mtpest.com, read 2 days ago. Back to the report
96 to 100 in 7 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 #3,834 of 263,582Step 1 top 1%Step 7 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
Phrase headings as questions
+1 point, to 97, and #2,063, 1,771 places up, and into the top 1%
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
48 pages
See the pages
- /blog
- /cameron-park-ant-control
- /cameron-park-bird-control
- /cameron-park-pest-inspections
- /cameron-park-roach-control
- /carmichael-pest-inspections
- /citrus-heights-pest-control
- /citrus-heights-pest-inspections
- /commitment
- /contact-us
- and 38 more in the copied plan
- 2
Link straight to the final address
+2 points, to 99
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
99 pages
See the pages
- /blog
- /cameron-park-ant-control
- /cameron-park-bed-bugs
- /cameron-park-bee-control
- /cameron-park-bird-control
- /cameron-park-pest-control
- /cameron-park-pest-inspections
- /cameron-park-roach-control
- /cameron-park-spider-control
- /cameron-park-wasp-control
- and 89 more in the copied plan
- 3
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
- 4
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.
8 pages under /news/2024/
See the pages
- /news/2024/03/14/how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-rodent-problem
- /news/2024/03/25/smart-termite-prevention
- /news/2024/04/02/how-to-prevent-ant-infestations
- /news/2024/05/24/what-to-do-if-you-have-bed-bugs
- /news/2024/07/26/how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-cockroach-infestation
- /news/2024/08/26/what-causes-termite-infestations
- /news/2024/10/30/protect-your-home-from-winter-pests
- /news/2024/11/07/how-to-get-rid-of-spiders
- 5
Put figures in tables
Under a point
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
11 pages under /news/
See the pages
- /news/2023/11/07/termite-season-in-california
- /news/2024/03/14/how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-rodent-problem
- /news/2024/03/25/smart-termite-prevention
- /news/2024/04/02/how-to-prevent-ant-infestations
- /news/2024/05/24/what-to-do-if-you-have-bed-bugs
- /news/2024/07/26/how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-cockroach-infestation
- /news/2024/08/26/what-causes-termite-infestations
- /news/2024/09/12/do-you-need-a-pest-inspection
- /news/2024/10/30/protect-your-home-from-winter-pests
- /news/2024/11/07/how-to-get-rid-of-spiders
- and 1 more in the copied plan
- 6
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
- 7
Remove ratings with no visible reviews
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Remove rating schema unless the reviews it counts are shown on the page.
3 pages
See the pages
- /feedback-form
- /search
- /video-library
6 more, to tidy up after 100
- 8
Fix title lengths
Under a point
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
5 pages
See the pages
- /feedback-form
- /lincoln-termite-company
- /photo-library
- /privacy-policy
- /video-library
- 9
Fix description lengths
Under a point
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
4 pages
See the pages
- /
- /feedback-form
- /search
- /service-survey
- 10
Describe images
Under a point
Describe every content image in its alt text.
3 pages
See the pages
- /
- /news/2024/09/12/do-you-need-a-pest-inspection
- /photo-library
- 11
Use one main heading
Under a point
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
2 pages
See the pages
- /feedback-form
- /search
- 12
Set a share image
Under a point
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
2 pages
See the pages
- /
- /feedback-form
- 13
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
1 page
See the pages
- /orangevale-pest-control
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 59 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/el-dorado-termite-company754 ms/carmichael-pest-inspections374 ms/news/2024/03/14/how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-rodent-problem184 ms/blog125 ms/davis-pest-inspections124 ms
Fastest: /citrus-heights-pest-inspections, 52 ms. Heaviest: the home page, 44 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
Google Tag ManagerAnalytics
- GGoogle AnalyticsAnalytics
Cloudflare Web AnalyticsAnalytics
MailchimpMarketing
Tawk.toChat
Google reCAPTCHALibrary
jQueryLibrary
Google FontsFonts
Font AwesomeFonts
From the structured data on its home page, as the site says it: an Organization named Sacramento Pest Inspections. mttr does not check the profiles it names.
- page with strong signs
- 1
- hidden characters
- 3
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0.2
/hidden 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: Fix description lengths, Describe images and Set a share image1 page/feedback-formfails 7: Remove ratings with no visible reviews, Use one main heading and Phrase headings as questions1 page/searchfails 5: Remove ratings with no visible reviews, Use one main heading and Phrase headings as questions1 page/photo-libraryfails 4: Phrase headings as questions, Describe images and Fix title lengths1 page/video-libraryfails 4: Remove ratings with no visible reviews, Phrase headings as questions and Fix title lengths1 page/lincoln-termite-companyfails 3: Phrase headings as questions, Fix title lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/privacy-policyfails 3: Phrase headings as questions, Fix title lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/service-surveyfails 3: Phrase headings as questions, Fix description lengths and Link straight to the final address1 page/blogfails 2: Phrase headings as questions and Link straight to the final address1 page/cameron-park-ant-controlfails 2: Phrase headings as questions and Link straight to the final address1 page/cameron-park-bird-controlfails 2: Phrase headings as questions and Link straight to the final address1 page/cameron-park-pest-inspectionsfails 2: Phrase headings as questions and Link straight to the final address1 page
And 78 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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