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LLMready
buffer.com · measured 28 October 2026

Is Buffer AI-ready?

Yes, mostly.

Buffer scores 86/100 for AI search readiness. AI crawlers can reach and read it, with a few gaps that are worth fixing.

#2 of 12 in marketing and sales#6 of 102 sites measured2 points above the industry median (84)
AI readiness0/ 100B
Bot access100
Content extractability82
Semantic metadata96
Citation readiness66

Can AI crawlers get in?

What buffer.com/robots.txt says to each crawler.

  • GPTBotOpenAIAllowed
  • PerplexityBotPerplexityAllowed
  • ClaudeBotAnthropicAllowed
  • Google-ExtendedGoogleAllowed
OAI-SearchBotChatGPT-UserClaude-SearchBotApplebot-ExtendedCCBotMeta-ExternalAgentBytespider

Key signals

What an answer engine finds on the homepage.

llms.txt

Valid · 63 links

llms-full.txt

78 KB

Sitemap

226 URLs

Schema.org JSON-LD

Organization, Person

Text in initial HTML

702 words

Response time

479 ms

Biggest wins

What Buffer could fix first

  1. 1

    Authorship and freshness

    Citation readiness+4 pts possible

    Show an author and published/updated dates (in markup and JSON-LD).

  2. 2

    Answer-ready formats

    Citation readiness+4 pts possible

    Add an FAQ section (with FAQPage schema) and question-style headings that mirror real queries.

  3. 3

    Content density

    Content extractability+3 pts possible

    Trim inline scripts, styles and markup bloat so text makes up a larger share of the page.

  4. 4

    Markdown readability

    Content extractability+1 pts possible

    Shorten sentences and replace jargon; aim for a reading ease of 50+.

  5. 5

    Relevant schema types

    Semantic metadata+1 pts possible

    Describe your entity (Organization), site (WebSite) and main content type (Product, Article, SoftwareApplication).

Every check

The full breakdown

Snapshot of the homepage measured on 28 October 2026 with the same live crawl as the free LLMready audit. A high score means AI engines can reach, read and understand a site. It doesn't guarantee citations — those also depend on authority, relevance and the question being asked. Sites change — run a fresh audit for today's result.

Marketing and sales ranking

Full benchmark

Median 84/100 across 12 measured marketing and sales sites (all sites: 77).

1
89
Pipedrivepipedrive.comB+2
86
Bufferbuffer.comB3
86
Mailchimpmailchimp.comB4
85
HubSpothubspot.comB5
85
Klaviyoklaviyo.comB6
84
Sprout Socialsproutsocial.comB7
84
Zendeskzendesk.comB8
83
Salesforcesalesforce.comB9
81
Intercomintercom.comB-10
79
Hootsuitehootsuite.comC+11
77
Ahrefsahrefs.comC+12
77
Semrushsemrush.comC+

Similar scores elsewhere

Sites in other industries that landed close to 86.

86
Jasperjasper.aiB
86
Postmanpostman.comB
86
Renderrender.comB
86
Squarespacesquarespace.comB
85
Courseracoursera.orgB
85
Hostelworldhostelworld.comB
All 102 measured sites

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