# Kuroma > Kuroma is a GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AI SEO platform that tracks brand visibility across six AI search engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, and Google AI Mode. ## About Kuroma > Kuroma is an AI brand visibility and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) platform that measures how AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Google AI Mode) describe, rank, and recommend a brand. - [Kuroma](https://kuroma.ai/): Home — track and improve your brand's visibility across AI answer engines (GEO / AI SEO). - [AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/ai-readiness): Free tool to check how AI-ready your website is for answer engines. - [Methodology](https://kuroma.ai/methodology): How the AI Readiness score is computed: the four categories and their weights, what is deliberately not scored, and the validation against observed AI answers. - [Benchmarks](https://kuroma.ai/benchmarks): AI Readiness score distributions by industry, from the audited-site archive. - Factor guides, one page per rubric factor (what the check reads on a page, its weight, and how to fix it): https://kuroma.ai/methodology/content-depth, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/question-coverage, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/structured-data, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/readability, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/heading-structure, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/media-accessibility, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/schema-markup, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/page-speed, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/mobile-optimization, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/crawlability, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/eeat, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/citations, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/trust-signals, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/answer-box-potential, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/citation-worthiness, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/content-freshness, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/unique-value, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/ai-discoverability, https://kuroma.ai/methodology/raw-html-availability ## Kuroma Blog The Kuroma Blog covers SEO, GEO, and AI Search Optimization — helping marketers and brand managers understand and improve their visibility in AI-powered search engines. ## Blog Posts - [GEO Is Here. Now What?](https://kuroma.ai/blog/geo-is-here-now-what): As AI search fundamentally shifts how consumers discover information, Generative Engine Optimization is rapidly evolving from a novel concept into an essential business practice. To succeed, brands must move beyond simply monitoring their AI visibility to actively building the workflows, benchmarks, and tools needed to operationalize it. - [AI Search Performance Metrics: What Actually Measures Success](https://kuroma.ai/blog/ai-search-performance-metrics): Clicks are disappearing and rankings no longer predict who gets cited. Here are the AI search performance metrics that survive contact with real data, including a number most tools never show you: how often AI names a brand without citing it. - [iKala Kuroma onboards Gemini 3.6 Flash](https://kuroma.ai/blog/ikala-kuroma-onboards-gemini-3-6-flash-en): Google rolled out Gemini 3.6 Flash to everyone in the Gemini app. The app looks the same, but the model writing the answers is new, and that can move which brands get named. - [Why AI search engines cite some brands and ignore others: the RAG factor](https://kuroma.ai/blog/why-ai-cites-some-brands-rag-factor): ChatGPT answers most prompts without searching the web, and when AI engines do search, each retrieves differently. A brand-level walk through the RAG pipeline: where brands drop out, and what moves each stage. - [The mention economy: AI search visibility is decided on websites you don't own](https://kuroma.ai/blog/ai-search-mention-economy): AI engines assemble recommendation shortlists from listicles, review sites, YouTube, and Reddit, not from brand domains. The evidence for treating earned media as the core AI search strategy. - [The GEO Measurement Problem: How to Prove AI Search Visibility When Attribution Is Broken](https://kuroma.ai/blog/geo-measurement-problem-ai-search-attribution): Brands are told to invest in GEO, then asked to prove it with a measurement stack that cannot see most AI search exposure. We walk through what GA4, Search Console, and server logs actually capture, why the variance studies invalidate single-scan audits, and what an honest share-of-voice method looks like. - [The Technical GEO Checklist: 7 Fixes That Get Your Pages Into AI Answers](https://kuroma.ai/blog/technical-geo-checklist-ai-crawler-access): Most GEO advice is about content. But a surprising share of the sites we audit lose AI visibility before a word is judged, because a crawler was blocked or the page rendered empty. Here is the plumbing checklist. - [How RAG Works: The Five-Stage Pipeline That Decides Whether AI Search Cites Your Brand](https://kuroma.ai/blog/how-rag-works-ai-search-citations-five-stage-pipeline): AI search engines do not cite pages, they cite passages that survive a five-stage pipeline. Google's fan-out, Perplexity's span-level retrieval, ChatGPT's 18% search rate: here is how production RAG actually decides citations, and what you can influence at each stage. - [Self-Promotional Content in AI Search: What Works, What Backfires, and What the Data Shows](https://kuroma.ai/blog/self-promotional-content-ai-search): Brands keep rewriting their pages to sound more confident, more authoritative, more persuasive for AI engines. The data tells a harsher story: 82% of AI citations go to earned media, your own site captures 2.9% of citations on unbranded queries, and the best-tested style tweak is worth a third of what adding verifiable statistics is worth. Here is what the evidence actually supports. - [We Tested Our AI Readiness Score Against 201,695 Real AI Answers](https://kuroma.ai/blog/ai-readiness-validation-study): Every AI visibility tool sells a score. Almost nobody checks whether their score predicts anything. We regressed 22 weeks of observed AI citations against the audit scores brands held before those answers were generated. Here is what survived honest validation, engine by engine, including the parts that did not flatter us. - [Backlinks Got Demoted in AI Search](https://kuroma.ai/blog/backlinks-got-demoted-in-ai-search): While backlinks still play a role in search engine retrieval, recent data shows that brand mentions now correlate far more strongly with AI search visibility. This shift requires a new playbook focused on crawlability, passage extractability, and earning editorial mentions across the web. - [AI Search Performance Metrics: What 34% of High-Performing Brands Track That You Don't](https://kuroma.ai/blog/ai-search-performance-metrics-what-34-of-high-performing-brands-track-that-you-d): Recent data shows 34% of high-performing brands track specific AI search metrics that give them a competitive edge in generative search engines. While others rely on traditional SEO metrics, these forward-thinking brands measure brand mention quality, factual accuracy, and contextual relevance across AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. - [How to Structure Content That AI Tools Love to Recommend: The Complete Guide to AI Content Optimization](https://kuroma.ai/blog/how-to-structure-content-that-ai-tools-love-to-recommend-the-complete-guide-to-a): AI search engines and generative platforms are reshaping content discovery, prioritizing information they can easily understand and confidently recommend. This comprehensive guide reveals the exact content structures, Q&A frameworks, and optimization strategies that get brands consistently featured in AI-generated responses across major platforms. - [GEO vs SEO: Why Traditional SEO Tactics Don't Work for AI Search Engines](https://kuroma.ai/blog/geo-vs-seo-why-traditional-seo-tactics-dont-work-for-ai-search-engines): Traditional SEO tactics are failing in the age of AI search engines. Learn how Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) differs from SEO and why brands need new content strategies to maintain visibility across AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. - [GEO vs SEO: The Complete Guide to Generative Engine Optimization in 2026](https://kuroma.ai/blog/geo-vs-seo-the-complete-guide-to-generative-engine-optimization-in-2026): As generative AI platforms reshape how users discover information, understanding GEO vs SEO becomes crucial for brand visibility. This comprehensive guide explores how Generative Engine Optimization complements traditional SEO strategies to ensure your brand thrives in the AI-powered discovery landscape. - [Content Decay in the AI Era: How Google AI Overviews Are Killing Organic Traffic](https://kuroma.ai/blog/content-decay-in-the-ai-era-how-google-ai-overviews-are-killing-organic-traffic): Google AI Overviews are fundamentally changing search by providing AI-generated summaries that answer queries without requiring clicks. This shift is causing dramatic 20-35% reductions in organic traffic, forcing brands to completely reimagine their content strategies for an AI-first digital landscape. - [The AI-First Content Formula: Structure Your Ideas for Maximum AI Engine Visibility](https://kuroma.ai/blog/the-ai-first-content-formula-structure-your-ideas-for-maximum-ai-engine-visibili): AI engines are reshaping how brands achieve visibility, requiring new content optimization strategies beyond traditional SEO. Learn the proven formula for structuring content that appears consistently in AI-generated responses while maintaining your unique brand voice. ## Brand Facts - [AIspeakin - Verified Facts](https://kuroma.ai/b/ubestream-com/facts): Self-reported, AI-retrievable facts published via Kuroma. ## AI Readiness Score Cards Kuroma publishes a deterministic 0-100 AI Readiness score for individual public URLs. The score measures how legible a page is to AI answer engines. Every card listed here shows the overall score, a letter grade, four category scores (On-Page, Technical, Authority, AI Readiness), and the check-by-check table behind them: every check the rubric ran, the verdict it was given and the evidence found on the page. A card whose stored audit kept no per-check detail is not listed here. - [Every published AI Readiness score card](https://kuroma.ai/audits): The browsable archive of the same set, newest first. The lines below are the 50 most recently audited only. - [https://ai-hub.psfcapital.tw scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/utTZaKTEGzhmhIAzh8kRFRAebWh0ioyUYJd-Mjjj8gI): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://ai-hub.psfcapital.tw, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://synchro-capital.com scores 36/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/simbpCvSm9QlH4EqmpDYz4FGuEUhUuJWHAW8mEsisDA): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://synchro-capital.com, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.cw.com.tw scores 55/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/o3ZeXHkNHCnB0O82U5ioiER-XEfLKoTEn1Luj4JNhf0): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.cw.com.tw, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://icook.tw scores 46/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/BTLAnjkhEeX-zZXLvDr0dExM9omYNCGwjNcTT2PjrO4): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://icook.tw, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.cool3c.com scores 58/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/pi4Mo2pMOMQ4RZ1NHcfgHAF1bVV30ErST2aQ2jmPQL8): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.cool3c.com, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.inside.com.tw scores 59/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/YGcXfpA5aeaJ7yYbXqJy-xyz0P-wypTMqPfeC-rlJOo): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.inside.com.tw, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.thenewslens.com scores 60/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/qWJvUQOm5OQpHztJbxZ_m6tScklblcsORnemGOY01FI): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.thenewslens.com, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://titan.com.tw scores 42/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/o4D3ks3y9SYU5QAypGGlZZLQhf1BrP3JPpPFS4AHlzk): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://titan.com.tw, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://tiann.tw scores 52/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/1cgqt53g7PS6Kgdimygga87lFNCIxf3LbTojkS_Mfv4): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://tiann.tw, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://tikobo.tw scores 45/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/pYpHf98qAOZd2ugpcJlAA9cqn93X2RsFYC27F6ei19E): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://tikobo.tw, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://porncraft.me scores 42/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/oo2y3AHZ5dfrVP6gKpjm1AD57s6RpKKeRUvoBrDXYus): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://porncraft.me, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.pinkfloyd.com scores 36/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/o70djBngT1yYOkQdDhhJlOCkLwluJbvPQHufPPfpxKc): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.pinkfloyd.com, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.karashin-bank.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/pSeI1SeFF3-p_sFBCOcoS9ZWEB2arPjc0qYXyBw_doQ): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.karashin-bank.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.komeri.bit.or.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/PJzTss7qr6eKQLUMOltC7aL_wi15MqT8TBJkiSjZIhs): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.komeri.bit.or.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://moonbat.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/x0eRrttJ-MJBKMFeeIzkJ-6n050UAKjh301JZDkxN94): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://moonbat.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://shimo.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/5WxM34sWsd-6YzOZXqMj-6J-rL-kBoXSAcFTtD8tmVc): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://shimo.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://sanko-seika.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/ChdEheeApFczAMadg9Dtw_L5VVMwyp-R05pnJvKRJ5Q): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://sanko-seika.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://royalfoodservice.co.jp scores 47/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/Kv3WFQmfmsuOGU2Jkp8yfCiEIP322Yl-ZWsM7ya4TVw): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://royalfoodservice.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://mag-garden.co.jp scores 44/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/ch7PtZnwOsk-SCVi_xn4sWLv-YgNXE9klzS5DBrpPn0): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://mag-garden.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.koyo-orient.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/EWBI71TwkB68nkDp0mCKW99LGWoDnnDXydXVUe4tFoc): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.koyo-orient.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://kinofilms.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/_feCVd5X72_YFuy75ZbeEnx-hH2zRPY-2s7m3x8f654): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://kinofilms.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.keio-yokohama.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/ksUFjjPtn8yBGAvyfO4BZl76R_fzIgJQ6Vsh8XhgURg): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.keio-yokohama.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://tyo.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/ce9n9qLY1HNAekE1rThwM-5C6hp4j3qgvebzT4jCr1k): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://tyo.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://starts-pub.jp scores 48/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/Ags0vnzzmubLRmKrXt805pSh1C0AR9_m6g25Iyj6kJ8): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://starts-pub.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://njc.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/wuAwkMEiPfqtdvxUTM0NomAhSXRFvqBNmmPWWE7SgNc): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://njc.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.kondotec.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/nbvNTMT-uDXQDESE-3kvXVxX_gmBl8PCfICU4bEnTpI): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.kondotec.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://k-cr.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/abGirJ7jHVJr18rbwg43NkjsgpqHJHZjN7PnjZshi20): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://k-cr.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://fenwal.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/ezVEfOddBXvS5RGqrAuc4xdEAq0KRwiEvOp9mOSm-4s): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://fenwal.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://creativeman.co.jp scores 46/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/iylRDGR1nJiMAWr0i6_hGadxI1soOs7AK0Pislc93pI): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://creativeman.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://byora.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/fCseO-8GQkPkp6nZnyMM4js1fRKDXxOi7NalpXmlNuI): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://byora.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://asukafoods.co.jp scores 44/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/1718uYVRCxnP2ZgqNkuUGaPUrjOB2jG7Oq49IM3HTm4): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://asukafoods.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://asoview.co.jp scores 46/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/WPhBSnc3C1Ze4jEMr8VSXd6BL2UsGHkH-meFSYWkI48): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://asoview.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://acousticrevive.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/5Qn-6OjLrIO8L9GYXx8x9VsjroWGGtasre26fuKmyeY): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://acousticrevive.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://kanesue.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/nNdQKTb-TJp5ZD8GF0WqMGR8IsdYhlzouMKty3PwGKY): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://kanesue.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://irep.co.jp scores 45/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/Pm7ZADyXffrnP7sHuvhXfa2XSrfZ2cUEmy5SRmEo5QQ): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://irep.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://goga.co.jp scores 44/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/xmg3XgHDJgJS8UmTfIvtouoa_eEouIs6NR_yM7currs): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://goga.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://qlite.cc scores 60/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/YgEAe2oQSLXh6Nv2GQEEQV7ZTYsoYYal3NtqAFhyENo): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://qlite.cc, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://flamme.co.jp scores 46/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/pPLAAhk1KsvlybiEQV4NumqTgiGwuZSebOKViiEWcp8): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://flamme.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.dac-holdings.co.jp scores 45/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/FEDLwfS3zBnnk-MSEeSnYIrpLE_VH-yzATN9KM8Bwfo): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.dac-holdings.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://bunka-s.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/nlnQRpMPoTaSUk-oWEOE3aNmfs5gu-_EXtqYutF_BIg): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://bunka-s.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://settsu-soko.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/P3Ko_TWX691SlZP29l7L4JDr3kYUxscwNwLVk1NQ4GM): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://settsu-soko.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://sougou-gfm.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/mGPjtTRv1JhZaAt3s_Fqi36jTw_Dn2cFZDXAKwr8FiI): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://sougou-gfm.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.fujibuturyu.co.jp scores 45/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/9F15dar9SSrZJn28VJ6bFBTHQ-922NBSxHl-WT2X9_8): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.fujibuturyu.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.sbiig.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/sfAnP9qGtovZCpSQiG8MIr0LPM_5eaZ9kKqHr5zMbSE): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.sbiig.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.koatsu.co.jp scores 44/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/mleTcT-dttk1SiOr0TIs0-SR7Sn8EgdTB3yx-3-hDrw): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.koatsu.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://strust.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/A5uHSbxQuy3x9hD_r8Y7JeXvjsMSqGiONH1Gy9GJxPo): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://strust.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://rfm.co.jp scores 46/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/QeQ4a6bLubf-ETG8sM__WfZBIm4hrenQFHq4QDD7H5s): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://rfm.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://kaiseisha.co.jp scores 47/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/hLzm-4DwWnCswbbUOWzolY9xT9NHPDwJKOZnEGmvft8): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://kaiseisha.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.sekisuijushi.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/j-MJ_5Tymlv3VHHgY7gnwlKStG7iYSVj0qb8j-UYVHw): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.sekisuijushi.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. - [https://www.tullys.co.jp scores 43/100 on AI Readiness](https://kuroma.ai/s/peHb7qwCeJS1kLLol-kUFKU0JorttS-CHdR_tb2nbn0): Automated AI Readiness audit of https://www.tullys.co.jp, last checked 2026-09-16. ## Product - 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