64% of recent Show HN launches are invisible to AI search (I audited 45)

64% of Show HN launches are invisible to AI search I ran a structured audit on 45 recent Show HN launches. Most of them cannot be identified or cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews, the places a growing share of "what should I use for X" questions now get answered. Here is the data, and the fix. The numbers 64%have no structured data (JSON-LD). This is the primary signal AI answer engines use to know what a page is and whether to cite it. Without it, you are functionally invisible to AI search. 51%have no /llms.txt, the emerging convention that tells AI crawlers what your site is and what to cite. Cheap to add, and a first-mover edge in 2026. 13%have no clear call-to-action found in the page HTML above the fold. For a launch, that is conversions walking out the door.

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