buddingco.com, read 15 hours ago. Back to the report
91 to 100 in 11 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 #22,392 of 263,585Step 1 top 5%Step 11 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
Fix description lengths
+4 points, to 95, and #4,955, 17,437 places up, and into the top 5%
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
100 pages
See the pages
- /
- /1-800-679-8718
- /1-800-679-8718/articles
- /1-800-679-8718/brand
- /1-800-679-8718/history
- /1-800-679-8718/limited-specials
- /1-800-679-8718/sizes
- /a-series
- /about-us
- /belgard
- and 90 more in the copied plan
- 2
Set a share image
+1 point, to 96
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
98 pages
See the pages
- /
- /1-800-679-8718
- /1-800-679-8718/articles
- /1-800-679-8718/brand
- /1-800-679-8718/history
- /1-800-679-8718/limited-specials
- /1-800-679-8718/sizes
- /a-series
- /about-us
- /belgard
- and 88 more in the copied plan
- 3
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 98
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
97 pages
See the pages
- /1-800-679-8718
- /1-800-679-8718/articles
- /1-800-679-8718/brand
- /1-800-679-8718/history
- /1-800-679-8718/limited-specials
- /1-800-679-8718/sizes
- /a-series
- /about-us
- /belgard
- /belgard-1
- and 87 more in the copied plan
- 4
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 99
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
17 pages
See the pages
- /
- /about-us
- /bricks
- /brochures
- /chimney/heat-stop-refractory-cement
- /clearance
- /contact-us
- /masonry-products/concrete-products/concrete-block
- /masonry-products/concrete-products/concrete-dissolver
- /masonry-products/concrete-products/concrete-lintels
- and 7 more in the copied plan
- 5
Add depth to thin pages
Under a point
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
3 pages
See the pages
- /
- /clearance
- /cowden-wilcox-picbrick
- 6
Phrase headings as questions
Under a point
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
2 pages
See the pages
- /clearance
- /cowden-wilcox-picbrick
- 7
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
- 8
Put the text in the HTML
Under a point
Put the page text in the HTML the server sends. Most AI crawlers do not run scripts.
2 pages
See the pages
- /
- /cowden-wilcox-picbrick
- 9
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
- 10
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
- 11
Match structured data to the page
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Use the schema type that matches the page: Article for guides, Service or Product for offers, Organization or WebSite for the home page.
The home page
4 more, to tidy up after 100
- 12
Describe images
Under a point
Describe every content image in its alt text.
7 pages
See the pages
- /
- /belgard
- /clearance
- /cowden-wilcox-picbrick
- /ep-henry
- /masonry-products/landscape-supplies
- /shipping-returns
- 13
Add structured data
Under a point
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
2 pages
See the pages
- /
- /sitemap.php
- 14
Set each page's canonical address
Under a point
Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.
2 pages
See the pages
- /newline-hardscapes
- /sitemap.php
- 15
Use one main heading
Under a point
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
1 page
See the pages
- /cowden-wilcox-picbrick
Done since the first read
Fix pages that fail to load
Done, seen on the read of October 19. It failed on 104 pages before.
Settle on one address
Done, seen on the read of October 19. It failed on 1 page before.
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 375 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/hardscape614 ms/masonry-products/hardscape-lighting/solar-led567 ms/1-800-679-8718/articles566 ms/masonry-products/veneer-stone540 ms/masonry-products/concrete-products528 ms
Fastest: /, 178 ms. Heaviest: the home page, 25 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.
BigCommercePlatform
CloudflareHosting
Google FontsFonts
- 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 8: Put the text in the HTML, Add structured data and Add depth to thin pages1 page/cowden-wilcox-picbrickfails 7: Put the text in the HTML, Add depth to thin pages and Use one main heading1 page/clearancefails 6: Add depth to thin pages, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page/sitemap.phpfails 5: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Fix description lengths1 page/about-usfails 4: Fix description lengths, Fix title lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/belgardfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Link straight to the final address1 page/bricksfails 4: Fix description lengths, Fix title lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/brochuresfails 4: Fix description lengths, Fix title lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/contact-usfails 4: Fix description lengths, Fix title lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/ep-henryfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Link straight to the final address1 page/newline-hardscapesfails 4: Set each page's canonical address, Fix description lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/restorationfails 4: Fix description lengths, Fix title lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page
And 36 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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