Mahadevan

Posted on Jun 2

I Fixed My AI Visibility From 0 to 80 [Part 2], These 5 Things Actually Worked

#ai #seo #webdev #productivity

💡 Part 2 of the AI Visibility series.
← Read Part 1 first if you haven't already.

The Problem Nobody Talks About

Your site ranks #1 on Google.
You open ChatGPT and ask about your own business.

It says:

"I don't have specific information about that."

That was me. devndespro.com, years of SEO work, first page rankings, zero AI visibility.

Score when I started: 0 / 100 🔴

I spent 48 hours fixing it. Here is exactly what moved the needle.

⚡ Fix #1, Bing Indexing

Most people optimise for Google and wonder why ChatGPT ignores them.
ChatGPT does not use Google. It uses Bing.

My Bing stats before the fix:

Google impressions  →  1,760  ✅
Bing impressions    →      6  ❌

The fix:

Go to Bing Webmaster Tools
Submit your sitemap
Use IndexNow for instant page submission

Done in 20 minutes. This alone unblocks ChatGPT from finding you.

🔗 Fix #2, Connect Your Identity With Schema

AI engines piece your brand together from dozens of sources.

Without a sameAs schema, your Clutch profile, LinkedIn, Dev.to, and website look like 4 separate things to an AI model.

The fix: Add one Organization JSON-LD block to your site's <head>:

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "Your Brand",
  "url": "https://yoursite.com",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://linkedin.com/company/yourbrand",
    "https://clutch.co/profile/yourbrand",
    "https://dev.to/yourusername"
  ]
}

One block. Unified identity. AI engines suddenly understand you are a real, connected entity.

🎯 Fix #3, Stop Testing With Generic Queries

❌  best web design agency Norway     → always loses to global giants
❌  top UI/UX designers               → irrelevant, too broad
✅  devndespro web design Stavanger   → findable, traceable
✅  devndespro SEO tool review        → exactly what real users search

Generic queries are a vanity metric for small brands.
Brand-specific queries are where AI visibility actually shows up.

Rewrite your test queries. Run the test again. You will immediately see the difference.

⭐ Fix #4, Reviews on Third-Party Platforms

Platform	My status before	AI engine weight
Google Reviews	4.8 ⭐ (5 reviews)	Medium
Clutch	Profile, 0 reviews	Low
Trustpilot	Profile, 0 reviews	Low
G2	Not listed	None

The gap: AI engines look specifically at Clutch, Trustpilot, and G2 for agency credibility, not just Google.

An empty profile barely helps. One real review changes your classification.

Message one past client today. Their 2 minutes = your credibility signal.

🌐 Fix #5, Link Out to Authoritative Sources

AI engines do not only look at who links to you.
They also look at who you link to.

A site that references W3C, MDN, and Google Developers signals it belongs to a trusted ecosystem.

A site that only links to itself? Hard to classify. Easy to ignore.

The fix: Add 3 authoritative external links anywhere on your site. Footer is fine.

✅  developer.mozilla.org
✅  web.dev
✅  developers.google.com

Small change. Real signal.

📊 The Full Scorecard

Fix	Time to implement	Impact
🔍 Bing indexing	20 mins	ChatGPT can find you
🔗 sameAs schema	10 mins	Unified brand identity
🎯 Brand queries	5 mins	Measurable progress
⭐ Third-party reviews	Ongoing	Credibility signal
🌐 Outbound links	5 mins	Trusted ecosystem signal

Overall SEO Health Score → 100 / 100 🟢
AI Visibility Score → 80 / 100 🟢

Technical fixes show up immediately in health scores.
AI citation scores take 2–4 weeks as engines re-crawl and update.

🚀 The One Thing To Do Right Now

Submit your sitemap to Bing Webmaster Tools.

Everything else can wait. This one cannot.

👉 bing.com/webmasters

What's Next, Part 3

Part 3 covers content strategy for AI citation, what formats, structures, and page types AI engines actually cite, and how to build a publishing plan that targets AI visibility instead of just Google rankings.

Different game. Different rules. Coming soon.

🛠️ I track AI visibility for client sites using a tool I built at seo.devndespro.com
Full-stack web development and UI/UX design → devndespro.com

💬 Curious what your AI visibility score looks like?
Drop your website URL in the comments, I'll run it through my tool and reply with your score. No signup, no pitch. Just the number.

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