hobbylobby.com, read 3 days ago. Back to the report
93 to 100 in 8 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 #11,798 of 263,586Step 1 #3,188Step 2 top 1%Step 8 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
Describe images
+3 points, to 96, and #3,188, 8,610 places up
Describe every content image in its alt text.
82 pages
See the pages
- /
- /art-supplies/c/8
- /beads-jewelry/c/2
- /c/dc-bathroom
- /c/dc-bedroom
- /c/dc-boho
- /c/dc-cottage
- /c/dc-dining-room
- /c/dc-everyday-deals
- /c/dc-farmhouse-decor
- and 72 more in the copied plan
- 2
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 98, and into the top 1%
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
99 pages
See the pages
- /about-us/affiliated-companies
- /about-us/donations-ministry
- /about-us/holiday-messages
- /about-us/our-story
- /art-supplies/c/8
- /beads-jewelry/c/2
- /c/dc-bathroom
- /c/dc-bedroom
- /c/dc-boho
- /c/dc-cottage
- and 89 more in the copied plan
- 3
Set a share image
+1 point, to 99
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
77 pages
See the pages
- /about-us/affiliated-companies
- /about-us/donations-ministry
- /about-us/holiday-messages
- /about-us/our-story
- /art-supplies/c/8
- /beads-jewelry/c/2
- /c/dc-bathroom
- /c/dc-bedroom
- /c/dc-boho
- /c/dc-cottage
- and 67 more in the copied plan
- 4
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.
The home page
- 5
Add depth to thin pages
Under a point
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
The home page
- 6
List your profiles in your structured data
Under a point
Add sameAs to the Organization, Person or LocalBusiness on your home page, listing the address of each profile: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, X, LinkedIn. It is how assistants tie your site to you elsewhere.
Once, for the whole site
- 7
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
- 8
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
9 pages
See the pages
- /about-us/our-story
- /cart
- /checkout
- /custom-framing
- /customer-service/accessibility
- /customer-service/recalls
- /gift-cards/c/14
- /seasonal/c/12
- /stores/search
2 more, to tidy up after 100
- 9
Fix description lengths
Under a point
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
6 pages
See the pages
- /c/dc-everyday-deals
- /customer-service/faq
- /customer-service/faq/returns
- /customer-service/faq/shipping
- /stores
- /stores/search
- 10
Use one main heading
Under a point
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
2 pages
See the pages
- /checkout
- /weekly-ad
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 344 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/home-decor-frames/bathroom-closet/c/3-1201.3 s/c/dc-living-room1.2 s/custom-framing1.2 s/home-decor-frames/home-organization-storage/c/3-1121.1 s/home-decor-frames/kinkeeping/c/3-1221.1 s
Fastest: /customer-service/quick-order, 120 ms. Heaviest: /customer-service/privacy-terms, 67 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.
Next.jsFramework
Google Tag ManagerAnalytics
From the structured data on its home page, as the site says it: an Organization named Hobby Lobby. mttr does not check the profiles it names.
- page with strong signs
- 1
- hidden characters
- 1
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 1
/about-us/holiday-messageshidden 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 3: Put the text in the HTML, Add depth to thin pages and Describe images1 page/checkoutfails 4: Use one main heading, Fix title lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/storesfails 4: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Link straight to the final address1 page/cartfails 3: Fix title lengths, Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/custom-framingfails 3: Fix title lengths, Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/weekly-adfails 3: Use one main heading, Describe images and Link straight to the final address1 page/loginfails 2: Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/c/21 fail a rule. Worst: /c/dc-everyday-deals, 4 rules21 pages/yarn-needle-art/17 fail a rule. Worst: /yarn-needle-art/c/5, 3 rules17 pages/home-decor-frames/16 fail a rule. Worst: /home-decor-frames/c/3, 3 rules16 pages/customer-service/10 fail a rule. Worst: /customer-service/accessibility, 3 rules10 pages/about-us/4 fail a rule. Worst: /about-us/our-story, 3 rules4 pages
And 20 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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