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  1. 1

    Answer the first question right under it

    +3 points, to 92, and #15,093, 21,741 places up, and into the top 10%

    Answer the first question in the paragraph right under it, in 25 to 90 words. Whether the paragraph truly answers is for the judge or a person to say.

    97 pages, 84 of them under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /columns/article/a-killer-story-when-everyone-knows-who-did-it-nobody-knows-anything
    • /magazine/article/250th-anniversary-of-the-declaration-of-independence
    • /magazine/article/How-do-judges-use-generative-AI
    • /magazine/article/a-big-12-coach-is-dismissed-for-cause-and-some-question-the-universitys-motives
    • /magazine/article/a-test-of-time
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-fall-2026
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-spring-2026
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-summer-2026
    • /magazine/article/al-fueled-boom-in-data-centers-has-been-big-business-for-lawyers
    • /magazine/article/amber-sheppard-leads-therapy-dog-services-and-education-in-louisiana
    • and 87 more in the copied plan
  2. 2

    Link straight to the final address

    +2 points, to 94

    Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.

    99 pages, 86 of them under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /columns/article/a-killer-story-when-everyone-knows-who-did-it-nobody-knows-anything
    • /magazine/article/250th-anniversary-of-the-declaration-of-independence
    • /magazine/article/How-do-judges-use-generative-AI
    • /magazine/article/a-big-12-coach-is-dismissed-for-cause-and-some-question-the-universitys-motives
    • /magazine/article/a-passion-for-football-helped-this-la-lawyer-add-a-sports-angle-to-her-real-estate-finance-practice
    • /magazine/article/a-test-of-time
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-fall-2026
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-spring-2026
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-summer-2026
    • /magazine/article/al-fueled-boom-in-data-centers-has-been-big-business-for-lawyers
    • and 89 more in the copied plan
  3. 3

    Describe images

    +1 point, to 95

    Describe every content image in its alt text.

    100 pages, 86 of them under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /
    • /columns/article/a-killer-story-when-everyone-knows-who-did-it-nobody-knows-anything
    • /magazine/article/250th-anniversary-of-the-declaration-of-independence
    • /magazine/article/How-do-judges-use-generative-AI
    • /magazine/article/a-big-12-coach-is-dismissed-for-cause-and-some-question-the-universitys-motives
    • /magazine/article/a-passion-for-football-helped-this-la-lawyer-add-a-sports-angle-to-her-real-estate-finance-practice
    • /magazine/article/a-test-of-time
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-fall-2026
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-spring-2026
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-summer-2026
    • and 90 more in the copied plan
  4. 4

    Put figures in tables

    +2 points, to 97

    Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.

    99 pages, 86 of them under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /columns/article/a-killer-story-when-everyone-knows-who-did-it-nobody-knows-anything
    • /magazine/article/250th-anniversary-of-the-declaration-of-independence
    • /magazine/article/How-do-judges-use-generative-AI
    • /magazine/article/a-big-12-coach-is-dismissed-for-cause-and-some-question-the-universitys-motives
    • /magazine/article/a-passion-for-football-helped-this-la-lawyer-add-a-sports-angle-to-her-real-estate-finance-practice
    • /magazine/article/a-test-of-time
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-fall-2026
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-spring-2026
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-summer-2026
    • /magazine/article/al-fueled-boom-in-data-centers-has-been-big-business-for-lawyers
    • and 89 more in the copied plan
  5. 5

    Fix description lengths

    +1 point, to 98

    Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.

    89 pages, 80 of them under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /columns/article/a-killer-story-when-everyone-knows-who-did-it-nobody-knows-anything
    • /magazine/article/250th-anniversary-of-the-declaration-of-independence
    • /magazine/article/How-do-judges-use-generative-AI
    • /magazine/article/a-big-12-coach-is-dismissed-for-cause-and-some-question-the-universitys-motives
    • /magazine/article/a-passion-for-football-helped-this-la-lawyer-add-a-sports-angle-to-her-real-estate-finance-practice
    • /magazine/article/a-test-of-time
    • /magazine/article/aba-notices-summer-2026
    • /magazine/article/al-fueled-boom-in-data-centers-has-been-big-business-for-lawyers
    • /magazine/article/amber-sheppard-leads-therapy-dog-services-and-education-in-louisiana
    • /magazine/article/artificial-intelligence-dominated-this-years-techshow
    • and 79 more in the copied plan
  6. 6

    Fix title lengths

    +1 point, to 99

    Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.

    69 pages, 58 of them under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /columns/article/a-killer-story-when-everyone-knows-who-did-it-nobody-knows-anything
    • /magazine/article/a-big-12-coach-is-dismissed-for-cause-and-some-question-the-universitys-motives
    • /magazine/article/a-passion-for-football-helped-this-la-lawyer-add-a-sports-angle-to-her-real-estate-finance-practice
    • /magazine/article/a-test-of-time
    • /magazine/article/amber-sheppard-leads-therapy-dog-services-and-education-in-louisiana
    • /magazine/article/an-open-book-law-professor-with-bipolar-disorder-says-people-with-mental-illness-can-empower-each-other
    • /magazine/article/as-customs-and-border-protection-agents-search-more-electronic-devices-how-can-lawyers-keep-client-information-secure
    • /magazine/article/as-ice-arrests-increase-so-do-scammers-preying-on-immigrants-who-need-legal-services
    • /magazine/article/b-a-d-but-good-professional-athletes-gave-this-lawyer-a-nickname-fitting-her-skills
    • /magazine/article/back-to-the-future
    • and 59 more in the copied plan
  7. 7

    Make near-copy pages distinct

    Under a point

    Rewrite or merge pages that share most of their text. A page that only swaps a city or product name is what search engines treat as doorway or scaled content.

    Once, for the whole site

  8. 8

    Use one main heading

    +1 point, to 100, and full marks

    Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.

    20 pages, 18 of them under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /columns/article/a-killer-story-when-everyone-knows-who-did-it-nobody-knows-anything
    • /magazine/article/How-do-judges-use-generative-AI
    • /magazine/article/a-test-of-time
    • /magazine/article/al-fueled-boom-in-data-centers-has-been-big-business-for-lawyers
    • /magazine/article/back-to-the-future
    • /magazine/article/best-judgment-judges-blast-lawyers-for-citing-hallucinated-cases-but-ethics-pros-say-rule-changes-not-needed
    • /magazine/article/big-money-lawyer-pay-is-booming-amid-a-strong-economy-and-fierce-competition-for-talent
    • /magazine/article/exodus
    • /magazine/article/firms-are-assembling-multidisciplinary-teams-to-help-clients-anticipate-navigate-and-contain-crises-before-they-explode
    • /magazine/article/in-2016-the-aba-journal-debuted-10-questions-a-decade-later-we-catch-up-with-a-few-subjects
    • and 10 more in the copied plan
2 more, to tidy up after 100
  1. 9

    Phrase headings as questions

    Under a point

    Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.

    18 pages, 17 of them under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /magazine/article/a-test-of-time
    • /magazine/article/al-fueled-boom-in-data-centers-has-been-big-business-for-lawyers
    • /magazine/article/back-to-the-future
    • /magazine/article/best-judgment-judges-blast-lawyers-for-citing-hallucinated-cases-but-ethics-pros-say-rule-changes-not-needed
    • /magazine/article/big-money-lawyer-pay-is-booming-amid-a-strong-economy-and-fierce-competition-for-talent
    • /magazine/article/exodus
    • /magazine/article/firms-are-assembling-multidisciplinary-teams-to-help-clients-anticipate-navigate-and-contain-crises-before-they-explode
    • /magazine/article/in-2016-the-aba-journal-debuted-10-questions-a-decade-later-we-catch-up-with-a-few-subjects
    • /magazine/article/lights-camera-ai-technology-is-changing-how-hollywood-replaces-actorsand-testing-the-limits-of-publicity-law
    • /magazine/article/meet-the-abas-newest-leadership-candidates-2026
    • and 8 more in the copied plan
  2. 10

    Replace unsupported sales claims

    Under a point

    Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.

    3 pages under /magazine/article/

    See the pages
    • /magazine/article/edwin-kneedler-who-has-argued-160-supreme-court-cases-describes-his-career-as-a-privilege
    • /magazine/article/meet-the-abas-newest-leadership-candidates-2026
    • /magazine/article/the-aba-celebrates-the-250th

Done since the first read

  1. Add depth to thin pages

    Done, seen on the read of October 22. It failed on 5 pages before.

What else the read found

Half its pages start answering within 437 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.

  • /magazine/article/meet-the-abas-newest-leadership-candidates-2026962 ms
  • /931 ms
  • /magazine/article/big-money-lawyer-pay-is-booming-amid-a-strong-economy-and-fierce-competition-for-talent902 ms
  • /web/article/governors-races-in-colorado-michigan-put-former-law-deans-on-the-ballot868 ms
  • /magazine/article/letters-from-our-readers-aba-works-for-us848 ms

Fastest: /magazine/article/this-lawyers-work-coaching-rush-recruits-and-pageant-contestants-has-made-him-a-star, 327 ms. Heaviest: /magazine/article/meet-the-abas-newest-leadership-candidates-2026, 22 KB.

Read from its home page’s code and the headers its server sent. A tool that loads later, or only on other pages, is not seen here.

  • CloudflareHosting
  • jQueryLibrary
  • BootstrapLibrary

From the structured data on its home page, as the site says it: an Organization named ABA Journal. mttr does not check the profiles it names.

  • FacebookABAJournal
  • Xabajournal
  • LinkedInaba-journal
  • Pinterestabajournal
  • Instagramabajournal
  • YouTubeABAJournal
page with strong signs
1
hidden characters
0
chat, markdown or placeholders left in
1
dashes per 1,000 words
2.2
  • /magazine/article/prompting-prose-when-used-correctly-ai-in-legal-writing-can-be-a-useful-tool placeholders never filled in

A sign is not proof. Hidden characters can carry a watermark or instructions meant for an AI, and they come off with a clean copy of the text.

  • / fails 1: Describe images1 page
  • /magazine/ 86 fail a rule. Worst: /magazine/article/a-test-of-time, 8 rules86 pages
  • /news/ 7 fail a rule. Worst: /news/article/hofstra-university-says-it-had-no-responsibility-to-help-bar-candidate-in-cardiac-arrest, 6 rules7 pages
  • /web/ 4 fail a rule. Worst: /web/article/judge-ada-brown-didnt-answer-questions-instead-emailed-sealed-court-documents-to-over-100-people, 6 rules4 pages
  • /columns/ 1 fail a rule. Worst: /columns/article/a-killer-story-when-everyone-knows-who-did-it-nobody-knows-anything, 7 rules1 page
  • /voice/ 1 fail a rule. Worst: /voice/article/when-ai-training-casts-survivors-as-fabricators-survivors-pay-the-price, 7 rules1 page

The read stopped at its page limit, so pages no link leads to cannot be told from pages it did not reach, and neither is reported.

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