We audited the world's top marketing agencies on the metrics that matter in the AI era. Only one scored perfect.
RankOps scores 100/100 overall — the only agency in this audit with a perfect score. Among 16 SEO agencies tested for AI visibility, the overall average is 85. Technical SEO averages 92 across the field, but AEO (answer engine optimization) drops to 68 and GEO (generative engine optimization) to 77 — confirming that most agencies have never optimized for AI citation. Three agencies have critical flaws that make them effectively invisible to AI search engines.
Sorted by Overall AI Visibility Score
RankOps leads with a perfect score of 100. The next-closest agency scores 92. Eight of 16 agencies score 90 or above overall — but only RankOps scores 100 across all three dimensions: Technical SEO, AEO, and GEO.
Visualizing the gap between industry leaders and the RankOps standard.
Technical SEO averages 92 across all 16 agencies — but AEO (answer optimization) drops to 68 and GEO (neighborhood-level citation readiness) to 77. The gap shows exactly where AI search wins are being left on the table.
Specific weaknesses detected in competitor audits. 3 Critical · 15 High · 32 Medium · 2 Low
The most common critical flaws are missing JSON-LD structured data, absent sameAs entity links, and no FAQ schema — each directly reducing eligibility for AI citation. Intero Digital has an accidental noindex tag blocking Google indexation entirely.
Your competitors are leaving money on the table with broken schemas, missing entities, and thin content. RankOps fixes what they miss.
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