govpaynow.com, read 4 days ago. Back to the report
69 to 100 in 10 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 #183,381 of 263,577Step 1 #138,622Step 2 top 50%Step 10 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 76, and #138,622, 44,759 places up
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
1 page
See the pages
- /gps/user/cyg/welcome
- 2
Add a tap-to-call link
+6 points, to 82, and into the top 50%
Add a tap-to-call phone link.
1 page
See the pages
- /gps/user/cyg/welcome
- 3
Use one main heading
+5 points, to 87
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
1 page
See the pages
- /gps/user/cyg/welcome
- 4
Fix description lengths
+4 points, to 91
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
1 page
See the pages
- /gps/user/cyg/welcome
- 5
Publish a sitemap
+2 points, to 93
Publish /sitemap.xml listing every page that should rank, and name it in robots.txt.
Once, for the whole site
- 6
Set each page's canonical address
+2 points, to 95
Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.
1 page
See the pages
- /gps/user/cyg/welcome
- 7
Compress pages
+2 points, to 97
Turn on gzip or Brotli for HTML on the server or CDN.
Once, for the whole site
- 8
Set a share image
+2 points, to 99
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
1 page
See the pages
- /gps/user/cyg/welcome
- 9
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
- 10
Link straight to the final address
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
1 page
See the pages
- /gps/user/cyg/welcome
What else the read found
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0
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.
/gps/1 fail a rule. Worst: /gps/user/cyg/welcome, 7 rules1 page
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