billd.com, read 1 day ago. Back to the report
91 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 #22,201 of 263,590Step 1 top 5%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
Answer the first question right under it
+3 points, to 94, and #7,427, 14,774 places up, and into the top 5%
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.
58 pages, 55 of them under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/3-working-capital-principles
- /blog/5-key-takeaways-from-funding-the-future
- /blog/annual-planning-construction
- /blog/auction-pricing-in-gc-early-pay-programs
- /blog/best-price-materials
- /blog/billd-launches-predictable-pay-with-general-contractors-establishing-a-new-payment-standard-in-construction
- /blog/billd-named-no-2-on-forbes-list-of-americas-best-startup-employers-for-2026
- /blog/billd-partners-with-atlas-sp-partners
- /blog/billd-secures-17-5m-funding-round-to-supercharge-growth-expand-product-suite
- /blog/billd-secures-strategic-investment-to-accelerate-launch-of-new-early-pay-programs
- and 48 more in the copied plan
- 2
Add structured data
+1 point, to 95
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
34 pages
See the pages
- /
- /about
- /blog
- /calculators
- /careers
- /contact
- /contractor-estimating-calculator-cash-flow
- /customer-stories
- /events
- /faqs
- and 24 more in the copied plan
- 3
Put figures in tables
+1 point, to 96
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
61 pages, 60 of them under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/3-working-capital-principles
- /blog/5-key-considerations-before-implementing-a-gc-early-pay-program
- /blog/5-key-takeaways-from-funding-the-future
- /blog/annual-planning-construction
- /blog/auction-pricing-in-gc-early-pay-programs
- /blog/best-price-materials
- /blog/billd-launches-predictable-pay-with-general-contractors-establishing-a-new-payment-standard-in-construction
- /blog/billd-named-no-2-on-forbes-list-of-americas-best-startup-employers-for-2026
- /blog/billd-partners-with-atlas-sp-partners
- /blog/billd-secures-17-5m-funding-round-to-supercharge-growth-expand-product-suite
- and 51 more in the copied plan
- 4
Add real images to content
+1 point, to 97
Add a photo, drawing, or chart as an img with alt text. A CSS background image has no alt text and is not read as part of the page.
35 pages, 33 of them under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/3-working-capital-principles
- /blog/5-key-considerations-before-implementing-a-gc-early-pay-program
- /blog/annual-planning-construction
- /blog/auction-pricing-in-gc-early-pay-programs
- /blog/construction-billing-strategies
- /blog/construction-relationships
- /blog/construction-working-capital
- /blog/cost-of-slow-payments
- /blog/dso
- /blog/engineering-the-subcontractors-capital-stack
- and 25 more in the copied plan
- 5
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 98
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
35 pages, 27 of them under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog
- /blog/5-key-takeaways-from-funding-the-future
- /blog/billd-launches-predictable-pay-with-general-contractors-establishing-a-new-payment-standard-in-construction
- /blog/billd-named-no-2-on-forbes-list-of-americas-best-startup-employers-for-2026
- /blog/billd-partners-with-atlas-sp-partners
- /blog/billd-secures-17-5m-funding-round-to-supercharge-growth-expand-product-suite
- /blog/billd-secures-strategic-investment-to-accelerate-launch-of-new-early-pay-programs
- /blog/billds-sixth-annual-national-subcontractor-market-report-reveals-the-playbook-behind-the-industrys-fastest-growing-subcontractors
- /blog/capital-strategy-blueprint-pt-1
- /blog/capital-strategy-blueprint-pt-2
- and 25 more in the copied plan
- 6
Fix description lengths
Under a point
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
28 pages, 21 of them under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/5-key-takeaways-from-funding-the-future
- /blog/auction-pricing-in-gc-early-pay-programs
- /blog/billd-launches-predictable-pay-with-general-contractors-establishing-a-new-payment-standard-in-construction
- /blog/billd-named-no-2-on-forbes-list-of-americas-best-startup-employers-for-2026
- /blog/billd-partners-with-atlas-sp-partners
- /blog/billd-secures-strategic-investment-to-accelerate-launch-of-new-early-pay-programs
- /blog/capital-strategy-blueprint-pt-1
- /blog/capital-strategy-blueprint-pt-2
- /blog/defend-against-project-delays
- /blog/engineering-the-subcontractors-capital-stack
- and 18 more in the copied plan
- 7
Add lists or tables
Under a point
Add a table, a list, or a definition list. Assistants quote these more readily than prose.
17 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/billd-launches-predictable-pay-with-general-contractors-establishing-a-new-payment-standard-in-construction
- /blog/billd-partners-with-atlas-sp-partners
- /blog/billd-secures-17-5m-funding-round-to-supercharge-growth-expand-product-suite
- /blog/billd-secures-strategic-investment-to-accelerate-launch-of-new-early-pay-programs
- /blog/capital-strategy-blueprint-pt-1
- /blog/communication-transparency
- /blog/defend-against-project-delays
- /blog/funding-gap
- /blog/gc-early-pay-an-overlooked-margin-opportunity-in-construction
- /blog/gc-keys-to-successful-early-pay-program-implementation-part-5
- and 7 more in the copied plan
- 8
Add depth to thin pages
Under a point
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
6 pages, 5 of them under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/billd-launches-predictable-pay-with-general-contractors-establishing-a-new-payment-standard-in-construction
- /blog/billd-partners-with-atlas-sp-partners
- /blog/billd-secures-17-5m-funding-round-to-supercharge-growth-expand-product-suite
- /blog/billd-secures-strategic-investment-to-accelerate-launch-of-new-early-pay-programs
- /blog/habitat-for-humanity
- /resources/2026-market-report
- 9
Describe images
+1 point, to 99
Describe every content image in its alt text.
12 pages
See the pages
- /about
- /careers
- /contact
- /events
- /flex-line
- /get-started
- /mechanics-lien-resource-hub
- /partners
- /resources/2026-market-report
- /subcontractors
- and 2 more in the copied plan
- 10
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 /resources/
See the pages
- /
- /resources/2024-market-report
- /resources/2025-market-report
- /resources/2026-market-report
- 11
Phrase headings as questions
Under a point
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
3 pages under /resources/
See the pages
- /resources/2024-market-report
- /resources/2025-market-report
- /resources/2026-market-report
- 12
Add breadcrumb data
Under a point
Add BreadcrumbList schema so the page has a place in the site.
3 pages under /resources/
See the pages
- /resources/2024-market-report
- /resources/2025-market-report
- /resources/2026-market-report
- 13
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.
3 pages under /resources/
See the pages
- /resources/2024-market-report
- /resources/2025-market-report
- /resources/2026-market-report
- 14
Bring deep pages closer to home
Under a point
Link to the page from a hub or a related page so it sits within three clicks of the home page.
8 pages under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/construction-relationships
- /blog/cost-of-slow-payments
- /blog/dso
- /blog/gc-successful-early-pay-implementation-part-1
- /blog/gc-successful-early-pay-implementation-part-3
- /blog/gc-successful-early-pay-implementation-part-4
- /blog/material-tariffs
- /blog/transactional-relationships
- 15
Show when guides were updated
Under a point
Show when the guide was last updated, and set dateModified in its schema.
3 pages under /resources/
See the pages
- /resources/2024-market-report
- /resources/2025-market-report
- /resources/2026-market-report
- 16
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
5 pages, 4 of them under /blog/
See the pages
- /blog/5-key-takeaways-from-funding-the-future
- /blog/path-to-100m-chad-anselmo
- /blog/southwest-construction-services
- /blog/subcontractor-cash-flow-turner-trade-partners-payment-cycle
- /careers
- 17
Name the publisher
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Name the author or publisher in the Article schema.
3 pages under /resources/
See the pages
- /resources/2024-market-report
- /resources/2025-market-report
- /resources/2026-market-report
1 more, to tidy up after 100
- 18
Allow pages to be indexed
Under a point
Remove noindex when the page is ready to be found.
2 pages
Steps for your host: Cloudflare, WordPress, Namecheap and moreSee the pages
- /terms
- /terms-and-conditions
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 702 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/blog/subcontractor-cash-flow-turner-trade-partners-payment-cycle1.6 s/blog/roomready1.5 s/toolkit/recruit-and-retain1.4 s/blog/defend-against-project-delays1.4 s/blog/cost-of-slow-payments1.3 s
Fastest: /contact, 15 ms. Heaviest: /blog/gc-early-pay-program-guide, 163 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.
NuxtFramework
Amazon CloudFrontHosting
Google Tag ManagerAnalytics
Microsoft ClarityAnalytics
Google FontsFonts
- pages with strong signs
- 2
- hidden characters
- 3
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 3.2
/toolkit/boost-profitabilityhidden characters a reader cannot see/resourceshidden characters a reader cannot see
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 2: Add structured data and Match structured data to the page1 page/careersfails 4: Add structured data, Describe images and Replace unsupported sales claims1 page/contactfails 3: Add structured data, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/eventsfails 3: Add structured data, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/partnersfails 3: Add structured data, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/suppliersfails 3: Add structured data, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/termsfails 3: Allow pages to be indexed, Add structured data and Fix title lengths1 page/aboutfails 2: Add structured data and Describe images1 page/blogfails 2: Add structured data and Fix title lengths1 page/calculatorsfails 2: Add structured data and Fix description lengths1 page/get-startedfails 2: Add structured data and Describe images1 page/lien-servicesfails 2: Add structured data and Fix description lengths1 page
And 22 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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