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Authority Score.

Domain Authority was built for the Google era. PAS is built for the AI one. Score any publication across five pillars: AI citation weight, crawl access, schema, editorial signals, and entity surface. One number, out of 100.

Free. One score per minute. Report emailed as soon as the run finishes.

From the score to the byline

Now you know which publications carry weight.
Get featured in one for $49.

PAS tells you which outlets AI models cite. Fast Press gets your story onto outlets in that league: distributed across our 144-publication network, indexed inside 48 hours, and live in AI training data on the next crawl.

Traditional PR Firm
$5,000+
3-month retainer · uncertain placement · pitch to journalists who may never reply
  • One pitch, one chance
  • 4 to 12 weeks to placement
  • Logos that look good but rarely move AI
Fast Press · launch pricing
Instant Press · Fast Press
$49/release
One-time · published in 48 hours · across 144 outlets AI models already read
  • Distributed to our 144-publication network
  • NewsArticle schema on every placement
  • Indexed by AI crawlers within the next training cycle
  • Permanent archive page on every site
  • You write the story. We handle the placement.
Get featured for $49 →
1

Score the publications you want to be in.

Run any outlet through PAS. The score tells you whether a placement there will move AI citations or just collect dust.

2

Pick the playbook.

One-off announcement, product launch, funding news, founder profile. Fast Press handles placement on outlets in the same weight class as the ones you scored.

3

Watch the citation surface widen.

Every placement adds a sourced page on a publication AI models already trust. Re-run PAS on your own brand domain a month later and watch what moves.

One press hit. One reason AI starts naming you.

If ChatGPT and Perplexity aren't naming your brand yet, the gap comes down to one thing: not enough publications with weight have written about you. Fast Press fixes that for less than a team lunch.

Get featured for $49 →
No retainer. No setup fee. One release at a time.

Publication Authority Checker FAQ

What is a Publication Authority Score?

Publication Authority Score (PAS) is a 100-point metric that measures how authoritative a publication looks to AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. It aggregates five pillars: AI citation weight, crawl access, schema and structured data, editorial signals, and entity surface.

How is PAS different from Domain Authority?

Domain Authority was built around link graphs that powered Google PageRank. PAS is built around the signals that drive AI citation: whether the publication is in Wikidata, whether AI bots can crawl it, whether it has schema, whether it has a public masthead and corrections policy. The two scores correlate loosely but PAS predicts AI citation, not Google ranking.

Is the Publication Authority Checker free?

Yes. The tool is free. No login, no credit card, no email gate. You paste a publication URL and get the score plus a breakdown of which pillars need work.

Which publications can I check?

Any publicly accessible web publication. Major outlets like the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and Forbes will score high. Independent blogs and newer outlets typically score lower because they lack entity surface and editorial signals, which the tool surfaces as specific fixes.

How accurate is the score?

The score is deterministic from observable signals: HTTP responses, public APIs (Wikidata, schema.org), and content scraping. It does not estimate or model. Two runs on the same URL the same day will produce the same score.

What can I do with the score?

Two main use cases. First, evaluate publications before pitching, paying, or accepting a placement. A high-PAS outlet is more likely to get cited by AI engines. Second, score your own publication and use the pillar breakdown as a roadmap for improving AI visibility.