I + GOOGLE READY WEBSITE – MASTER CHECKLIST (2026)

 

# AI + GOOGLE READY WEBSITE – MASTER CHECKLIST (2026)

 

## 1. CORE TECH STACK

- HTTP/2 + HTTP/3 (QUIC)

- TLS 1.3 + OCSP stapling

- TTFB < 200 ms

- Full page cache

- Object cache

- Edge cache (Cloudflare / Bunny / Fastly)

- Zero downtime deploys

- Stable uptime (99.9%+)

 

## 2. FRONTEND (AI-READABLE)

- Semantic HTML5 (header, main, article, section, nav)

- Clean DOM (low depth)

- Minimal JS (no render blocking)

- CSS architecture (BEM / utility / variables)

- Predictable layout (definitions top, FAQ bottom)

- No UI noise (popups, autoplay, walls)

 

## 3. BACKEND

- PHP 8.3+ / Node / Go (stable)

- Stateless architecture

- Clean URLs

- Strict security headers

- JSON-first mindset

- Versioned endpoints

 

## 4. TECHNICAL SEO

- robots.txt (custom, not default)

- XML sitemaps:

  - pages

  - images

  - videos

  - news (if relevant)

- Canonical tags (no duplicates)

- No orphan pages

- Correct hreflang

- Core Web Vitals:

  - LCP < 2.5s

  - INP < 200ms

  - CLS < 0.1

 

## 5. ENTITY ENGINEERING (NOT CLASSIC SEO)

- Clear entity definition

- Organization / Person schema

- sameAs (socials, GitHub, Discord)

- Entity verification page (/about/entity)

- Stable naming everywhere

- One brand = one meaning

 

## 6. STRUCTURED DATA (JSON-LD)

- WebSite

- Organization / Person

- Article / BlogPosting

- BreadcrumbList

- FAQPage

- HowTo

- Product / SoftwareApplication

- Game / VideoGame / Server

- inLanguage

- audience

- version / dateModified

 

## 7. CONTENT AI CAN CITE

- Author entity (bio + socials)

- Fact-first paragraphs

- Explicit definitions

- Sources & references

- Versioning + changelog

- Last reviewed date

- No clickbait

- No PR tone

- No affiliate noise

 

## 8. E-E-A-T (REAL)

- Experience (real usage, screenshots)

- Expertise (technical accuracy)

- Authority (mentions > links)

- Trust (HTTPS, contact, legal, transparency)

 

## 9. AI-FRIENDLY CONTENT LAYER

- "In short" sections

- Answer blocks

- TL;DR

- Tables & lists

- Citable paragraphs

- One intent per page

- Explicit boundaries (what this is / is not)

 

## 10. MACHINE-READABLE LAYER

- Public JSON endpoints:

  - /ai/summary.json

  - /ai/facts.json

  - /ai/faq.json

- Structured facts

- No metaphors

- Stable keys

 

## 11. AI METADATA (EXPERIMENTAL)

- ai:intent

- ai:confidence

- ai:update-cycle

- usageInfo

- audience

 

## 12. AI CRAWLER CONTROL

- Smart robots.txt (allow /ai/, /docs/)

- X-Robots-Tag for AI

- No blanket blocking

- Clear crawl rules

 

## 13. MULTI-LANGUAGE CONSISTENCY

- No auto-translate

- Same structure across languages

- Same entities

- Language-specific facts

- Correct hreflang + schema

 

## 14. TEMPORAL TRUST SIGNALS

- Stable URLs

- Long-lived pages

- Regular updates

- Historical changelogs

- Content longevity

 

## 15. ENTITY GRAPH DENSITY

- Strong internal linking

- Hierarchical topics

- Glossary

- Reference pages

- Documentation sections

 

## 16. FAILURE & TRANSPARENCY

- Known issues

- Limitations

- Deprecated features

- Explained 404s

- Honest error pages

 

## 17. SILENT AUTHORITY SIGNALS

- Consistent terminology

- No oversimplification

- Assumed reader competence

- Neutral tone

- No hype language

 

## 18. NON-PERFORMATIVE CONTENT

- Pages that:

  - explain

  - define

  - document

- No selling

- No CTAs

- Pure facts

 

## 19. AI FEEDBACK LOOP

- Track AI referrals

- Track cited pages

- Optimize for real questions

- Expand answers AI already uses

 

## 20. EXPERIMENTAL / EDGE

- llms.txt

- Knowledge isolation (/docs, /reference)

- Entity aliases mapping

- Stable anchor terms

- Intent purity enforcement

 

## 21. EXTRA AI SIGNALS PEOPLE FORGET

- URL stability over years

- Identical facts across formats (HTML / JSON / Schema)

- Absence of contradictions

- Consistent writing style (linguistic fingerprint)

- No content cannibalization

- No mixed intent pages

- Predictable information placement

- Low ad density or nonea

- Clear ownership & accountability