Digital Karma v8.2 Validator
Digital Karma is an open-source, publicly available protocol that helps a website introduce itself to AI.
Think of it as the hostess at a restaurant. The public plain-text and JSON files greet AI at the door, explain what the site is about, hand over the menu, and point to the content, data, and relationships worth seeing.
DigitalKarmaWeb.com publishes the protocol, beginning with llm.txt as the plain-text site guide. DatasetSEO checks whether that greeting is complete, current, and connected. Enter a domain to see which parts are in place and which parts are weak.
What makes the AI greeting complete
The score asks whether the site has given AI a clear introduction, a current menu, and trustworthy directions. It checks the public files, page markup, datasets, and portfolio relationships that help AI understand who runs the site, what is available, and how the pieces fit together.
| Signal | Weight | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Schema Coverage | 20 | How much valid, varied Schema.org JSON-LD the homepage publishes. |
| Content Freshness | 15 | How recently the manifest, health, or catalog data was updated. |
| AI Endpoints | 25 | Whether all 7 required v8.2 federation artifacts are present and valid, plus recommended discovery files. |
| Federation Presence | 15 | Whether the site declares its protocol version and relationships with other properties, including links back. |
| External Links | 10 | A portfolio-only authority proxy using existing Search Console evidence. It remains unmeasured for outside domains. |
| Technical Quality | 10 | Whether HTTPS works and what the live PageSpeed check reports. |
| Dataset Quality | 5 | Whether the catalog lists real Datasets and their URLs can be reached. |
External Links & Authority is defined by the protocol as backlink or domain-authority data from a paid checker API such as Moz or Ahrefs. Krisada chose not to add a paid API for this. The signal is approximated from Google Search Console signals already in the DK Warehouse for domains inside the tracked portfolio, and is unmeasured rather than faked for any domain outside it.
What the score means
- Karma Elite 95 to 100 ... Exceptional, best-in-class implementation
- Karma Pro 85 to 94 ... High-quality site, strong AI readiness
- Karma Certified 70 to 84 ... Meets baseline federation quality standards
- Not Yet Certified 0 to 69 ... Below baseline, missing required signals