AI search optimization in Verona: get quoted by AI assistants
When someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini for a restaurant, a plumber or an accountant in Verona, the assistant reads a few websites and quotes even fewer. Across the city's 4,640 working websites the average AI score is 69.8 out of 100, only 26.6% have an llms.txt file and just 4.1% of businesses describe themselves in full. Our AI search optimization in Verona starts at €320 including VAT for one page, or comes with Active SEO Development from €550 a month.
How readable are Verona's websites for AI?
They read well, but say little about the business. The assistant finds the text, then has to guess who you are, where you are and when you are open.
- average AI score, out of 100
- 69.8
- The median is 74.6: the average drops because one site in ten stays below 35.
- sites with an llms.txt file
- 26.6%
- The index meant for assistants is the check passed least often.
- businesses described in full
- 4.1%
- Complete name, address, phone and opening hours in structured data: 204 of 4,948.
- sites closed to at least one AI crawler
- 17.8%
- Sometimes by choice, often through a default setting of the theme or the host.
Source: our report on Verona businesses and their websites, September 2026: 9,877 businesses listed on Overture Maps and 4,640 working websites audited from September 23 to 26, 2026.
Which checks do Verona's websites pass?
The ten checks of the AI score, with the share of Verona websites passing each one. The method and the weights are public.
Two checks make the difference: structured data and llms.txt
Across 4,640 sites: content visible without JavaScript 94.4%, home page title 93.6%, HTTPS 89.4%, robots.txt open to AI crawlers 82.2%, sitemap 75.3%, canonical 69%, meta description 65.8%, structured data on the home page 52.8%, llms.txt 26.6%.
Of the heaviest checks, two are passed almost everywhere and two by few: structured data on the home page and the llms.txt file. Those two separate a business the assistant understands from one it has to guess about, and both can be fixed in a few days.
| Content visible without JavaScript | 94.4% |
|---|---|
| llms.txt file | 26.6% |
| robots.txt open to AI crawlers | 82.2% |
| Structured data on the home page | 52.8% |
| Sitemap | 75.3% |
| Home page canonical | 69% |
| HTTPS | 89.4% |
| Lighthouse SEO score | 91.8% |
| Home page meta description | 65.8% |
| Home page title | 93.6% |
The typical Verona website, and one ready for AI
The same checks as the AI score, explained one by one on the page how the AI score is calculated.
| What we measure | The typical Verona site | An NFW Web Studio site |
|---|---|---|
| llms.txt file | 26.6% of sites | Always |
| Structured data on the home page | 52.8% of sites | Always, with complete business details |
| Business described in full | 4.1% of businesses | Always: name, address, phone and opening hours |
| robots.txt open to AI crawlers | 82.2% of sites | Always, by choice rather than by accident |
| Content readable without JavaScript | 94.4% of sites | Always: pages rendered on the server |
Both columns are measured with the same tool under the same conditions: Lighthouse on a mid range phone on a slow connection. For Verona they are averages, medians or shares across the report's sites; for us, the home pages of nfw.run and bikenergy.com, measured on September 27, 2026. You can measure your own site the same way with the free SEO audit.
Why does AI search optimization matter for a Verona business?
Because Verona is a city where many customers come from elsewhere, and more and more of them do not search on Google but ask an assistant: where to eat near the Arena, a hotel with parking, a dentist open on Saturdays. The assistant answers with a few businesses, picked from those it understands without ambiguity.
GEO makes your website one of them: readable by AI crawlers, with the business described in full in structured data, and content that answers the questions customers really ask.
- Pages readable without JavaScript and a robots.txt open to the assistants you choose.
- An llms.txt file and markdown versions of the main pages.
- A complete LocalBusiness block matching your Google Business Profile.
- Content with the answer in its first lines, in English too for visitors from abroad.
How much does AI search optimization cost in Verona?
GEO on one page costs €320 including VAT, in the same pass as the SEO optimization; across the whole site, month after month, it comes with Active SEO Development from €550 a month.
| SEO and GEO optimization of one pageDelivered in 2 to 4 days | €320 |
| Active SEO Development, GEO includedContent, structured data and measurement month by month | from €550 / month |
The full service is on our AI search optimization page; for the part about Google, see SEO Verona.
Prices include VAT. The monthly price is set on the agreed workload.
Our other services in Verona
Sites built to be read
Ricerca Perdite 1972, in Verona, and Bikenergy: sites with server rendering, complete structured data and llms.txt from day one.
Frequently asked questions about AI search optimization in Verona
Let's see how AI reads your site.
Half an hour on your site and its AI score, at our studio or on a video call, then a written quote within 24 hours.