Google's AI Overviews appear at the very top of search results and pull content from pages Google considers authoritative, well-structured, and directly relevant to the query. The AIOverview Optimiser scores your course page against the factors that influence whether Google selects it as a source.
A higher readiness score means your page is better positioned to be cited in AI Overviews, which can significantly increase visibility — especially for students searching with conversational or question-based queries.
AIOverview is a Pro-only tool. Pro accounts can run up to 50 analyses a day, resetting at midnight UTC.
The score is weighted across several factors:
FAQ or Q&A content — does your page answer questions students actually ask?
Structured data (schema markup) — is that content machine-readable?
Heading structure and keyword clarity — are headings clear and descriptive?
Content depth — does your page cover the topic thoroughly relative to the query?
Each factor is weighted and combined into a score out of 100. The results panel shows which specific factors are dragging your score down.
FAQ schema is a small block of structured data code that you add to your page's HTML. It tells Google — in a machine-readable format — that your page contains question-and-answer content.
Pages with FAQ schema are more likely to be cited in AI Overviews, featured snippets, and voice search results. It is one of the highest-impact, lowest-effort improvements you can make to a course page.
The AIOverview Optimiser generates ready-to-paste FAQ schema for you — you do not need to write any code by hand.
Copy the JSON-LD code block from your AIOverview results. Paste it into your page's HTML inside a <script type="application/ld+json"> tag — ideally in the <head> or just before the closing </body> tag.
If you use a CMS, look for a custom code, schema, or "additional scripts" field on the page editor. Most modern platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, Squarespace) support this without needing developer access.
If you are not sure, share the code block with your web team — it is a read-only addition that does not change how the page looks.
RivalScan
RivalScan checks Google's organic search results for your tracked keywords once per week and records the ranking positions of your institution and any competitor domains you specify. When positions change, you receive an email alert so you can act quickly.
All tracking is done server-side — you do not need to install any code on your website.
From the RivalScan page, enter the keyword you want to monitor and your institution's domain. You can also add competitor domains to track alongside yours.
RivalScan checks rankings every Monday. You will receive a summary email the same day for any keyword that moves by two or more positions for any tracked domain.
RivalScan is a Pro-only tool. Pro accounts can run up to 20 keyword previews a day (the search you run before creating a campaign), and can track up to 10 active campaigns at a time, each with up to 10 competitor domains.
Start with the keywords your most important course pages are already targeting — these will show the most meaningful movement.
Rankings are checked once per week, every Monday. You will receive an email alert that day if any tracked keyword moves by two or more positions for any tracked domain.
You can view the full ranking history for every keyword at any time from the RivalScan dashboard — not just the latest snapshot.
RivalScan shows the top five organic results for each tracked keyword, regardless of whether you have explicitly added those domains. This gives you a complete picture of who is actually ranking — not just the rivals you already knew about.
If you want to track a newly discovered competitor's movements in detail, add their domain to your tracked list.
A green upward arrow means the page moved to a higher position (closer to #1) since last week's check. A red downward arrow means it dropped. A dash means no change.
Position numbers refer to organic results only — paid adverts are excluded from all tracking.
CourseCheck
CourseCheck fetches your course page and analyses its title, headings, meta description, and body content against live Google search data for your target keyword. It then compares your page against the top-ranking pages for that keyword and produces an SEO score out of 100 alongside specific, prioritised recommendations.
The whole analysis takes around 15–30 seconds depending on page size.
The score reflects how your page compares to current top-ranking competitors for that specific keyword — it is not an absolute quality measure. Context matters.
70–100 — strong. Your page is well-optimised for this keyword.
50–69 — room to improve. Address the top two or three recommendations.
Below 50 — significant gaps. Competitors have notable advantages that are worth closing.
Common causes of a lower score: the keyword does not appear in your H1, the meta description is missing or too short, or top competitors have longer and more structured content than your page.
The competitor section lists the pages currently ranking above yours for your target keyword. For each competitor you can see their title tag, meta description, and — most usefully — the specific keywords they use that your page does not.
This keyword gap analysis shows you exactly which terms to add to your content to close the ranking gap.
Bulk mode is a Pro feature. From the CourseCheck page, select the Bulk tab, then paste up to 50 course page URLs (one per line) together with their target keywords. CourseCheck will queue and analyse each one automatically.
Results appear as a summary table as each page is processed. The full table can be exported as a CSV once all analyses are complete.
Each URL analysed in a bulk batch still counts toward your daily CourseCheck limit of 30, so a full 50-page batch may need to run across two days.
Run a bulk analysis across your entire course catalogue at the start of each term to quickly identify which pages need the most attention.
On the bulk results screen, click the Export CSV button in the top right of the results table. The download includes each URL, its SEO score, target keyword, and the top three recommendations.
This file is ready to share with your content team or drop into a reporting spreadsheet. Single-page results cannot currently be exported — the CSV export is a bulk-mode feature.
MetaWriter
MetaWriter analyses your course page and generates five title tag and meta description variants. Each variant is scored for character length and optimised around your target keyword — so you can pick the one that fits best and paste it straight into your CMS.
No copywriting experience is required. MetaWriter handles the phrasing; you just choose your favourite.
MetaWriter is a Pro-only tool. Pro accounts can generate up to 50 sets of variants a day.
Title tags over 60 characters may be truncated in Google search results. Meta descriptions over 160 characters are often cut off mid-sentence. MetaWriter flags these so you can choose a variant that fits comfortably.
Shorter is not always better — aim for the sweet spot that includes your keyword and a clear value proposition while staying within the limits. MetaWriter highlights the best-fitting option for you.
MetaWriter currently generates tags one URL at a time. If you need to prioritise which pages to tackle first, run a CourseCheck bulk analysis to identify the pages with the lowest scores, then use MetaWriter on those.
Copy the title tag text and paste it into your CMS's page title field. Copy the meta description and paste it into the meta description field. Most modern CMS platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, Umbraco, Squarespace) have these fields built into the page editor — usually under an "SEO" tab.
If you are not sure where to find these fields in your specific CMS, search for "[your CMS name] how to edit meta title and description" for step-by-step guidance.
AIChatRank
AIChatRank asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini what they recommend for a subject or course you specify, then checks whether your institution is mentioned in each answer, where you appear relative to named competitors, and whether your own website was cited as a source.
It gives you a visibility score out of 100 — the share of checked platforms that mentioned you — plus the full detail behind that score for each platform.
AIChatRank is a Pro-only tool. Pro accounts can run up to 5 reports a day, each comparing against up to 5 named competitors. Because each report queries three live AI platforms, a report can take up to a minute to complete.
The visibility score is the percentage of successfully checked platforms whose answer mentioned your institution by name or cited your website as a source. If two of three platforms mentioned you, your score is 67.
Any platform that could not be reached (a temporary API error, for example) is excluded from the score rather than counted against you — you'll see this reflected in the "platforms checked" count.
No — most AI answers are written as prose or a comma-separated list, not a numbered ranking. "Position" reflects the order in which names first appear in that specific answer, which is a useful directional signal but not an explicit ranking the AI produced. Treat it the same way you would treat the order names come up in a conversation, not a league table.
Cited as a source means the AI's answer linked directly to a page on your own domain — a strong signal that it trusts your content enough to draw from it. Referenced elsewhere means your institution's name appeared in a citation, but the citation links to someone else's site (a directory, news article, or listings page), not yours. Both are useful context, but only the first is a direct authority signal for your own website.
Not every AI platform supports scoping its web search to a specific country or city. When you enter a location and a platform doesn't support location targeting, AIChatRank flags this on that platform's card so you know its answer wasn't narrowed to your location the way the others were — helpful context when comparing results side by side.
Account & Billing
From any Lumio page, click Get Pro or visit the pricing section of the homepage. You will be taken to a secure checkout page where you can pay by card. Once payment is confirmed your account is upgraded immediately and all Pro features become available straight away.
To keep the platform fast and fairly used, each tool has its own daily cap. Limits reset at midnight UTC and apply per account rather than per person, so if your whole team shares one login, everyone draws from the same daily pool.
CourseCheck — 30 analyses per day.
RivalScan — 20 keyword previews per day, plus up to 10 active campaigns per account and up to 10 competitors tracked per campaign.
AIChatRank — 5 reports per day, each comparing against up to 5 named competitors.
MetaWriter — 50 generations per day.
AIOverview Optimiser — 50 analyses per day.
Running a CourseCheck bulk batch? Each URL in the batch still counts toward your 30-per-day CourseCheck limit, so a full 50-page batch may need to run across two days.
Most Lumio tools return results in well under a minute. CourseCheck typically takes 15 to 30 seconds. MetaWriter and AIOverview run at a similar speed, since neither calls an external AI model.
AIChatRank is the exception: because it queries ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini live for every report, it can take up to a minute to complete. RivalScan's keyword preview returns in a few seconds; full ranking checks for your tracked campaigns run automatically once a week rather than on demand.
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Your saved results and account history are retained. You will not lose any data when you cancel.
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