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September 13, 2026
Every audit is free now — every fix unlocked
The one-time $29 audit is gone. Every scan is now the full report — up to 10 pages, every copy-paste fix, step-by-step and AI prompt — free, no signup, no card.
Launched the AI Readiness Index: a public, ranked leaderboard of well-known sites by AI readiness, updated daily. See it at /ai-readiness-index.
Monitor ($9/mo) is now the only paid option — a monthly re-scan with a regression alert, for anyone who wants to keep a site on track automatically. Everything else stays free either way.
June 12, 2026
Parallel scan engine
Scans now run as parallel per-page jobs instead of one long process — a full 16-page audit finishes in minutes, and a single slow page can no longer stall the whole scan.
PageSpeed daily-quota exhaustion is detected in minutes and reported honestly ("our quota, not your site — re-run free") instead of hanging.
Live progress: stable page counter, an ETA that only counts down, and a stall notice when PageSpeed rate-limits us.
June 11, 2026
AI readiness, rebuilt: 17 checks across three pillars
The AI score now measures Access (can AI crawlers fetch you — including whether your CDN blocks them), Comprehension (can they parse you — validated structured data, JS-shell detection, heading outline), and Trust (author provenance, content dates).
Blocking answer-engine crawlers (OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Claude-User…) now fails the check — that is what forfeits AI citations. Training opt-outs (GPTBot, CCBot…) are reported but never penalized: protecting IP is a legitimate choice.
Structured data is validated for required properties per type — a Product without offers or an Article without datePublished gets named, not just counted.
Googlebot and Bingbot joined the AI lens: ChatGPT search and Copilot ride Bing’s index, AI Overviews ride Google’s.
June 11, 2026
Sign-in hardening
Sessions now expire server-side; a stolen cookie value is useless after 90 days.
Sign-out revokes every report cookie on the device — shared machines stay safe.
Magic links are valid for 15 minutes (copy now matches reality), with a resend button on a 60-second cooldown.
A locked report now offers "sign in to your dashboard" and returns you to that exact report, unlocked.
June 10, 2026
Reports that answer "so what?"
The cover now names the single highest-severity fix holding your verdict back — no more "everything is green, why is it Almost ripe?"
Accessibility: every button and badge on the site meets WCAG AA contrast (verified with Lighthouse at 100).
Comparison table scrolls properly on phones, and one competitive claim we couldn’t stand behind was reworded.
June 6, 2026
Buyer dashboard + free re-runs
Magic-link sign-in: every scan you’ve bought, across every domain, in one dashboard.
Each paid audit includes 3 free re-runs — re-scan after every release and compare page-by-page.
June 1, 2026
AvocadoScore is live
One $29 audit: Core Web Vitals, a 12-point SEO scorecard and AI readiness across up to 100 pages, ranked into a fix list your engineer can ship.
Free 3-page preview, no signup. 7-day refund, no questions.