backyardpests.com, read 3 days ago. Back to the report
84 to 100 in 9 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 #71,582 of 263,841Step 1 top 25%Step 9 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 a tap-to-call link
+7 points, to 91, and #20,135, 51,447 places up, and into the top 25%
Add a tap-to-call phone link.
87 pages
See the pages
- /
- /aphids-on-roses
- /are-earwigs-bad-for-a-garden
- /are-gophers-and-groundhogs-the-same-thing
- /are-ground-bees-dangerous
- /are-ground-bees-pollinators
- /are-katydids-considered-garden-pests
- /are-squirrels-harmful-to-trees
- /can-aphids-fly
- /can-bed-bugs-live-in-your-hair
- and 77 more in the copied plan
- 2
Answer the first question right under it
+2 points, to 93
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.
70 pages
See the pages
- /aphids-on-roses
- /are-earwigs-bad-for-a-garden
- /are-gophers-and-groundhogs-the-same-thing
- /are-ground-bees-dangerous
- /are-squirrels-harmful-to-trees
- /can-aphids-fly
- /can-bed-bugs-survive-in-a-car
- /can-fleas-live-in-floorboards
- /can-fleas-live-in-wood-furniture
- /can-fleas-live-in-your-bed
- and 60 more in the copied plan
- 3
Fix description lengths
+1 point, to 94
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
87 pages
See the pages
- /
- /aphids-on-roses
- /are-earwigs-bad-for-a-garden
- /are-gophers-and-groundhogs-the-same-thing
- /are-ground-bees-dangerous
- /are-ground-bees-pollinators
- /are-katydids-considered-garden-pests
- /are-squirrels-harmful-to-trees
- /can-aphids-fly
- /can-bed-bugs-live-in-your-hair
- and 77 more in the copied plan
- 4
Describe images
+2 points, to 96
Describe every content image in its alt text.
87 pages
See the pages
- /
- /aphids-on-roses
- /are-earwigs-bad-for-a-garden
- /are-gophers-and-groundhogs-the-same-thing
- /are-ground-bees-dangerous
- /are-ground-bees-pollinators
- /are-katydids-considered-garden-pests
- /are-squirrels-harmful-to-trees
- /can-aphids-fly
- /can-bed-bugs-live-in-your-hair
- and 77 more in the copied plan
- 5
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 98
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
86 pages
See the pages
- /aphids-on-roses
- /are-earwigs-bad-for-a-garden
- /are-gophers-and-groundhogs-the-same-thing
- /are-ground-bees-dangerous
- /are-ground-bees-pollinators
- /are-katydids-considered-garden-pests
- /are-squirrels-harmful-to-trees
- /can-aphids-fly
- /can-bed-bugs-live-in-your-hair
- /can-bed-bugs-survive-in-a-car
- and 76 more in the copied plan
- 6
Put figures in tables
+1 point, to 99
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
68 pages
See the pages
- /aphids-on-roses
- /are-earwigs-bad-for-a-garden
- /are-gophers-and-groundhogs-the-same-thing
- /are-ground-bees-dangerous
- /are-ground-bees-pollinators
- /are-katydids-considered-garden-pests
- /are-squirrels-harmful-to-trees
- /can-aphids-fly
- /can-bed-bugs-live-in-your-hair
- /can-bed-bugs-survive-in-a-car
- and 58 more in the copied plan
- 7
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
- 8
Link to your profiles
Under a point
Link from the home page, in its header or footer, to each profile you keep: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, X, LinkedIn.
Once, for the whole site
- 9
Phrase headings as questions
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
14 pages
See the pages
- /are-gophers-and-groundhogs-the-same-thing
- /do-marigolds-prevent-garden-pests
- /how-do-snails-eat
- /how-to-keep-birds-from-eating-garden-plants
- /how-to-tell-if-a-plant-has-spider-mites
- /how-to-tell-the-difference-between-slugs-and-snails
- /what-do-garden-snails-eat
- /what-do-snail-eggs-look-like
- /what-stops-slugs-eating-plants
- /whats-eating-your-tomato-plant-at-night
- and 4 more in the copied plan
5 more, to tidy up after 100
- 10
Fix title lengths
Under a point
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
19 pages
See the pages
- /are-ground-bees-pollinators
- /can-fleas-move-from-room-to-room-in-a-house
- /difference-between-squirrels-and-rats
- /do-ants-eat-termites
- /do-i-have-rats-in-my-house
- /how-to-get-rid-of-flies-in-garage
- /how-to-tell-ground-bees-from-yellow-jackets
- /how-to-tell-the-difference-between-slugs-and-snails
- /signs-of-ground-bees
- /signs-you-have-squirrels
- and 9 more in the copied plan
- 11
Show sources on guides
Under a point
Link the sources for the guide's facts where a reader can see them. Official and primary sources carry the most weight.
2 pages
See the pages
- /signs-of-ground-bees
- /what-does-it-mean-when-a-squirrel-stares-at-you
- 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
See the pages
- /do-aphids-bite
- /do-ground-bees-make-honey
- /what-do-ants-do-with-food
- 13
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
1 page
See the pages
- /do-marigolds-prevent-garden-pests
- 14
Set a share image
Under a point
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
The home page
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 70 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/do-i-have-rats-in-my-house4.1 s/do-ants-eat-termites3.6 s/what-do-squirrels-do-with-pine-cones1.6 s/what-are-blow-flies1.4 s/what-ants-eat1.3 s
Fastest: /, 5 ms. Heaviest: /whats-eating-your-tomato-plant-at-night, 64 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.
WordPressPlatform
- GGoogle AnalyticsAnalytics
jQueryLibrary
- page with strong signs
- 1
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 1
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 2.3
/do-i-have-rats-in-my-houseplaceholders 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 4: Add a tap-to-call link, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/do-marigolds-prevent-garden-pestsfails 8: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Phrase headings as questions1 page/signs-of-ground-beesfails 8: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add a tap-to-call link1 page/what-does-it-mean-when-a-squirrel-stares-at-youfails 8: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add a tap-to-call link1 page/why-do-snails-climb-up-my-housefails 8: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Phrase headings as questions1 page/are-gophers-and-groundhogs-the-same-thingfails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Phrase headings as questions1 page/do-ants-eat-termitesfails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Fix description lengths1 page/do-i-have-rats-in-my-housefails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Fix description lengths1 page/how-do-snails-eatfails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Phrase headings as questions1 page/how-to-get-rid-of-flies-in-garagefails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Fix description lengths1 page/how-to-keep-birds-from-eating-garden-plantsfails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Phrase headings as questions1 page/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-slugs-and-snailsfails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add a tap-to-call link and Phrase headings as questions1 page
And 75 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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