Hero Grades A+ to F: the AGS AI visibility score

<p>At the top of the AI Labs Audit dashboard, the <strong>3 Hero Grades</strong> summarize an audit at a glance: visibility in AI answers, technical readiness of the site for generative engines, and structured-answer signals. These <strong>A+ to F</strong> ratings are derived from numeric scores, including the <strong>AGS</strong>, the AI visibility score.</p><h2>The 3 Hero Grades</h2><h3>AI Visibility (A+ to F)</h3><p>This rating summarizes the <strong>AGS</strong>, a composite score from 0 to 100 that measures the audited brand's presence in AI answers. It combines <strong>6 indicators</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>Mention rate</strong>: is the brand cited?</li><li><strong>Share of voice</strong>: what place among cited brands?</li><li><strong>Position</strong>: cited early or late in the answer?</li><li><strong>Sentiment</strong>: is the tone favorable?</li><li><strong>Quality</strong>: is the brand presented accurately and usefully?</li><li><strong>Coverage</strong>: on how many topics does the brand appear?</li></ul><h3>GEO Technical (A+ to F)</h3><p>This rating assesses the site's <strong>technical signals</strong> for AI crawlers: GEO checklist (38 items), SSR crawlability, entity health, and citation readiness. It covers the site, not brand popularity.</p><h3>AEO Readiness (A+ to F)</h3><p>This rating checks <strong>structured-answer signals</strong>: robots.txt, Schema.org (FAQ or HowTo), sitemap, AQA markup, OpenGraph, RSS feed, quotable blocks, content freshness, answer density, and entity consistency.</p><h2>Hero Grade scale</h2><table><tr><th>Grade</th><th>Score</th><th>Reading</th></tr><tr><td>A+</td><td>95 and above</td><td>Excellent</td></tr><tr><td>A</td><td>85 to 94</td><td>Very good</td></tr><tr><td>B+</td><td>75 to 84</td><td>Good</td></tr><tr><td>B</td><td>65 to 74</td><td>Fair</td></tr><tr><td>C+</td><td>55 to 64</td><td>Needs work</td></tr><tr><td>C</td><td>45 to 54</td><td>Weak</td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td>35 to 44</td><td>Very weak</td></tr><tr><td>F</td><td>below 35</td><td>Nearly absent</td></tr></table><h2>What the AGS measures, and its limits</h2><p>The AGS is a <strong>calibrated composite score from 0 to 100</strong>, published with <strong>confidence intervals</strong>. With the same protocol and method, it is comparable over time: audit-to-audit tracking is the most reliable use. It is not absolute truth about brand awareness, nor market share: mention rate and share of voice depend on the scenario corpus, the models queried, the protocol, and the period. Treat them as a <strong>documented estimate</strong>, not a verdict. The full method is public on the <a href="/en/ags-methodology">AGS methodology page</a>.</p><h2>What to do with these grades</h2><p>For agencies and consultants: use Hero Grades to <strong>frame a client audit readout</strong>, prioritize actions (visibility, technical, structured answers), and prove progress across audits. A weak grade is not a dead end: it is a measurable starting point for a GEO and AEO plan. Grades are stored at each audit, for a comparable history.</p>