aeaweb.org

Read 6 days ago, the first 100 pages. Read it again

60 of 100ahead of 17% of the sites mttr has read

Its strongest stage is Act, at 57 against the middle site's 57. 3 fixes, 17 points, take it to 77, into the top half of every site.

A score says pages are well formed. It does not say an assistant cites the site.

The shortest way up

3 fixes, 85,816 places up

  1. 60Now#216,801
  2. 66Set each page's canonical address#195,335
  3. 72Add a tap-to-call link#165,645
  4. 77Add structured data#130,985

The top half of every site starts at 77. The middle site in Nashville, TN scores 82.

Asked about, named in 0 of 9 questions

Where it ranks

Up 11,883 places since Oct 14, from #229,165. 17 points take it into the top half.

Open the leaderboard

Beside it on the board

  1. #217,280milwaukeegaragedoorservice.com60
  2. #217,281withknown.com60
  3. #217,282aeaweb.org60
  4. #217,283vacation-package.net60
  5. #217,284retroarch.com60

2,748 sites score 60. A tie goes to the site with faster, leaner pages that say more and keep improving.

Who leads Nashville, TN

  1. #1thenashvilleconcreteguys.com99
  2. #2castanedamasonryllc.com99
  3. #3nashvillelibertylocksmith.com98
  4. #265aeaweb.org60

The middle site in Nashville, TN scores 82.

Where it stands

Each stage against the middle site. It trails on Access and Understand and Trust.

Access35 points74
Middle site
91
Behind by
17

Worth the mostSet each page's canonical address+6

Understand30 points31
Middle site
59
Behind by
28

Worth the mostAdd structured data+5

Trust20 points80
Middle site
98
Behind by
18

Worth the mostShow when guides were updated+2

Act15 points57
Middle site
57
Level with it

Worth the mostAdd a tap-to-call link+6

Against a typical site

The readThis siteTypicalAgainst typical
Pages read1004456 more than typical
Links a page33132.6× typical
Words a page8563942.2× typical
Rules failing somewhere281414 more than typical
Half its pages answer in200 ms210 msAbout typical

This siteWorse than typicalTypical, the middle ranked site, worked out each hour

The work, worth the most first

28 fixes. The first 7 are worth the most; each group says the places it lifts the site, counted from where every ranked site scores now.

Open the action plan
FixIts pages that fail it, fewer is betterSites passing
Worth 6 points each21,947 places up each
Set each page's canonical addressAccess98 of 1002 in 5
Add a tap-to-call linkAct97 of 1001 in 3
Worth 5 points17,622 places up
Add structured dataUnderstand98 of 1001 in 3
Worth 4 points13,954 places up
Use one main headingUnderstand96 of 1001 in 4
Worth 2 points each6,660 places up each
Show when guides were updatedTrust25 of 1003 in 5
Fix description lengthsUnderstand98 of 1001 in 11
Link straight to the final addressAccess97 of 1001 in 2
Show 21 more fixes
Worth 1 point each3,617 places up each
Answer the first question right under itUnderstand25 of 1001 in 121
Match structured data to the pageUnderstand26 of 1003 in 7
Phrase headings as questionsUnderstand24 of 1001 in 10
Add depth to thin pagesUnderstand19 of 1003 in 7
Name the publisherTrust25 of 1003 in 4
Show sources on guidesTrust9 of 1001 in 2
Describe imagesUnderstand60 of 1002 in 7
Set a share imageUnderstand93 of 1002 in 7
Worth under a point each
Let AI crawlers inAccessAbout the whole site19 in 20
Publish a sitemapAccessAbout the whole site3 in 4
Compress pagesAccessAbout the whole site19 in 20
Put figures in tablesUnderstand21 of 1001 in 28
Put the text in the HTMLAccess8 of 1002 in 3
Add breadcrumb dataUnderstand25 of 1001 in 2
Add an llms.txtAccessAbout the whole site1 in 4
Add real images to contentUnderstand8 of 1002 in 3
Fix title lengthsUnderstand26 of 1001 in 6
Add lists or tablesUnderstand2 of 1001 in 2
Fix pages that fail to loadAccess2 of 1003 in 4
Add a way to get in touchAct1 of 1001 in 2
Replace unsupported sales claimsTrust1 of 1002 in 3

How AI reads this site

It reads mostly as schools and courses, and a little like lending, insurance and finance. 6 changes would make it plainer.

It reads as

Schools and coursesIt says it is in Nashville.

  1. None
  2. Loosely
  3. Split
  4. Mostly
  5. Clearly
  1. Closest lines of workAgainst the closest
  2. Schools and courses
  3. Lending, insurance and finance
  4. Nonprofits and charities

What an assistant reads first

Home pageWhat it says
TitleAmerican Economic Association
DescriptionNone in the HTML
First headingNone in the HTML
OpeningThe AEA's JOE Network is targeted to the comprehensive needs of employers, candidates, and faculty.

6 changes so it reads plainly as what it is

  1. Say what you do, for whom and where

    Its pages read only partly as Schools and courses. An assistant matches a site to a question by what its pages plainly say.

    Agent instructions

    On aeaweb.org, rewrite the home page title and its first sentence to say plainly what the business does, for whom and where, so the site reads as Schools and courses. Keep the title under 60 characters and lead with the service, not the name.

  2. Make the first heading say what the title says

    The home page has no first heading in its HTML.

    Agent instructions

    On aeaweb.org, give the home page one first heading (h1) that says, in a reader's words, what its title says the site is: Schools and courses.

  3. Write a description

    The home page has no description, so a search result and an assistant make one up from the page.

    Agent instructions

    On aeaweb.org, write the home page a meta description of one or two sentences, 50 to 160 characters: what the business does, for whom, and where.

  4. Name Nashville in the first words

    The site is in Nashville, and its title, description, first heading and opening never say so. Questions to assistants often name a place.

    Agent instructions

    On aeaweb.org, name Nashville in the home page title or first sentence, and in the description, where it reads naturally.

  5. Say what kind of business it is in structured data

    Its home page declares no business or organization type, so a machine has to guess what it is.

    Agent instructions

    On aeaweb.org, add JSON-LD to the home page declaring the most particular schema.org type for the business (one that fits Schools and courses), with its name, address, phone and sameAs links to its own profiles.

  6. Give each kind of work a page of its own

    It reads close to Lending, insurance and finance as well as Schools and courses. Mixed on one page, neither reads plainly.

    Agent instructions

    On aeaweb.org, find where the site mixes Schools and courses with Lending, insurance and finance, and give each its own page, linked from the home page, so each page is about one thing.

  7. Read it again

    mttr reads the site again and says how it reads now.

An estimate made by mttr against 16 lines of work, from its home page before any script runs. It is not what any assistant says about the site. Rethink the direction with us.

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