- Middle site
- 91
- Behind by
- 18
Worth the mostSet each page's canonical address+6
pragprog.com
50 of 100ahead of 1% of the sites mttr has read
It comes closest to the middle site on Access, at 73 against 91. 4 fixes, 21 points, take it to 71.
A score says pages are well formed. It does not say an assistant cites the site.
4 fixes, 86,820 places up
- 50Now#258,239
- 57Add a tap-to-call link#225,632
- 63Set each page's canonical address#207,173
- 67Add structured data#191,331
- 71Show sources on guides#171,419
The top half of every site starts at 77.
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Where it ranks
Held at 50 for its last 3 reads. 27 points take it into the top half.
Beside it on the board
- #258,340thel3tterm.neocities.org50
- #258,341mice-rice.neocities.org50
- #258,342pragprog.com50
- #258,343bunburrying.gay50
- #258,344marufunland.neocities.org50
899 sites score 50. A tie goes to the site with faster, leaner pages that say more and keep improving.
Where it stands
Each stage against the middle site. It trails on all four.
- Middle site
- 59
- Behind by
- 30
Worth the mostAdd structured data+4
- Middle site
- 98
- Behind by
- 40
Worth the mostShow sources on guides+4
- Middle site
- 57
- Behind by
- 28
Worth the mostAdd a tap-to-call link+7
Against a typical site
The readThis siteTypicalAgainst typical
Pages read1004456 more than typical
Links a page24131.9× typical
Words a page44139412% above typical
Rules failing somewhere251411 more than typical
Half its pages answer in55 ms210 ms74% faster than typical
This siteWorse than typicalTypical, the middle ranked site, worked out each hour
The work, worth the most first
25 fixes. The first 14 are worth the most; each group says the places it lifts the site, counted from where every ranked site scores now.
FixIts pages that fail it, fewer is betterSites passing
Worth 7 points32,710 places up
Add a tap-to-call linkAct100 of 1001 in 3
Worth 6 points29,167 places up
Set each page's canonical addressAccess100 of 1002 in 5
Worth 4 points each23,009 places up each
Add structured dataUnderstand100 of 1001 in 3
Show sources on guidesTrust49 of 1001 in 2
Put the text in the HTMLAccess49 of 1002 in 3
Add a way to get in touchAct49 of 1001 in 2
Worth 3 points each20,995 places up each
Show when guides were updatedTrust49 of 1003 in 5
Use one main headingUnderstand73 of 1001 in 4
Worth 2 points each10,364 places up each
Answer the first question right under itUnderstand49 of 1001 in 121
Match structured data to the pageUnderstand50 of 1003 in 7
Phrase headings as questionsUnderstand49 of 1001 in 10
Add depth to thin pagesUnderstand49 of 1003 in 7
Name the publisherTrust49 of 1003 in 4
Fix description lengthsUnderstand78 of 1001 in 11
Show 11 more fixes
Worth 1 point each9,138 places up each
Add lists or tablesUnderstand49 of 1001 in 2
Put figures in tablesUnderstand49 of 1001 in 28
Add real images to contentUnderstand49 of 1002 in 3
Describe imagesUnderstand50 of 1002 in 7
Add breadcrumb dataUnderstand49 of 1001 in 2
Set a share imageUnderstand76 of 1002 in 7
Fix title lengthsUnderstand20 of 1001 in 6
Worth under a point each
Serve a robots.txtAccessAbout the whole site6 in 7
Settle on one addressAccessAbout the whole site2 in 3
Add an llms.txtAccessAbout the whole site1 in 4
Replace unsupported sales claimsTrust1 of 1002 in 3
How AI reads this site
It reads clearly as software and SaaS, the way an assistant matches a site to a question. 3 changes would make it plainer.
It reads as
Software and SaaS
- None
- Loosely
- Split
- Mostly
- Clearly
- Closest lines of workAgainst the closest
- Software and SaaS
- Agencies and studios
- Schools and courses
What an assistant reads first
Home pageWhat it says
TitlePragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers
DescriptionWe improve the lives of professional developers. We create timely, practical books on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and practice your craft, and accelerate your career. Come learn with us.
First headingPractical Programming, Fourth Edition (4th edition)
OpeningDetailed and approachable introduction to programming and to the Python language
3 changes so it reads plainly as what it is
- Make the first heading say what the title says
The title and the first heading share no word that says what the site does: “Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers” and “Practical Programming, Fourth Edition (4th edition)”.
Agent instructions
On pragprog.com, give the home page one first heading (h1) that says, in a reader's words, what its title says the site is: Software and SaaS.
- Rewrite the description
Its description is 208 characters and is cut off in results.
Agent instructions
On pragprog.com, write the home page a meta description of one or two sentences, 50 to 160 characters: what the business does, for whom, and where.
- Say what kind of business it is in structured data
Its home page declares no business or organization type, so a machine has to guess what it is.
Agent instructions
On pragprog.com, add JSON-LD to the home page declaring the most particular schema.org type for the business (one that fits Software and SaaS), with its name, address, phone and sameAs links to its own profiles.
- Read it again
mttr reads the site again and says how it reads now.
An estimate made by mttr against 16 lines of work, from its home page before any script runs. It is not what any assistant says about the site. Rethink the direction with us.