How ClearGrade works

Score. Fix. Lift.

Most marketing audit tools hand you a 100-page PDF and walk away. ClearGrade closes the loop. Here's what that means in practice, and what shows up in your inbox in the next 24 hours.

Step 1 · Score

A grade you can act on.

You enter your name, email, and website. We run a 6-dimension audit and grade you across content, conversion, SEO, competitive, brand, and growth. The free version lands in your inbox in 24 hours.

  • 6-dimension score with visual bars
  • Top 3 quick wins ranked by impact-to-effort
  • Vertical-specific findings (we have 7 industry playbooks)
Step 2 · Fix

The schema and FAQ that closes the gap.

We don't stop at recommendations. The platform ships actual code. JSON-LD schema markup for LocalBusiness, FAQPage, Product. FAQ content targeted at the queries you're not cited on. You paste it in. The lift starts.

  • Auto-syncing schema embed (single <script> tag, live-updates)
  • FAQ content generated from your real audit findings
  • Vertical-specific schema (Physician for healthcare, Product for DTC)
Step 3 · Lift

Re-measure. Prove it worked.

Every week we re-scan all three pillars: Google search, Google Maps, AI search. You see the trend, week-over-week. Citations climb. Map Pack visibility expands. The numbers go on a dashboard your team and your accountant can both read.

  • Weekly tracking across Google + Google Maps + 4 AI surfaces
  • Alerts when a regression hits
  • Trend lines that prove the work paid off

Step 1 in detail

What the 6-dimension audit actually measures.

Every audit grades the same six dimensions, weighted to reflect what actually moves the needle for a small business. The composite score is a weighted average. Each dimension also gets its own letter grade.

DimensionWeightWhat we measure
Content & Messaging25%Copy quality, value props, CTAs, brand voice consistency
Conversion Optimization20%Social proof, form friction, urgency signals, checkout flow
SEO & Discoverability20%On-page, technical, content strategy, local SEO, AI-search hygiene
Competitive Positioning15%Differentiation, pricing, market awareness vs your top 3 competitors
Brand & Trust10%Design quality, trust signals, social proof, consistency across surfaces
Growth & Strategy10%Pricing, channels, retention levers, expansion opportunities

Where the data comes from

We crawl your site with a headless browser that executes JavaScript, so we see what your customers actually see (review widgets, popups, lazy-loaded content - the stuff WebFetch tools miss). We pull schema markup, social meta, accessibility signals, and Core Web Vitals. We run keyword-rank scans across Google search and Google Maps via SerpAPI. And we run AI-Visibility scans across Perplexity, Google AI Overview, ChatGPT Search, and Gemini.

All of it goes into a single graded report with your top 3 quick wins surfaced at the top. You never have to read the appendix to know what to do.

Step 2 in detail

The fix is the product.

The platform tier is what separates ClearGrade from every audit tool you've already tried. We ship the fix.

Schema markup that actually deploys

Tell us your business name, address, hours, and services. Our Schema Generator builds custom JSON-LD for LocalBusiness, FAQPage, Product, Organization, and the right service-area types for your industry. Paste a single <script> tag in your site head. The schema lives on our infrastructure and updates whenever your business info changes - no re-deploy needed.

FAQ content for citation gaps

Every week the platform identifies questions your customers are asking AI engines that you're not getting cited on. We draft a 100-150 word FAQ block answering each gap. You review it, approve it, and it goes live on your site. AI engines start citing the new content within 2-4 weeks (cited from the AIO citation playbook).

Step 3 in detail

Proof, in a graph.

Every week the platform re-runs the AI Visibility scan and the local-rankings geo-grid. You see citation rate climb from 1/6 to 5/6 across Perplexity, AIO, ChatGPT, and Gemini. You see your Map Pack share-of-local-voice tick up. You see new keywords entering the top 10 on Google.

When a regression hits - a competitor jumps you in the Map Pack, a new AI surface stops citing you - we alert you the morning it happens. Not at the end of the month.

The whole point is to make the work feel like work. Score, fix, prove the lift, repeat.

See it on your business.

Free 6-dimension audit. 24-hour turnaround. Top 3 quick wins ranked. No credit card.

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