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Thin: Too few words of their own are in the HTML for a page of their kind. Render the rest on the server.

The figures

36 pages, set against the 168,332 sites with figures and 297 in finance.

See its rivals
Readablehigher is better
97%35 of 36 pages
All 168,332 sitesBetter than 39%
297 finance sitesBetter than 28%

Pages whose own text is in the HTML the server sends, enough of it for their kind.

Cleanhigher is better
60%middle page
All 168,332 sitesBetter than 36%
297 finance sitesBetter than 44%

Of the words before script, the share that are the page and not menus, footer and forms.

Costshown, never scored
85,848tokens
About 2,385 a page

To read every page once. A long page that answers well is not worse for it. Tokens are estimated at about 4 characters each.

How its pages spread on Clean

Its middle, 60%

36 pages measured.

Against its rivals

The sites nearest it by what they do, with figures. Close means similar work, not better.

Readinghigher is betterCostnot scored
SiteReadableCleanTokens a page
financial-planning.comThis site, 36 pages97%60%2,385
investmentnews.com99 pages100%None2,811
novarecapital.com41 pages100%55%717
mckinleycarter.com5 pages100%69%1,259

Fourth of 4 on Readable, second on Clean.

AI crawler access

What robots.txt says to each, as read on October 25, 2026. 5 of 8 may read the site.

Open robots.txt
Crawlerrobots.txt saysUsed forThe line that decides
GPTBotOpenAIBlockedTraining modelsUser-agent: GPTBot / Disallow: /
OAI-SearchBotOpenAINot namedChatGPT searchFalls to User-agent: *
ChatGPT-UserOpenAINot namedA page a person asks aboutFalls to User-agent: *
ClaudeBotAnthropicBlockedTraining modelsUser-agent: ClaudeBot / Disallow: /
Claude-SearchBotAnthropicNot namedClaude’s searchFalls to User-agent: *
PerplexityBotPerplexityNot namedPerplexity searchFalls to User-agent: *
Google-ExtendedGoogleBlockedTraining GeminiUser-agent: Google-Extended / Disallow: /
bingbotMicrosoftNot namedBing and CopilotFalls to User-agent: *

3 of 8 are kept out. A crawler kept out never reads a page, however well it is made.

Every page

Worst first. Each opens in Agent View at the top.

4 pages of 36 lose something. Pick a loss to see what to do about it.Open the action plan

What an agent getshigher is betterSignalsCostnot scored
PageWordsCleanReadableMain headingTokensWhat it loses
/partnerinsights/equitable/video/building-an-enduring-advisory-business11415%NoYes556Thin
/email-options54263%YesNone947No h1
/help-center63166%YesNone1,189No h1
/1,06176%YesNone3,673No h1
/contact-us12620%YesYes421Nothing
/author/philip-waxelbaum10524%YesYes233Nothing
/playbook/ria-complete-guide14830%YesYes660Nothing
/web-seminars/tokenized-funds-onchain-rails-how-tradfi-is-building-the-new-asset-management-stack28232%YesYes1,013Nothing
/about-us17234%YesYes352Nothing
/whitepaper/schwab-advisor-ai-in-action-ais-transformative-impact-on-rias47738%YesYes1,219Nothing
/web-seminars/how-tax-insights-can-help-advisors-win-retain-and-grow-clients43542%YesYes1,153Nothing
/news/global-economy-outlook-surges-even-as-advisors-inflation-anxiety-grows64550%YesYes1,583Nothing
/wealth-think33851%YesYes910Nothing
/news/amid-pessimistic-economic-and-policy-sentiments-advisors-see-the-potential-in-their-firms70453%YesYes1,640Nothing
/news/how-to-measure-risk-when-advisors-start-to-trust-ai77055%YesYes1,944Nothing
/opinion/why-fee-based-models-are-the-future-of-advisor-comp82957%YesYes2,095Nothing
/news/stubborn-inflation-drives-advisors-to-raise-fees83457%YesYes1,975Nothing
/news/why-ai-might-recommend-your-competitor-instead-of-you85457%YesYes1,951Nothing
/news/do-smaller-rias-really-need-to-own-their-data85257%YesYes1,908Nothing
/news/how-to-raise-fees-without-losing-clients88358%YesYes2,048Nothing
/news/how-advisors-can-reach-gen-z-and-get-them-saving-for-retirement95260%YesYes2,319Nothing
/opinion/likability-is-not-a-standard-of-care1,08363%YesYes2,324Nothing
/news/advisors-rethink-roth-ira-conversions-after-the-obbba1,14064%YesYes2,514Nothing
/financial-advisor-confidence-outlook63866%YesYes1,700Nothing
/news/independents-lag-on-ai-heres-how-they-can-catch-up1,24966%YesYes2,495Nothing
The worst 25 of 36 pages.Show all 36

Show where it stands

A card, a badge and a line, each with the figures.

financial-planning.com in Agent View: 97% readable
1200 by 630, for linksDownload

A badge for the site

Agent View: 97% readable
<a href="https://mttr.si/agent-view/financial-planning.com"><img src="https://mttr.si/agent-view/financial-planning.com/badge.svg" alt="Agent View: 97% readable, 60% clean" height="20"></a>
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The figures in one line

financial-planning.com in Agent View: 97% of pages readable, better than 28% of finance sites; 60% clean; 85,848 tokens to read all 36 pages. mttr.si/agent-view/financial-planning.com

What to do next

Fix the pages, let an agent do it, and read the site again to see the figures move.

Fix what agents miss

4pages lose something
  • Give 3 pages a main headingClearer
  • Render the rest of 1 page on the serverReadable
Open the action plan

Connect your agent

Claude Code, Codex or Cursor reads the site’s fixes over MCP, fixes a page in your code, has mttr read it again, and checks the fix landed.

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Claim the site

Prove it is yours with a DNS record or a file. Your agent can then reach its reads and jobs, and set each change to wait for your approval.

Claim the site

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