What the implementation changes.
A walk-through of a VERIS implementation using a fictional business. Every output is from a real public tool, the same tool available to any business owner at no cost.
Schema markup, before and after.
Before the implementation, Magnolia Inn had no JSON-LD schema markup on its homepage. Google Rich Results Test returned "No items detected." After implementation, LodgingBusiness schema with all required properties passes.
Schema markup validation
robots.txt, AI crawler permissions.
Before the implementation, robots.txt contained "Disallow: /" under User-agent: *, which blocked all crawlers including OpenAI and Perplexity agents. The implementation replaced this with explicit Allow directives for the relevant published AI crawlers.
# Before VERIS Implementation User-agent: * Disallow: / # OpenAI and Perplexity crawlers blocked by wildcard # CRITICAL finding - all AI crawlers blocked
# After VERIS Implementation User-agent: * Allow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / Sitemap: https://magnoliainn.com/sitemap.xml
Verify any site's robots.txt right now: visit yourdomain.com/robots.txt and look for OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, and PerplexityBot.
llms.txt, from absent to deployed.
Before the implementation, visiting magnoliainn.com/llms.txt returned a 404 page. After deployment, the file is live and contains a structured summary of the property for AI crawlers.
llms.txt deployment
What the delivery email includes.
- vAll implemented files live on the domain
- vGoogle Rich Results Test before and after screenshots
- vSchema Markup Validator clean report
- vrobots.txt before and after showing AI crawler directives
- vllms.txt live screenshot at domain URL
- vGoogle Search Console sitemap submission confirmation
- vBing Webmaster Tools sitemap submission confirmation
- vOpenGraph.to social meta after screenshot
- vGoogle or Bing site: search discovery screenshot
- vApple Maps Connect claim initiation screenshot
- vImplementation guide PDF
This package is what separates a verified implementation from an assumed one. Every item in the list is independently checkable.