time to First Byte

596 ms
Acceptable — room for improvement

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

📦 Page Weight

452
DOM nodes
37 KB
HTML payload
Lean page — fast for bots and users

🗄️ Cache & CDN

  • ✗ Cache-Control header
  • ✗ 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

86/100 15 % of Global Score 🟢 High Confidence

🗺️ Sitemap & Robots

  • ✗ Sitemap declared in robots.txt
  • ✓ Googlebot allowed
  • ✓ GPTBot allowed
  • ✓ ClaudeBot allowed

🔗 Linking

66
internal links
7
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 151 pages · Deep-10

Homepage ACRI
53
Single-page score
+11
Subpages outperform homepage
Δ delta
Site-Wide ACRI
65
Avg across 151 pages · Range 0–90
Topical Cohesion
9%
Topical Drift
TF-IDF cosine similarity
Total Words
70257
Avg Bloat
13.8×
Page Type ACRI Token Bloat Words Status
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/change-name-title/
Change your name or title at University - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 90 4.5× 1321
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/visa-restrictions-work-uk/
Working in the UK during and after your studies - Guides - University of St Andrews
pricing 90 4.6× 1235 💰 Pricing
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/residences/guide/health-safety-security/
Health, safety and security - Residences - University of St Andrews
blog 90 3.5× 1420
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/residences/guide/environment-energy-and-sustainability/
Environment, energy and sustainability - Residences - University of St Andrews
blog 90 4.5× 812
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/mandatory-training-staff/
Mandatory training for employees - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 90 4.6× 1328
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/staff-discount-scheme-not-local/
Staff discount scheme (national, international and online) - Guides - University of St Andrews
pricing 90 3.4× 8684 💰 Pricing
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/staff-discount-scheme/
Staff discount scheme (local) - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 90 3.8× 2913
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/evisas/
Setting up your eVisa - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 90 4.9× 1137
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/financial-support-staff-student-projects-ideas/
Financial support for staff or student projects and ideas - Guides - University of St Andrews
pricing 90 4.4× 1585 💰 Pricing
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/lonely-homesick-students/
Advice for students feeling lonely or homesick - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 8.2× 570
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/commuter-student-rooms-facilities/
Rooms and facilities for commuter students - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 6.2× 814
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/worried-about-a-friend-or-another-student/
What to do if you are worried about a friend or another student - Guides - University of St Andrews
pricing 85 6.0× 845 💰 Pricing
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/what-to-bring-student-accommodation/
What to bring to University accommodation - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 5.9× 882
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/get-bedding/
Get bedding for student accommodation - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 8.1× 600
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/verify-degree-third-party/
Verify a degree as a third-party institution - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 9.3× 501
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/access-academic-documents-service/
Access your official documents - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 8.3× 584
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/travel-to-around-st-andrews/
Travel to and around St Andrews - Guides - University of St Andrews
pricing 85 8.6× 537 💰 Pricing
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/share-emergency-contact/
Protect your safety by sharing an emergency contact - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 8.4× 561
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/lgbtq-student-resources/
Resources for LGBTQ students - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 9.3× 513
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/guides/nominated-emergency-contact/
Being a student’s nominated emergency contact - Guides - University of St Andrews
blog 85 8.6× 536
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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
/guides/ 121 68 0% 14.9× High JS Bloat
/residences/ 13 74 0% 10.2× High JS Bloat
/students/ 5 68 0% 8.4× High JS Bloat
/development/ 1 47 0% 32.9× High JS Bloat
/integrations/ 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
/about/ 1 50 0% 37.7× High JS Bloat
/faq/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/blog/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/contact/ 1 50 0% 23.3× High JS Bloat
/accommodation/ 1 75 0% 7.6× High JS Bloat
/case-studies/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/products/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
/features/ 1 0 0% 0.0× Low AI Readiness
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Outbound External Citations
0 unique external domains cited across 151 pages
instagram.com ×140
news.st-andrews.ac.uk ×135
youtube.com ×135
wechat.com ×135
x.com ×135
events.st-andrews.ac.uk ×135
linkedin.com ×135
facebook.com ×135
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📊 Semantic Share of Voice

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Remediation Patches

COPY-PASTE

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

Add Organization JSON-LD
High Impact ⏱ 5 min
AI models cannot identify your brand entity without Organization schema. This is the #1 fix for AI visibility.
html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "Ac",
  "url": "https://st-andrews.ac.uk",
  "logo": "https://st-andrews.ac.uk/apple-touch-icon.png",
  "sameAs": []
}
</script>
Add WebSite + SearchAction JSON-LD
High Impact ⏱ 5 min
Enables the Sitelinks Search Box in Google and allows AI to understand your site structure.
html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "WebSite",
  "name": "Ac",
  "url": "https://st-andrews.ac.uk",
  "potentialAction": {
    "@type": "SearchAction",
    "target": "https://st-andrews.ac.uk/search?q={search_term_string}",
    "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
  }
}
</script>
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 Ac?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Add your answer here — describe what Ac does in 1-2 sentences."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How does Ac work?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Explain the key features and how users interact with Ac."
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
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Projected Impact

ROI EST.

If you apply the patches above, here's the estimated improvement for st-andrews.ac.uk:

Current Score
67
Projected Score
80
Improvement
+13 pts
Add Organization schema +6 pts
Add WebSite schema +4 pts
Add FAQ schema +3 pts

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

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