ebclt.org, read 20 hours ago. Back to the report
86 to 100 in 15 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 #56,118 of 263,590Step 1 #32,224Step 2 top 10%Step 15 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
+3 points, to 89, and #32,224, 23,894 places up
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
22 pages
See the pages
- /
- /cart
- /contact
- /donate-or-sell-us-your-land
- /faqs
- /finances-and-limitations
- /home
- /introduction-to-our-land-trust
- /is-an-ebclt-lease-a-good-fit-for-me
- /leadership
- and 12 more in the copied plan
- 2
Describe images
+3 points, to 92, and into the top 10%
Describe every content image in its alt text.
21 pages
See the pages
- /
- /contact
- /donate-or-sell-us-your-land
- /faqs
- /finances-and-limitations
- /home
- /introduction-to-our-land-trust
- /is-an-ebclt-lease-a-good-fit-for-me
- /leadership
- /live-on-land-trust-land
- and 11 more in the copied plan
- 3
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 94
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
21 pages
See the pages
- /cart
- /contact
- /donate-or-sell-us-your-land
- /faqs
- /finances-and-limitations
- /home
- /introduction-to-our-land-trust
- /is-an-ebclt-lease-a-good-fit-for-me
- /leadership
- /live-on-land-trust-land
- and 11 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 under /member-spotlight/
See the pages
- /member-spotlight/member-one
- /member-spotlight/member-three
- /member-spotlight/member-two
- 5
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 96
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
9 pages
See the pages
- /contact
- /faqs
- /leadership
- /member-spotlight/member-one
- /member-spotlight/member-two
- /our-history
- /photo-gallery
- /resources
- /who-we-are
- 6
Use one main heading
+1 point, to 97
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
4 pages
See the pages
- /
- /cart
- /home
- /member-spotlight
- 7
Set each page's canonical address
Under a point
Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.
2 pages
See the pages
- /cart
- /home
- 8
Phrase headings as questions
+1 point, to 98
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
3 pages under /member-spotlight/
See the pages
- /member-spotlight/member-one
- /member-spotlight/member-three
- /member-spotlight/member-two
- 9
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
- 10
Add depth to thin pages
+1 point, to 99
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
3 pages under /member-spotlight/
See the pages
- /member-spotlight/member-one
- /member-spotlight/member-three
- /member-spotlight/member-two
- 11
Add lists or tables
Under a point
Add a table, a list, or a definition list. Assistants quote these more readily than prose.
3 pages under /member-spotlight/
See the pages
- /member-spotlight/member-one
- /member-spotlight/member-three
- /member-spotlight/member-two
- 12
Put figures in tables
Under a point
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
3 pages under /member-spotlight/
See the pages
- /member-spotlight/member-one
- /member-spotlight/member-three
- /member-spotlight/member-two
- 13
Add breadcrumb data
Under a point
Add BreadcrumbList schema so the page has a place in the site.
3 pages under /member-spotlight/
See the pages
- /member-spotlight/member-one
- /member-spotlight/member-three
- /member-spotlight/member-two
- 14
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
- 15
Link to your profiles
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
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
1 more, to tidy up after 100
- 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
- /member-spotlight/member-three
Done since the first read
Add a tap-to-call link
Done, seen on the read of October 24. It failed on 21 pages before.
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 357 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/member-spotlight/member-three464 ms/member-spotlight/member-one454 ms/member-spotlight425 ms/photo-gallery421 ms/member-spotlight/member-two414 ms
Fastest: /, 102 ms. Heaviest: the home page, 36 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.
SquarespacePlatform
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 1.6
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 3: Use one main heading, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/homefails 5: Set each page's canonical address, Use one main heading and Fix description lengths1 page/cartfails 4: Set each page's canonical address, Use one main heading and Fix description lengths1 page/contactfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/faqsfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/leadershipfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/member-spotlightfails 4: Use one main heading, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/our-historyfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/photo-galleryfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/resourcesfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/who-we-arefails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/donate-or-sell-us-your-landfails 3: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Link straight to the final address1 page
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