deckdogsllc.com, read 3 days ago. Back to the report
81 to 100 in 16 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 #103,833 of 264,159Step 1 top 25%Step 16 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 way to get in touch
+9 points, to 90, and #25,897, 77,936 places up, and into the top 25%
Give the page a form or a clear link to request a quote or get in touch.
12 pages, 7 of them under /services/
See the pages
- /
- /custom-gazebo-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-lighting-installation-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-railings-regulations
- /free-resource/checklist-to-vet-a-deck-builder
- /services/deck-remodeling-and-deck-resurfacing
- /services/deck-remodeling-deck-resurfacing-middleton-wi
- /services/pergola-builder
- /services/porch-builders-cross-plains
- /services/porch-contractors
- and 2 more in the copied plan
- 2
Show sources on guides
+2 points, to 92
Link the sources for the guide's facts where a reader can see them. Official and primary sources carry the most weight.
3 pages
See the pages
- /custom-gazebo-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-lighting-installation-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-railings-regulations
- 3
Describe images
+2 points, to 94
Describe every content image in its alt text.
12 pages, 7 of them under /services/
See the pages
- /
- /custom-gazebo-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-lighting-installation-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-railings-regulations
- /free-resource/checklist-to-vet-a-deck-builder
- /services/deck-remodeling-and-deck-resurfacing
- /services/deck-remodeling-deck-resurfacing-middleton-wi
- /services/pergola-builder
- /services/porch-builders-cross-plains
- /services/porch-contractors
- and 2 more in the copied plan
- 4
Answer the first question right under it
+1 point, to 95
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
- /custom-gazebo-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-lighting-installation-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-railings-regulations
- 5
Add breadcrumb data
Under a point
Add BreadcrumbList schema so the page has a place in the site.
10 pages, 7 of them under /services/
See the pages
- /custom-gazebo-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-lighting-installation-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-railings-regulations
- /services/deck-remodeling-and-deck-resurfacing
- /services/deck-remodeling-deck-resurfacing-middleton-wi
- /services/pergola-builder
- /services/porch-builders-cross-plains
- /services/porch-contractors
- /services/timbertech-azek-decking-installation
- /services/wood-deck-builder
- 6
Show when guides were updated
+1 point, to 96
Show when the guide was last updated, and set dateModified in its schema.
1 page
See the pages
- /deck-railings-regulations
- 7
Add structured data
+1 point, to 97
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
2 pages
See the pages
- /free-resource/checklist-to-vet-a-deck-builder
- /services/pergola-builder
- 8
Phrase headings as questions
Under a point
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
2 pages
See the pages
- /services/deck-remodeling-deck-resurfacing-middleton-wi
- /services/porch-builders-cross-plains
- 9
Show every FAQ question on the page
Under a point
Show every question in the FAQ schema on the page, word for word.
2 pages
See the pages
- /services/deck-remodeling-deck-resurfacing-middleton-wi
- /services/porch-builders-cross-plains
- 10
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
- 11
Put figures in tables
+1 point, to 98
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
2 pages
See the pages
- /custom-gazebo-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-railings-regulations
- 12
Allow pages to be indexed
Under a point
Remove noindex when the page is ready to be found.
1 page
Steps for your host: Cloudflare, WordPress, Namecheap and moreSee the pages
- /services/pergola-builder
- 13
Add lists or tables
+1 point, to 99
Add a table, a list, or a definition list. Assistants quote these more readily than prose.
2 pages
See the pages
- /custom-gazebo-cost-madison-wi
- /deck-railings-regulations
- 14
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.
1 page
See the pages
- /services/pergola-builder
- 15
Set each page's canonical address
Under a point
Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.
1 page
See the pages
- /services/pergola-builder
- 16
Use one main heading
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
1 page
See the pages
- /free-resource/checklist-to-vet-a-deck-builder
1 more, to tidy up after 100
- 17
Link straight to the final address
Under a point
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
2 pages
See the pages
- /free-resource/checklist-to-vet-a-deck-builder
- /services/pergola-builder
What else the read found
Half its pages take over 8,105 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.
/services/porch-builders-cross-plains11.9 s/services/deck-remodeling-deck-resurfacing-middleton-wi11.3 s/services/porch-contractors11.2 s/services/deck-remodeling-and-deck-resurfacing11.1 s/services/timbertech-azek-decking-installation9.9 s
Fastest: /deck-railings-regulations, 45 ms. Heaviest: the home page, 78 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
- FFastlyHosting
Google Tag ManagerAnalytics
jQueryLibrary
From the structured data on its home page, as the site says it: a Person named core. mttr does not check the profiles it names.
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 2.3
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 2: Add a way to get in touch and Describe images1 page/deck-railings-regulationsfails 8: Answer the first question right under it, Add a way to get in touch and Show sources on guides1 page/custom-gazebo-cost-madison-wifails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add a way to get in touch and Show sources on guides1 page/deck-lighting-installation-cost-madison-wifails 5: Answer the first question right under it, Add a way to get in touch and Show sources on guides1 page/services/7 fail a rule. Worst: /services/pergola-builder, 8 rules7 pages/free-resource/1 fail a rule. Worst: /free-resource/checklist-to-vet-a-deck-builder, 5 rules1 page
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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