What AI crawlers actually receive.
Most AI crawlers do not run JavaScript. Paste your raw page source and we will tell you how much of your content exists before JavaScript executes, and whether a bot would see an empty shell.
See the page as a bot does.
Open View Source, not Inspect
Press Ctrl+U on your page. This shows the HTML your server actually sent. Inspect Element shows the page after JavaScript has run, which is why it always looks fine.
Paste the source here
Everything is analyzed locally in your browser. We check for title, meta, H1, headings, paragraphs, word count, framework shells and structured data.
Act on the gaps
If your word count is near zero and a framework shell is detected, you have a rendering problem, and the fix is server-side rendering or prerendering rather than more content.
Your content exists. The bot cannot see it.
Modern sites frequently build their content in the browser. Your visitor sees a complete page because their browser executes the JavaScript that assembles it. Most AI crawlers do not do this. They fetch the HTML your server returns and read what is there.
If your content is injected after load, what those crawlers receive is a skeleton: a navigation bar, some script tags, and an empty container element. There is nothing to extract, nothing to quote, and nothing to cite.
This is the single most under-diagnosed problem in AI visibility, because every conventional check passes. Your page loads quickly, looks perfect, ranks acceptably in Google, and Inspect Element shows all your text. Google renders JavaScript reasonably well, which masks the issue entirely until you notice that AI engines never mention you.
The fix is architectural rather than editorial. Server-side rendering, static generation or prerendering deliver complete HTML up front while keeping your application interactive for humans. It usually improves your Core Web Vitals at the same time. That is exactly the work our SSR and raw HTML service does.
Rendering questions.
Why must I use View Source instead of Inspect Element?
They show different things. View Source shows the raw HTML your server sent, which is what a non-rendering crawler receives. Inspect Element shows the live DOM after JavaScript has modified it. If you paste from Inspect, this tool will report that everything is fine even when a crawler would see an empty page.
Do AI crawlers really not run JavaScript?
Their capability is far more limited than a full browser, and several fetch primarily raw HTML. Rendering is expensive at scale, so it is not something you should assume. Serving complete HTML removes the uncertainty entirely rather than betting on someone else's crawler budget.
My site ranks fine in Google, so why does this matter?
Google invests heavily in rendering JavaScript, which is why client-side sites can still rank. AI crawlers generally do not. That gap is exactly why a site can perform well in traditional search while being completely absent from AI answers.
What is the difference between SSR, SSG and prerendering?
Server-side rendering builds each page on the server per request. Static generation builds HTML at deploy time. Prerendering serves pre-built HTML snapshots to bots. Each suits different sites depending on how often your content changes and what your stack supports.
Will fixing this slow my site down?
Usually the opposite. Serving complete HTML means the browser can paint content immediately instead of waiting for scripts to download, parse and execute. Sites that move to SSR or static generation commonly see their Largest Contentful Paint improve substantially.
Seeing an empty shell?
Send us the URL and we will run a full render diagnosis, show you exactly what each AI crawler receives, and map the fastest fix for your stack. Free, within 24 to 48 hours.