# Snippet Tester

> We build websites that get found, and fix the ones that do not. Run by one
> person. Free AEO readiness checker, audits published in public, rates published
> on the site. Every site we build scores 90+ on our own public checker, written
> into the contract.

## An honest note about this file

We publish this for autonomous agents navigating the site, not for search
benefit. Ahrefs found 97% of llms.txt files received zero AI crawler requests in
May 2026, and Google confirmed in June 2026 that it does not use them at all. If
an agency lists an llms.txt file as a deliverable, ask what else is on the
invoice. Details: https://snippettester.com/evidence

## Core positions

- All AI chatbots combined send roughly 0.29% of search referrals; Google sends about 87.6%.
- Google AI Overviews reduce click-through rate by 15% to 61% depending on the study. This is the real problem.
- Exposure is uneven: informational queries trigger AI Overviews up to 89% of the time, transactional queries 3-4%.
- The interventions with the best evidence are structural: answer-first openings, facts in tables, cited figures, sequential headings.
- AI crawlers do not execute JavaScript. Client-rendered React, Vue and Angular sites serve them an empty shell, which is why we build static.
- Schema markup is contested — hygiene rather than leverage.

## Pages

- [Home and free AEO checker](https://snippettester.com/): Score any page against eight structural signals. No signup.
- [The evidence base](https://snippettester.com/evidence): Eight industry claims scored against published research, with sources. Four do not survive.
- [Website builds](https://snippettester.com/websites): Static sites with a contractual 90+ checker score. Why static beats WordPress when the reader is a machine.
- [Work](https://snippettester.com/work): One exhibit — this site, scored 91, source inspectable. Honest about a thin portfolio.
- [Services](https://snippettester.com/services): Structural audit, fix-it sprint, ongoing retainer. Each lists what it excludes.
- [Pricing](https://snippettester.com/pricing): Builds $2,500-$8,000 by size; audit $750, sprint $2,400, retainer $2,900/month. With 2026 market comparison.
- [Teardowns](https://snippettester.com/teardowns): Site audits published in full.
- [Teardown 01](https://snippettester.com/teardowns/auditing-our-own-abandoned-product): Audit of this domain's previous product page. Scored 41/100.
- [About](https://snippettester.com/about): Why the evidence-first approach, and the stated conflict of interest.
- [Contact](https://snippettester.com/contact): hello@snippettester.com

## Checker API

POST https://snippettester.com/api/audit with {"url": "https://example.com/page"}
Returns JSON: score (0-100), band, summary, and eight signals each with points, verdict, detail and fix.
Deterministic — no model involved, same input always returns the same score.