ascapelandscape.com, read 3 days ago. Back to the report
86 to 100 in 17 steps
Do them in this order. Each step says what to change, on which pages, and what it adds. Hand the whole plan to your agent, or work through it yourself.
Now #55,205 of 263,697Step 1 top 10%Step 17 full marks
Worked out from this read, with every step before it done. A score says pages are well formed. It does not say an assistant cites the site.
The steps
Each is one change across the pages named. When one is live, read the site again and mttr marks it done.
- 1
Add structured data
+7 points, to 93, and #10,809, 44,396 places up, and into the top 10%
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
97 pages
See the pages
- /
- /about
- /aeration
- /allendale-nj
- /alpine-nj
- /annual-flowers
- /artificial-turf
- /bergen-county-nj
- /blog
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- and 87 more in the copied plan
- 2
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 95
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
96 pages
See the pages
- /about
- /aeration
- /allendale-nj
- /alpine-nj
- /annual-flowers
- /artificial-turf
- /bergen-county-nj
- /blog
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- and 86 more in the copied plan
- 3
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 96
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
48 pages
See the pages
- /
- /artificial-turf
- /bergen-county-nj
- /blog
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/tag/aeration
- /blog/tag/annual-flowers
- /blog/tag/chinch-bugs
- /blog/tag/commercial-grounds
- /blog/tag/commercial-lawn
- and 38 more in the copied plan
- 4
Fix description lengths
+1 point, to 97
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
27 pages
See the pages
- /
- /annual-flowers
- /essex-county-nj
- /fairfield-county-ct
- /gallery
- /hardscapes
- /hudson-county-nj
- /hydroseeding
- /irrigation-installation
- /landscape-construction
- and 17 more in the copied plan
- 5
Answer the first question right under it
Under a point
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.
3 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 6
Show sources on guides
+1 point, to 98
Link the sources for the guide's facts where a reader can see them. Official and primary sources carry the most weight.
3 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 7
Match structured data to the page
Under a point
Use the schema type that matches the page: Article for guides, Service or Product for offers, Organization or WebSite for the home page.
4 pages, 3 of them under /blog/
See the pages
- /
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 8
Phrase headings as questions
Under a point
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
3 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 9
Show when guides were updated
+1 point, to 99
Show when the guide was last updated, and set dateModified in its schema.
3 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 10
Serve a robots.txt
Under a point
Serve a plain text /robots.txt.
Once, for the whole site
- 11
Publish a sitemap
Under a point
Publish /sitemap.xml listing every page that should rank, and name it in robots.txt.
Once, for the whole site
- 12
Add lists or tables
Under a point
Add a table, a list, or a definition list. Assistants quote these more readily than prose.
3 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 13
Put figures in tables
Under a point
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
3 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 14
Name the publisher
Under a point
Name the author or publisher in the Article schema.
3 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 15
Add breadcrumb data
Under a point
Add BreadcrumbList schema so the page has a place in the site.
3 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- 16
Add an llms.txt
Under a point
Add /llms.txt: a short plain text map of the site for assistants. Its effect is unproven, so treat it as cheap insurance.
Once, for the whole site
- 17
Describe images
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Describe every content image in its alt text.
17 pages
See the pages
- /
- /aeration
- /artificial-turf
- /blog/nyc-courtyard-landscaping-project-with-plants-new-sod
- /blog/rooftop-renovation-project-in-hackensack-nj-with-turf-outdoor-kitchen-more
- /blog/silva-cell-installation-project-in-queens-ny
- /fall-cleanup
- /hydroseeding
- /landscape-construction
- /lawn-fertilization
- and 7 more in the copied plan
2 more, to tidy up after 100
- 18
Fix pages that fail to load
Under a point
Fix or remove the link. Every linked page should return 200.
3 pages
See the pages
- /%%googlemapsurl%%
- /cu-structional-soil
- /landscaping-services
- 19
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
1 page
See the pages
- /about
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 217 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/westchester-county-ny618 ms/annual-flowers423 ms/plantings-softscapes386 ms/landscape-construction372 ms/irrigation-winterization334 ms
Fastest: /careers, 125 ms. Heaviest: /blog, 33 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.
ASP.NETServer
Google Tag ManagerAnalytics
- GGoogle AnalyticsAnalytics
Google reCAPTCHALibrary
jQueryLibrary
Font AwesomeFonts
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0
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 5: Add structured data, Match structured data to the page and Fix description lengths1 page/%%googlemapsurl%%passes every rule1 page/cu-structional-soilpasses every rule1 page/landscaping-servicespasses every rule1 page/landscape-constructionfails 5: Add structured data, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/westchester-county-nyfails 5: Add structured data, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/artificial-turffails 4: Add structured data, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/hardscapesfails 4: Add structured data, Fix description lengths and Fix title lengths1 page/hydroseedingfails 4: Add structured data, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/irrigation-installationfails 4: Add structured data, Fix description lengths and Fix title lengths1 page/landscapingfails 4: Add structured data, Fix description lengths and Fix title lengths1 page/lawn-fertilizationfails 4: Add structured data, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page
And 72 more parts of the site.
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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