childcareaware.org, read 1 day ago. Back to the report
85 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 #67,137 of 263,577Step 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 92, and #15,118, 52,019 places up, and into the top 25%
Add a tap-to-call phone link.
100 pages
See the pages
- /
- /about/audience
- /about/child-care-aware-of-america/2020-2022-strategic-plan-and-public-policy-agenda
- /about/leadership/katherine-cothern
- /about/leadership/tonja-rucker-ph-d
- /about/privacy-policy
- /about/sign-up-for-enews
- /about/vision-mission
- /acerca/suscribase-a-nuestro-boletin
- /appreciating-provider-health-and-wellness
- and 90 more in the copied plan
- 2
Fix description lengths
+2 points, to 94
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
61 pages
See the pages
- /about/audience
- /about/child-care-aware-of-america/2020-2022-strategic-plan-and-public-policy-agenda
- /about/leadership/katherine-cothern
- /about/leadership/tonja-rucker-ph-d
- /about/privacy-policy
- /about/vision-mission
- /acerca/suscribase-a-nuestro-boletin
- /centro-de-coronavirus
- /centro-de-coronavirus/pagina-de-destino-de-coronavirus
- /checking-in-a-snapshot-of-the-child-care-landscape-2018-state-fact-sheets
- and 51 more in the copied plan
- 3
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 96
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
99 pages
See the pages
- /about/audience
- /about/child-care-aware-of-america/2020-2022-strategic-plan-and-public-policy-agenda
- /about/leadership/katherine-cothern
- /about/leadership/tonja-rucker-ph-d
- /about/privacy-policy
- /about/sign-up-for-enews
- /about/vision-mission
- /acerca/suscribase-a-nuestro-boletin
- /appreciating-provider-health-and-wellness
- /benefits-of-gis-maps
- and 89 more in the copied plan
- 4
Describe images
+2 points, to 98
Describe every content image in its alt text.
48 pages
See the pages
- /
- /about/child-care-aware-of-america/2020-2022-strategic-plan-and-public-policy-agenda
- /about/leadership/katherine-cothern
- /about/leadership/tonja-rucker-ph-d
- /about/sign-up-for-enews
- /acerca/suscribase-a-nuestro-boletin
- /benefits-of-gis-maps
- /centro-de-coronavirus
- /centro-de-coronavirus/pagina-de-destino-de-coronavirus
- /checking-in-a-snapshot-of-the-child-care-landscape-2018-state-fact-sheets
- and 38 more in the copied plan
- 5
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 99
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
27 pages
See the pages
- /
- /about/audience
- /about/privacy-policy
- /checking-in-a-snapshot-of-the-child-care-landscape-2018-state-fact-sheets
- /child-care-resource-and-referral/consumer-education-engagement/family-engagement-in-qris/qris-charts
- /day-of-action
- /familias
- /families/engagement-for-families/vroom/vroom-webinars-2
- /fee-assistancerespite/feeassistancerespiteproviders/arkansas
- /fee-assistancerespite/feeassistancerespiteproviders/florida
- and 17 more in the copied plan
- 6
Use one main heading
Under a point
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
9 pages
See the pages
- /
- /about/privacy-policy
- /centro-de-asistencia-tecnica-y-cuidado-infantil-de-emergencia/at-para-proveedores-de-cuidado-infantil
- /checking-in-a-snapshot-of-the-child-care-landscape-2018-state-fact-sheets
- /massachusetts-mapping-the-gap
- /millennial-map-2017
- /our-issues/crisis-and-disaster-resources/build-a-kit
- /parents-high-cost-child-care-2016
- /training-academy
- 7
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.
2 pages
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- /resources/printable-materials
- 8
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
- /resources/ccrr-search
- /resources/printable-materials
- 9
Show when guides were updated
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Show when the guide was last updated, and set dateModified in its schema.
2 pages
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- /resources/printable-materials
11 more, to tidy up after 100
- 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.
2 pages
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- /resources/printable-materials
- 11
Add lists or tables
Under a point
Add a table, a list, or a definition list. Assistants quote these more readily than prose.
2 pages
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- /resources/printable-materials
- 12
Put figures in tables
Under a point
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
2 pages
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- /resources/printable-materials
- 13
Name the publisher
Under a point
Name the author or publisher in the Article schema.
2 pages
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- /resources/printable-materials
- 14
Speed up the server
Under a point
Cache pages or speed up the server. Crawlers give a slow site fewer visits.
Once, for the whole site
- 15
Phrase headings as questions
Under a point
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
1 page
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- 16
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.
1 page
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- 17
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
- 18
Add depth to thin pages
Under a point
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
1 page
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- 19
Add real images to content
Under a point
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.
1 page
See the pages
- /resources/ccrr-search
- 20
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
1 page
See the pages
- /training-academy
What else the read found
Half its pages take over 1,270 ms to start answering, past the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. Caching or a faster server helps every page at once. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/providers/opening-running-family-child-care-home/opening-family-child-care-home-action-steps2.0 s/providers/opening-running-child-care-center/opening-child-care-center-action-steps1.9 s/proveedores/abrir-centro-de-cuidado-de-ninos/abrir-centro-de-cuidado-de-ninos-pasos-de-accion1.9 s/fee-assistancerespite/feeassistancerespiteproviders/north-dakota1.9 s/families/ask-a-question1.8 s
Fastest: /, 48 ms. Heaviest: /proveedores/abrir-hogar-de-cuidado-de-ninos-familiar/abrir-hogar-de-cuidado-de-ninos-familiar-pasos-de-accion, 32 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
CloudflareHosting
WP EngineHosting
Google Tag ManagerAnalytics
- GGoogle AnalyticsAnalytics
HubSpotMarketing
jQueryLibrary
Google FontsFonts
Font AwesomeFonts
From the structured data on its home page, as the site says it: an Organization named Child Care Aware® of America. mttr does not check the profiles it names.
- FacebookChildCareAware
- Xchildcareaware
- Instagramusachildcare
- YouTubeUCSkW93INfrLXx42g5MXwILw
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0.7
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: Use one main heading, Add a tap-to-call link and Describe images1 page/checking-in-a-snapshot-of-the-child-care-landscape-2018-state-fact-sheetsfails 6: Use one main heading, Add a tap-to-call link and Fix description lengths1 page/massachusetts-mapping-the-gapfails 5: Use one main heading, Add a tap-to-call link and Fix description lengths1 page/millennial-map-2017fails 5: Use one main heading, Add a tap-to-call link and Describe images1 page/statefactsheets2017fails 5: Add a tap-to-call link, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/training-academyfails 5: Use one main heading, Add a tap-to-call link and Fix description lengths1 page/centro-de-coronavirusfails 4: Add a tap-to-call link, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/day-of-actionfails 4: Add a tap-to-call link, Fix description lengths and Fix title lengths1 page/familiasfails 4: Add a tap-to-call link, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/family-engagement-qris-infographicfails 4: Add a tap-to-call link, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/parents-high-cost-child-care-2016fails 4: Use one main heading, Add a tap-to-call link and Fix description lengths1 page/benefits-of-gis-mapsfails 3: Add a tap-to-call link, Describe images and Link straight to the final address1 page
And 24 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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