dcmlandscapingllc.com, read 22 hours ago. Back to the report
94 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 #10,287 of 264,988Step 1 #4,979Step 4 top 1%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
Fix description lengths
+1 point, to 95, and #4,979, 5,308 places up
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
7 pages
See the pages
- /author/dcm
- /category/uncategorized
- /privacy-policy
- /services
- /test-blog-post
- /test-blog-post-2
- /test-blog-post-3
- 2
Make near-copy pages distinct
+1 point, to 96
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
- 3
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.
3 pages
See the pages
- /test-blog-post
- /test-blog-post-2
- /test-blog-post-3
- 4
Phrase headings as questions
+1 point, to 97, and into the top 1%
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
3 pages
See the pages
- /test-blog-post
- /test-blog-post-2
- /test-blog-post-3
- 5
Link to orphaned pages
+1 point, to 98
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
- 6
Add depth to thin pages
Under a point
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
3 pages
See the pages
- /test-blog-post
- /test-blog-post-2
- /test-blog-post-3
- 7
Put figures in tables
+1 point, to 99
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
3 pages
See the pages
- /test-blog-post
- /test-blog-post-2
- /test-blog-post-3
- 8
Show when guides were updated
Under a point
Show when the guide was last updated, and set dateModified in its schema.
1 page
See the pages
- /test-blog-post-2
- 9
Set a share image
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
3 pages
See the pages
- /category/uncategorized
- /landscaping-blog
- /privacy-policy
1 more, to tidy up after 100
- 10
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
The home page
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 158 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/test-blog-post-32.9 s/test-blog-post-22.9 s/test-blog-post2.9 s/category/uncategorized2.2 s/author/dcm2.1 s
Fastest: /faq, 44 ms. Heaviest: /faq, 77 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
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LiteSpeedServer
- GGoogle AnalyticsAnalytics
jQueryLibrary
Google FontsFonts
Font AwesomeFonts
- pages with strong signs
- 5
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 5
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0.5
/author/dcmplaceholders never filled in/category/uncategorizedplaceholders never filled in/test-blog-postplaceholders never filled in/test-blog-post-2placeholders never filled in/test-blog-post-3placeholders never filled in
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 1: Replace unsupported sales claims1 page/test-blog-post-2fails 6: Answer the first question right under it, Show when guides were updated and Add depth to thin pages1 page/test-blog-postfails 5: Answer the first question right under it, Add depth to thin pages and Phrase headings as questions1 page/test-blog-post-3fails 5: Answer the first question right under it, Add depth to thin pages and Phrase headings as questions1 page/privacy-policyfails 2: Fix description lengths and Set a share image1 page/landscaping-blogfails 1: Set a share image1 page/servicesfails 1: Fix description lengths1 page/aboutpasses every rule1 page/brick-paverspasses every rule1 page/contactpasses every rule1 page/faqpasses every rule1 page/gallerypasses every rule1 page
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