As of 14 August 2026, Usatoday (usatoday.com) scores 43 out of 100 for AI visibility on the Faro AI visibility scan, a grade of D. Faro detected 2 of 8 agent-facing capabilities on the site, and lists it in the Faro Agent Registry.
What this means
Faro's scan of usatoday.com on 14 August 2026 found structured business data and published pricing. Ask an assistant what Usatoday costs and there's a price on the site for it to quote. Its core business facts are published in a form software reads exactly, so assistants are less likely to garble them.
Faro couldn't confirm that both ChatGPT's and Claude's crawlers may read usatoday.com. Where they can't, what they say about Usatoday comes from other sites. There's no llms.txt, so assistants find Usatoday's important pages the slow way, by following links.
AI assistants answer questions about a business from what its site publishes. This page is Faro’s record of what they can find on usatoday.com.
Agent capabilities
2 of 8 detected
| Capability | Status |
|---|---|
Open to AI assistants ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity are allowed to read this site rather than blocked from it. | Not detected |
Structured business data Key facts about the business are published in a form software reads exactly, so they are less likely to be garbled. | ✓ Detected |
Published pricing Prices are stated openly on the site instead of hidden behind a contact form. | ✓ Detected |
Publishes an llms.txt The site tells AI assistants where its important pages are, in a file written for them. | Not detected |
Public API Other software can connect to this business directly, not just through its website. | Not detected |
MCP server AI agents can use this business's tools directly, rather than only reading about them. | Not detected |
Agent-to-agent card Other AI agents can discover what this business does and how to work with it. | Not detected |
Open Knowledge bundle A packaged summary of the business that an agent can read in a single request. | Not detected |
What Usatoday does well
robots.txt exists and accessible
robots.txt is live. AI crawlers know the access rules.
XML sitemap
Sitemap found. Agents can efficiently discover all your pages.
JSON-LD structured data
JSON-LD schema found. Agents can reliably extract facts about your business.
Pricing page exists
Pricing page found and accessible.
Actual prices visible to AI
Price numbers detected. Agents can compare your plans.
No unlabeled clickable divs detected
No <div> or <span> elements with an onclick handler and no role/tabindex were found in the raw HTML. Agents reading the accessibility tree see real interactive controls, not invisible click targets.
All buttons have an accessible name
Every <button> in the raw HTML has either visible text or an aria-label/title. An agent can name every button it finds.
All form inputs are labeled
All 3 meaningful form input(s) found have a programmatic label (wrapped in <label>, matched via <label for>, or aria-label/aria-labelledby).
Score by category
How the 43/100 is made up, across the areas Faro measures.
Agent Permissions
6/36
Content Discoverability
12/18
Structured Data
14/32
Pricing Transparency
12/18
Agent Infrastructure
4/34
Agent Operability
21/25
Trust & Identity
12/26
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