matthewsroofing.com, read 3 days ago. Back to the report
92 to 100 in 13 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 #19,709 of 263,582Step 1 top 5%Step 13 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
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 94, and #7,441, 12,268 places up, and into the top 5%
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
97 pages
See the pages
- /category/matthews-roofing
- /category/uncategorized
- /chicago-commercial-roof-estimate
- /chicago-residential-roof-estimate
- /contact-us
- /faq/better-built-single-ply-roof
- /faq/kind-roof-need
- /faq/long-new-roof-last
- /faq/much-will-cost-replace-fix-roof
- /faq/must-tear-off-old-roof-new-installation
- and 87 more in the copied plan
- 2
Set a share image
+1 point, to 95
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
96 pages
See the pages
- /
- /category/matthews-roofing
- /category/uncategorized
- /chicago-commercial-roof-estimate
- /chicago-residential-roof-estimate
- /contact-us
- /faq/better-built-single-ply-roof
- /faq/kind-roof-need
- /faq/long-new-roof-last
- /faq/much-will-cost-replace-fix-roof
- and 86 more in the copied plan
- 3
Fix description lengths
+1 point, to 96
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
27 pages, 20 of them under /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/
See the pages
- /category/matthews-roofing
- /category/uncategorized
- /matthews-roofing
- /matthews-roofing-website
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/architectural-shingle-metal-design-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/aurora-strip-mall-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/auto-nation-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/aztec-plastics-chicago-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/chicago-apartment-complex-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/chicago-building-project
- and 17 more in the copied plan
- 4
Allow pages to be indexed
+1 point, to 97
Remove noindex when the page is ready to be found.
9 pages, 7 of them under /faq/
Steps for your host: Cloudflare, WordPress, Namecheap and moreSee the pages
- /category/matthews-roofing
- /category/uncategorized
- /faq/better-built-single-ply-roof
- /faq/kind-roof-need
- /faq/long-new-roof-last
- /faq/much-will-cost-replace-fix-roof
- /faq/must-tear-off-old-roof-new-installation
- /faq/should-we-add-insulation
- /faq/will-replace-gutters-time
- 5
Make near-copy pages distinct
Under a point
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
- 6
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
- /matthews-roofing
- /matthews-roofing-website
- /roof-inspections
- 7
Phrase headings as questions
+1 point, to 98
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
14 pages, 11 of them under /services/
See the pages
- /matthews-roofing
- /matthews-roofing-website
- /roof-inspections
- /services/chicago-custom-design-roofs
- /services/chicago-roof-inspections
- /services/commercial-roofing-services
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-infrared
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-maintenance
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-repair
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-replacement
- and 4 more in the copied plan
- 8
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.
11 pages under /services/
See the pages
- /services/chicago-custom-design-roofs
- /services/chicago-roof-inspections
- /services/commercial-roofing-services
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-infrared
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-maintenance
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-repair
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-replacement
- /services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-restoration
- /services/residential-roofing-services
- /services/residential-roofing-services/chicago-residential-roof-repair
- and 1 more in the copied plan
- 9
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
- /matthews-roofing
- /matthews-roofing-website
- /roof-inspections
- 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
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
- 12
Set each page's canonical address
Under a point
Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.
9 pages, 7 of them under /faq/
See the pages
- /category/matthews-roofing
- /category/uncategorized
- /faq/better-built-single-ply-roof
- /faq/kind-roof-need
- /faq/long-new-roof-last
- /faq/much-will-cost-replace-fix-roof
- /faq/must-tear-off-old-roof-new-installation
- /faq/should-we-add-insulation
- /faq/will-replace-gutters-time
- 13
Describe images
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Describe every content image in its alt text.
13 pages, 10 of them under /portfolio/
See the pages
- /our-company/executive-team
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/aurora-strip-mall-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/aztec-plastics-chicago-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/chicago-church-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/condos-by-the-lake-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/homan-square-community-center-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/huge-historical-chicago-building-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/redd-residence-roofing-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/sun-plastics-project
- and 3 more in the copied plan
3 more, to tidy up after 100
- 14
Fix title lengths
Under a point
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
9 pages
See the pages
- /chicago-residential-roof-estimate
- /faq/better-built-single-ply-roof
- /faq/much-will-cost-replace-fix-roof
- /faq/will-replace-gutters-time
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/homan-square-community-center-project
- /portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/thorek-hospital-project
- /roof-inspections
- /roofing-systems/steep-slope-specialty-roofs/chicago-concrete-tile-roof-system
- /services
- 15
Use one main heading
Under a point
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
The home page
- 16
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
1 page
See the pages
- /our-company/matthews-professionals
What else the read found
Half its pages take over 1,710 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.
/matthews-roofing4.3 s/roof-inspections4.0 s/matthews-roofing-website2.9 s/portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/elmwood-project2.4 s/portfolio/roofing-project-gallery/redd-residence-roofing-project2.4 s
Fastest: /roofing-systems, 85 ms. Heaviest: /portfolio/glossary-roofing-terms, 80 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
CloudflareHosting
- GGoogle AnalyticsAnalytics
Cloudflare Web AnalyticsAnalytics
Google reCAPTCHALibrary
jQueryLibrary
BootstrapLibrary
Google FontsFonts
Font AwesomeFonts
From the structured data on its home page, as the site says it: an Organization named Matthews Roofing. mttr does not check the profiles it names.
- FacebookMatthewsRoofingCompanyInc
- XMatthewsRoofCo
- page with strong signs
- 1
- hidden characters
- 15
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0.8
/services/commercial-roofing-services/chicago-commercial-roof-maintenancehidden 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 2: Use one main heading and Set a share image1 page/matthews-roofingfails 6: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page/roof-inspectionsfails 6: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page/matthews-roofing-websitefails 5: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page/chicago-residential-roof-estimatefails 3: Fix title lengths, Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/servicesfails 3: Fix title lengths, Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/sitemapfails 3: Fix description lengths, Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/chicago-commercial-roof-estimatefails 2: Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/contact-usfails 2: Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/faqsfails 2: Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/our-companyfails 2: Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page/portfoliofails 2: Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page
And 7 more parts of the site.
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