dalkescientific.com, read 4 days ago. Back to the report
57 to 100 in 22 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 #228,300 of 263,590Step 1 #203,324Step 3 top 50%Step 22 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 64, and #203,324, 24,976 places up
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
99 pages, 80 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /
- /PyDaylight
- /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /bosc2002
- /company.html
- /contact.html
- /index.html
- /news
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- and 89 more in the copied plan
- 2
Set each page's canonical address
+6 points, to 70
Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.
99 pages, 80 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /
- /PyDaylight
- /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /bosc2002
- /company.html
- /contact.html
- /index.html
- /news
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- and 89 more in the copied plan
- 3
Add a tap-to-call link
+7 points, to 77, and into the top 50%
Add a tap-to-call phone link.
99 pages, 80 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /
- /PyDaylight
- /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /bosc2002
- /company.html
- /contact.html
- /index.html
- /news
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- and 89 more in the copied plan
- 4
Add a way to get in touch
+6 points, to 83
Give the page a form or a clear link to request a quote or get in touch.
74 pages, 70 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /bosc2002
- /oreilly
- /writings/NBN/ajax.html
- /writings/NBN/ajax_example.html
- /writings/NBN/assignment_1.html
- /writings/NBN/assignment_2.html
- /writings/NBN/assignment_3.html
- /writings/NBN/assignment_4.html
- and 64 more in the copied plan
- 5
Use one main heading
+4 points, to 87
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
86 pages, 67 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /
- /PyDaylight
- /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /bosc2002
- /company.html
- /contact.html
- /index.html
- /news
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- and 76 more in the copied plan
- 6
Fix description lengths
+3 points, to 90
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
92 pages, 80 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /PyDaylight
- /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /bosc2002
- /company.html
- /news
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /oreilly
- and 82 more in the copied plan
- 7
Describe images
+3 points, to 93
Describe every content image in its alt text.
78 pages, 62 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /
- /PyDaylight
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /company.html
- /contact.html
- /index.html
- /news
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- and 68 more in the copied plan
- 8
Set a share image
+2 points, to 95
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
99 pages, 80 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /
- /PyDaylight
- /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /bosc2002
- /company.html
- /contact.html
- /index.html
- /news
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- and 89 more in the copied plan
- 9
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 96
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
42 pages, 34 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz
- /Python/PyRSS2Gen.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/011016-hackathon.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /oreilly
- /writings/NBN/ajax_example.html
- /writings/NBN/assignment_1.html
- and 32 more in the copied plan
- 10
Let AI crawlers in
Under a point
Remove the robots.txt rules that shut out AI crawlers. On Cloudflare, also turn off "Block AI bots", which writes these rules for you.
Once, for the whole site
Steps for your host: Cloudflare, WordPress, Namecheap and more - 11
Make near-copy pages distinct
Under a point
Rewrite or merge pages that share most of their text. A page that only swaps a city or product name is what search engines treat as doorway or scaled content.
Once, for the whole site
- 12
Answer the first question right under it
+1 point, to 97
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.
7 pages under /news/
See the pages
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/011016-hackathon.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /news/030111-EUtils.html
- 13
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.
8 pages, 7 of them under /news/
See the pages
- /
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/011016-hackathon.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /news/030111-EUtils.html
- 14
Add depth to thin pages
+1 point, to 98
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
8 pages, 7 of them under /news/
See the pages
- /
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/011016-hackathon.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /news/030111-EUtils.html
- 15
Phrase headings as questions
Under a point
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
7 pages under /news/
See the pages
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/011016-hackathon.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /news/030111-EUtils.html
- 16
Show when guides were updated
+1 point, to 99
Show when the guide was last updated, and set dateModified in its schema.
7 pages under /news/
See the pages
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/011016-hackathon.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /news/030111-EUtils.html
- 17
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
- 18
Settle on one address
Under a point
Redirect http, https, www, and the bare domain to one address, so the site is not indexed as several.
Once, for the whole site
- 19
Name the publisher
Under a point
Name the author or publisher in the Article schema.
7 pages under /news/
See the pages
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/011016-hackathon.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /news/030111-EUtils.html
- 20
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.
3 pages
See the pages
- /
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/030111-EUtils.html
- 21
Add breadcrumb data
Under a point
Add BreadcrumbList schema so the page has a place in the site.
7 pages under /news/
See the pages
- /news/010701-BOSC.html
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
- /news/010930-OBF.html
- /news/011015-PyDaylight.html
- /news/011016-hackathon.html
- /news/020825-PyDaylight.html
- /news/030111-EUtils.html
- 22
Show sources on guides
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Link the sources for the guide's facts where a reader can see them. Official and primary sources carry the most weight.
1 page
See the pages
- /news/010719-Biopython.html
5 more, to tidy up after 100
- 23
Link straight to the final address
Under a point
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
13 pages, 7 of them under /writings/
See the pages
- /PyDaylight
- /bosc2002
- /news
- /oreilly
- /training
- /writings
- /writings/NBN
- /writings/NBN/python_intro
- /writings/diary
- /writings/diary/archive
- and 3 more in the copied plan
- 24
Fix pages that fail to load
Under a point
Fix or remove the link. Every linked page should return 200.
1 page
See the pages
- /writings/NBN/getting_started.html
- 25
Compress pages
Under a point
Turn on gzip or Brotli for HTML on the server or CDN.
Once, for the whole site
- 26
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
- 27
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
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 33 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/writings/NBN/data/bacteriorhodopsin.fasta1.1 s/writings/NBN/data/savitzky_golay.py1.1 s/writings/NBN/plotting.html1.0 s/writings/NBN/loading_db.html107 ms/writings/NBN/data/br_plot.py107 ms
Fastest: /writings/NBN/xml_sbml.html, 17 ms. Heaviest: /PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gz, 439 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.
ApacheServer
- pages with strong signs
- 8
- hidden characters
- 8
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 38
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0
/PyDaylight/PyDaylight-1.0.tar.gzmarkdown never turned into formatting/writings/NBN/c_extensions.htmlmarkdown never turned into formatting/writings/NBN/plotting.htmlmarkdown never turned into formatting/writings/NBN/slides/lists_and_for_loop.ppthidden characters a reader cannot see/writings/NBN/slides/references.ppthidden 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 9: Put the text in the HTML, Add structured data and Set each page's canonical address1 page/oreillyfails 9: Add a way to get in touch, Add structured data and Set each page's canonical address1 page/bosc2002fails 8: Add a way to get in touch, Add structured data and Set each page's canonical address1 page/newsfails 8: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/PyDaylightfails 8: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/trainingfails 8: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/writingsfails 8: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/company.htmlfails 7: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/contact.htmlfails 6: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/index.htmlfails 6: Add structured data, Set each page's canonical address and Use one main heading1 page/writings/80 fail a rule. Worst: /writings/diary, 9 rules81 pages/news/7 fail a rule. Worst: /news/010719-Biopython.html, 16 rules7 pages
And 2 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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