How to share a public audit link

Every VistaCite audit is private by default — only you can see it on your dashboard. But you can make any audit public with one click, get a shareable URL, and drop it into a tweet, a Slack message, or a client email without requiring the viewer to sign up.

How to make an audit public

1. Run an audit (or open any past audit from your dashboard).
2. On the results page, click the Make public button in the header. The button state flips to "Public" and a shareable URL appears: https://vistacite.com/s/{audit-id}.
3. Click Copy next to the URL to copy it to your clipboard.
4. Paste it anywhere. The receiving platform (Twitter, Slack, Discord, LinkedIn, iMessage, email clients) will unfurl it with a custom Open Graph image showing your scores.

What the public page shows

Anyone with the link can see:

• The audited domain and URL
• All three scores (SEO, AEO, GEO) as large pills
• The Crystal Ball pull-quote
• Top critical + major issues (same structure as your private view)
• The "What's Working" list

They cannot see:

• Your email address or account info
• Your full audit history
• The Pro-tier AI Overview tracking data (if you're a Pro user — that stays on your private dashboard)
• The downloadable .fix_it_plan.md file

If you want the markdown file shared too, send it directly. The public /s/[id] page is designed for previewing + conversation, not for handing off an executable artifact.

The custom OG image

When you paste the link anywhere, the platform auto-fetches our Open Graph image — a 1200×630 PNG rendered server-side from the audit data. It shows:

• Your domain in large monospace
• The three score pills
• The Crystal Ball pull-quote (or "INVISIBLE TO AI" in big letters if the heuristic matched)
• Small VistaCite wordmark

The image is cached at the edge, so after the first request it renders in ~50ms.

Making an audit private again

Click the same button (now labeled "Public") on the results page. It flips back to "Make public" and the share URL returns a 404 to anyone who visits it — including people who bookmarked it. Existing social cards on Twitter / Slack may stay cached for up to 24 hours depending on the platform.

Common uses

• Show HN launch post — link the audit of your own site as the proof artifact
• Cold outreach — audit a prospect's site, send them the link as a zero-ask "here's what we found" message
• Client deliverable — share the link as a preview before emailing them the downloadable .md file
• Team review — drop it in a PM channel for everyone to see the scores without logging in
• Twitter / X social proof — the custom OG card is designed to be dropped as a standalone tweet

Privacy + SEO notes

• Public audit pages are indexable by Google. This is intentional — they're substantive, unique content and act as organic backlinks pointing to vistacite.com. If you don't want your audit indexed, keep it private.
• The /s/[id] URL is unguessable (cuid2, ~20 chars) — nobody will stumble onto your audit unless you share the link directly.
• The public page carries a canonical URL + robots index, follow. Making an audit private flips it to a 404 (not noindex) so removed audits disappear cleanly from search results.

Related

• How to use your .fix_it_plan.md file
• How to run your first audit