palandscapegroup.com, read 3 days ago. Back to the report
88 to 100 in 16 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 #44,203 of 263,577Step 1 top 10%Step 16 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
Answer the first question right under it
+2 points, to 90, and #25,847, 18,356 places up, and into the top 10%
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.
14 pages
See the pages
- /about
- /careers
- /contact
- /cookie-policy
- /design-process
- /faqs-about-paver
- /gallery
- /hardscaping-101
- /how-to-maintain-your-pavers
- /our-community
- and 4 more in the copied plan
- 2
Phrase headings as questions
+2 points, to 92
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
12 pages
See the pages
- /about
- /careers
- /design-process
- /gallery
- /hardscape
- /how-to-maintain-your-pavers
- /our-community
- /our-team
- /services
- /small-patio-ideas
- and 2 more in the copied plan
- 3
Show sources on guides
+1 point, to 93
Link the sources for the guide's facts where a reader can see them. Official and primary sources carry the most weight.
5 pages
See the pages
- /careers
- /cookie-policy
- /design-process
- /gallery
- /our-community
- 4
Add structured data
+1 point, to 94
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
8 pages under /portfolio/
See the pages
- /portfolio/fire-features
- /portfolio/hardscapes
- /portfolio/landscapes
- /portfolio/outdoor-kitchens
- /portfolio/outdoor-lighting
- /portfolio/outdoor-living-spaces
- /portfolio/outdoor-structures
- /portfolio/pool-features
- 5
Publish a sitemap
+1 point, to 95
Publish /sitemap.xml listing every page that should rank, and name it in robots.txt.
Once, for the whole site
- 6
Put figures in tables
+1 point, to 96
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
14 pages
See the pages
- /about
- /careers
- /contact
- /cookie-policy
- /design-process
- /faqs-about-paver
- /gallery
- /hardscaping-101
- /how-to-maintain-your-pavers
- /our-community
- and 4 more in the copied plan
- 7
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
- 8
Add depth to thin pages
+1 point, to 97
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
9 pages
See the pages
- /careers
- /contact
- /cookie-policy
- /design-process
- /gallery
- /hardscape
- /how-to-maintain-your-pavers
- /our-community
- /our-team
- 9
Add breadcrumb data
Under a point
Add BreadcrumbList schema so the page has a place in the site.
16 pages
See the pages
- /about
- /careers
- /contact
- /cookie-policy
- /design-process
- /faqs-about-paver
- /gallery
- /hardscape
- /hardscaping-101
- /how-to-maintain-your-pavers
- and 6 more in the copied plan
- 10
Add lists or tables
+1 point, to 98
Add a table, a list, or a definition list. Assistants quote these more readily than prose.
7 pages
See the pages
- /about
- /contact
- /gallery
- /hardscape
- /our-community
- /our-team
- /testimonials
- 11
Link to pages from related content
Under a point
Link to this page from the text of a related page. Navigation links say a page exists; links in content say what it is related to.
5 pages
See the pages
- /careers
- /cookie-policy
- /hardscape
- /our-community
- /our-team
- 12
Add real images to content
+1 point, to 99
Add a photo, drawing, or chart as an img with alt text. A CSS background image has no alt text and is not read as part of the page.
4 pages
See the pages
- /careers
- /contact
- /cookie-policy
- /testimonials
- 13
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.
2 pages
See the pages
- /contact
- /gallery
- 14
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
1 page
See the pages
- /design-process
- 15
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
- 16
Set a share image
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
7 pages
See the pages
- /
- /blog
- /careers
- /contact
- /cookie-policy
- /gallery
- /testimonials
1 more, to tidy up after 100
- 17
Fix description lengths
Under a point
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
3 pages
See the pages
- /blog
- /portfolio/fire-features
- /portfolio/landscapes
What else the read found
Half its pages take over 1,130 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.
/1.5 s/hardscape1.4 s/testimonials1.3 s/services1.3 s/portfolio/hardscapes1.2 s
Fastest: /gallery, 1,011 ms. Heaviest: /services, 29 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
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jQueryLibrary
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From the structured data on its home page, as the site says it: a Local business named PA Landscape Group. mttr does not check the profiles it names.
- FacebookPALandscapeGroup
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0.3
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 1: Set a share image1 page/careersfails 9: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/galleryfails 9: Answer the first question right under it, Put the text in the HTML and Show sources on guides1 page/contactfails 8: Answer the first question right under it, Put the text in the HTML and Add depth to thin pages1 page/cookie-policyfails 8: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/our-communityfails 8: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/design-processfails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/our-teamfails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Add depth to thin pages and Phrase headings as questions1 page/testimonialsfails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Add real images to content1 page/aboutfails 5: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Put figures in tables1 page/hardscapefails 5: Add depth to thin pages, Phrase headings as questions and Add lists or tables1 page/how-to-maintain-your-paversfails 5: Answer the first question right under it, Add depth to thin pages and Phrase headings as questions1 page
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