cochraninc.com, read 20 hours ago. Back to the report
73 to 100 in 7 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 #160,250 of 263,585Step 1 top 50%Step 7 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 80, and #105,939, 54,311 places up, and into the top 50%
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
97 pages
See the pages
- /
- /approach
- /contact
- /culture
- /history
- /ideas
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-cari-dodson
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-dan-greshowak
- /ideas/a-legacy-of-innovation
- /ideas/at&t-building-crane-pick
- and 87 more in the copied plan
- 2
Set each page's canonical address
+6 points, to 86
Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.
97 pages
See the pages
- /
- /approach
- /contact
- /culture
- /history
- /ideas
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-cari-dodson
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-dan-greshowak
- /ideas/a-legacy-of-innovation
- /ideas/at&t-building-crane-pick
- and 87 more in the copied plan
- 3
Describe images
+4 points, to 90
Describe every content image in its alt text.
89 pages, 45 of them under /projects/
See the pages
- /
- /culture
- /history
- /ideas
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-cari-dodson
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-dan-greshowak
- /ideas/a-legacy-of-innovation
- /ideas/at&t-building-crane-pick
- /ideas/bill-doran-on-innovation
- /ideas/caleb-casey
- and 79 more in the copied plan
- 4
Replace unsupported sales claims
+4 points, to 94
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
56 pages, 44 of them under /projects/case-studies/
See the pages
- /
- /approach
- /offices/portland
- /offices/seattle
- /press-newsroom
- /projects/case-studies/-modernizing-a-collaborative-space-to-spark-innovation
- /projects/case-studies/a-150-foot-crane-lift-to-upgrade-downtowns-critical-infrastructure
- /projects/case-studies/bringing-a-new-major-hotel-and-office-tower-to-the-pioneer-square-district-in-seattle
- /projects/case-studies/bringing-modern-office-architecture-to-a-historic-seattle-district-near-union-station
- /projects/case-studies/building-and-evolving-adobes-seattle-campus-a-decade-plus-partnership-in-technological-advancement
- and 46 more in the copied plan
- 5
Use one main heading
+2 points, to 96
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
47 pages, 44 of them under /projects/case-studies/
See the pages
- /
- /contact
- /projects/case-studies/-modernizing-a-collaborative-space-to-spark-innovation
- /projects/case-studies/a-150-foot-crane-lift-to-upgrade-downtowns-critical-infrastructure
- /projects/case-studies/bringing-a-new-major-hotel-and-office-tower-to-the-pioneer-square-district-in-seattle
- /projects/case-studies/bringing-modern-office-architecture-to-a-historic-seattle-district-near-union-station
- /projects/case-studies/building-and-evolving-adobes-seattle-campus-a-decade-plus-partnership-in-technological-advancement
- /projects/case-studies/comprehensive-electrical-and-low-voltage-construction-for-seattles-fifth-tallest-skyscraper
- /projects/case-studies/connecting-a-convention-center-integrating-diverse-communication-systems-at-portlands-hyatt-regency
- /projects/case-studies/converting-power-for-office-space-to-lab-ready-systems
- and 37 more in the copied plan
- 6
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 98
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
96 pages
See the pages
- /approach
- /contact
- /culture
- /history
- /ideas
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-cari-dodson
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-dan-greshowak
- /ideas/a-legacy-of-innovation
- /ideas/at&t-building-crane-pick
- /ideas/bill-doran-on-innovation
- and 86 more in the copied plan
- 7
Fix title lengths
+2 points, to 100, and full marks
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
47 pages, 38 of them under /projects/case-studies/
See the pages
- /
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-cari-dodson
- /ideas/a-conversation-with-dan-greshowak
- /ideas/at&t-building-crane-pick
- /ideas/bill-doran-on-innovation
- /ideas/cochran%E2%80%99s-innovation-in-data-center-design
- /ideas/joshua-dickerson-on-19-years-of-innovation-at-cochran
- /ideas/women-in-construction-week
- /projects/case-studies/-modernizing-a-collaborative-space-to-spark-innovation
- /projects/case-studies/a-150-foot-crane-lift-to-upgrade-downtowns-critical-infrastructure
- and 37 more in the copied plan
5 more, to tidy up after 100
- 8
Link to orphaned pages
Under a point
Link to each of these from a related page. A page only the sitemap knows about is treated as unimportant.
Once, for the whole site
- 9
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.
The home page
- 10
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
- 11
Add a way to get in touch
Under a point
Give the page a form or a clear link to request a quote or get in touch.
1 page
See the pages
- /history
- 12
Add a tap-to-call link
Under a point
Add a tap-to-call phone link.
1 page
See the pages
- /history
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 208 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/projects/case-studies/transforming-pdx-the-largest-planar-indoor-cli-directview-led-video-wall-installation-in-north-america4.3 s/projects/case-studies/shaping-the-future-of-healthcare-at-overlake-medical-center4.3 s/projects/case-studies/revitalizing-the-home-of-the-seattle-symphony4.2 s/projects/case-studies/seamlessly-renovating-a-historical-landmark4.2 s/projects/case-studies/how-we-powered-a-workplace-and-retail-environment-inside-a-living-rainforest-the-amazon-spheres2.3 s
Fastest: /ideas/joshua-dickerson-on-19-years-of-innovation-at-cochran, 49 ms. Heaviest: /team, 59 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.
GatsbyFramework
NetlifyHosting
Google Tag ManagerAnalytics
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 4.1
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 7: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/historyfails 6: Add a way to get in touch, Add structured data and Set each page's canonical address1 page/approachfails 4: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Replace unsupported sales claims1 page/contactfails 4: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/culturefails 4: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Describe images1 page/ideasfails 4: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Describe images1 page/press-newsroomfails 4: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Replace unsupported sales claims1 page/projectsfails 4: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Describe images1 page/searchfails 4: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/privacy-policyfails 3: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Link straight to the final address1 page/solutionsfails 3: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Link straight to the final address1 page/teamfails 3: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Link straight to the final address1 page
And 4 more parts of the site.
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