Changelog

Product updates, scoring changes, and the occasional self-own, all shipped in the open.

2026-07-16

Comparable readings (methodology v1.3)

Scorecards now expose missing coverage instead of presenting a normalized partial reading as fully measured.
Rankings, badges, and paid audit delivery require every score-bearing signal; internal audit retries no longer enter public history.
Screenshots are stored with the exact score run, fixes are ordered by recoverable headline impact, and future sitemap dates can no longer earn freshness points.
Public updates and linked social channels no longer earn duplicate credit across Shareability and Momentum.

2026-07-15

Turned the homepage field log into a visual board of recent sites and the highest current-calibration readings.
High readings compare one latest score per site within a rolling 90-day window, so old methodology versions never compete with the current meter.
Every card uses the landing-page frame Vibometer actually read, with the branded score card as a resilient fallback.

2026-07-07

Simplified the offering: a free score with your top 3 fixes, and the $29 Vibometer Audit with everything else. The email-gated middle tier is gone.
The full 23-signal breakdown, channel plan, competitor snapshot, SEO gaps, and 30-day launch sequence now live in the Vibometer Audit.
New in the Vibometer Audit: a copy-paste work order for your coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, or any agent), with guardrails so it fixes honestly instead of gaming the score.

2026-07-04

Ran Vibometer on vibometer.com. It read 40. Ouch. Fixed everything fixable the same afternoon and re-scored: 88. Full story on the blog.
Added sitemap.xml, robots.txt, Open Graph share cards, and a favicon (yes, the distribution-readiness tool was missing its own basics).
New: embeddable SVG score badges. Put your live score in your README from any scorecard page.
Published this changelog and the blog.

2026-07-04

New sixth pillar: Vibe. Does your page read as a generic AI template? Deterministic slop-check (stock gradients, emoji bullets, builder badges, Get Started/Learn More button pairs) plus LLM-judged copy originality and visual distinctiveness.
The scorecard gauge is now a proper analog meter, with a needle and everything.
Fixture tests lock the deterministic vibe signals in place.

2026-07-04

Renamed and moved to vibometer.com. Same meter, better name.
LLM signals now route through OpenRouter, with model provenance recorded alongside each score run.

2026-07-04

0–100 distribution readiness score across findability, credibility, shareability, positioning, and momentum.
Public shareable scorecards with per-pillar breakdowns and guidance for every signal below full marks.
$29 Vibometer Audits: channel plan, competitor snapshot, SEO gaps, and a 30-day launch sequence.