# GEODATA audit template

Episode 3. 7 GEO Strategies: Mastering the GEODATA Framework

One point per box. Work in letter order. Crawlability first, measurement last. The letters are the playbook's, from the section named G.E.O.D.A.T.A.

Playbook: [the AI search playbook](https://beket.ai/guides/ai-search-optimization-playbook/)

## G. Groundwork and technical accessibility

- [ ] Important pages return HTTP 200 and the body is in the raw HTML.
- [ ] robots.txt allows the search crawlers, and a WAF rule does not challenge them.

  [Technical AI bot checklist](https://beket.ai/resources/ai-bot-checklist/)

- [ ] Those pages respond quickly and are not behind a login wall.

## E. Extractable answer engineering

- [ ] The H2s are the questions buyers ask.
- [ ] About 40 to 60 words under each H2 answer it on their own.
- [ ] That answer sits in the top part of the page, outside any accordion.

## O. Entity-first topical coverage

- [ ] The pillar links to the cluster, and each cluster page links back.
- [ ] The cluster covers the core term, its subtopics, and the edge cases.
- [ ] A named author, their credentials, and a visible updated date are on the page.

## D. Data and fact enrichment

- [ ] A specific number replaces a vague claim such as fast, trusted, or leading.
- [ ] The number has a date and a source a reader can open.
- [ ] A quotation is used only where a person or institution said it, and they are named.

## A. Authority and third-party earned media

The playbook cites Muck Rack for this: 84% of AI citations in that study came from earned media. Your own site is the smaller slice.

- [ ] An independent review, listicle, or trade article names the brand.
- [ ] A YouTube video or a community thread exists for the queries you care about.
- [ ] The facts also appear somewhere other than the brand's own site.

## T. Tool protocol and MCP optimization

- [ ] Each tool description says what it does, which inputs it refuses, and when to call it.
- [ ] Parameters name their units. The description is more than "calculates an estimate".
- [ ] An agent can call the tool without reading a marketing page first.

  [MCP guide](https://beket.ai/guides/using-the-beket-ai-mcp/)


## A. Analytics and citation ROI tracking

- [ ] You have a list of the commercial questions buyers ask.
- [ ] Brand mention rate, citation share, and query coverage are logged for that list.
- [ ] GA4 isolates AI referrals, and forms ask how the person first heard about you.

  [AI search ROI template](https://beket.ai/resources/ai-search-roi/)


## Rest of the series

- Episode 1: [GEO audit checklist](https://beket.ai/resources/geo-audit-checklist/)
- Episode 2: [Technical AI bot checklist](https://beket.ai/resources/ai-bot-checklist/)
- Episode 4: [AI search ROI template](https://beket.ai/resources/ai-search-roi/)