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90 to 100 in 6 steps

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9090 nownow941top 5%9729939949951006full marks

Now #25,849 of 263,583Step 1 top 5%Step 6 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. 1

    Describe images

    +4 points, to 94, and #7,439, 18,410 places up, and into the top 5%

    Describe every content image in its alt text.

    92 pages

    See the pages
    • /
    • /19-book-inspired-halloween-costumes-kids-parents
    • /50-best-books-11-12-year-olds
    • /50-best-books-7-8-year-olds
    • /50-best-books-9-10-year-olds
    • /8-baby-shower-books-that-wont-get-returned
    • /8-great-chapter-books-third-graders
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler/animals-nature
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler/bedtime-bathtime
    • and 82 more in the copied plan
  2. 2

    Set each page's canonical address

    +3 points, to 97

    Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.

    45 pages, 43 of them under /ages-stages/

    See the pages
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler/animals-nature
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler/bedtime-bathtime
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler/early-learning
    • /ages-stages/growing-reader/activities-diy
    • /ages-stages/growing-reader/animals-nature
    • /ages-stages/growing-reader/celebrations
    • /ages-stages/growing-reader/classics
    • /ages-stages/growing-reader/comics-graphic-novels
    • /ages-stages/growing-reader/diversity
    • /ages-stages/growing-reader/early-readers-chapter-books
    • and 35 more in the copied plan
  3. 3

    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
    • /19-book-inspired-halloween-costumes-kids-parents
    • /50-best-books-11-12-year-olds
    • /50-best-books-7-8-year-olds
    • /50-best-books-9-10-year-olds
    • /8-baby-shower-books-that-wont-get-returned
    • /8-great-chapter-books-third-graders
    • /about-brightly
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler/animals-nature
    • /ages-stages/baby-toddler/bedtime-bathtime
    • and 89 more in the copied plan
  4. 4

    Publish a sitemap

    Under a point

    Publish /sitemap.xml listing every page that should rank, and name it in robots.txt.

    Once, for the whole site

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    Replace unsupported sales claims

    +1 point, to 100, and full marks

    Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.

    11 pages

    See the pages
    • /8-baby-shower-books-that-wont-get-returned
    • /best-young-adult-horror-novels
    • /book-gifts-for-growing-readers
    • /book-gifts-for-little-kids
    • /books-to-help-kids-scared-dark
    • /childrens-books-about-kindness
    • /native-american-history-experience-kids-teens
    • /picture-books-2026
    • /picture-books-about-elections-voting
    • /social-emotional-learning-skills
    • and 1 more in the copied plan
5 more, to tidy up after 100
  1. 7

    Fix title lengths

    Under a point

    Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.

    2 pages

    See the pages
    • /about-brightly
    • /contributors
  2. 8

    Add structured data

    Under a point

    Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.

    1 page

    See the pages
    • /subscribe
  3. 9

    Set a share image

    Under a point

    Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.

    3 pages

    See the pages
    • /about-brightly
    • /contributors
    • /subscribe
  4. 10

    Use one main heading

    Under a point

    Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.

    1 page

    See the pages
    • /subscribe
  5. 11

    Fix description lengths

    Under a point

    Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.

    1 page

    See the pages
    • /contributors

Done since the first read

  1. Add a tap-to-call link

    Done, seen on the read of October 24. It failed on 100 pages before.

What else the read found

Half its pages start answering within 66 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.

  • /ages-stages/growing-reader/feelings-emotions1.5 s
  • /ages-stages/baby-toddler1.3 s
  • /ages-stages/growing-reader/growing-up1.3 s
  • /ages-stages/pre-k/animals-nature1.3 s
  • /ages-stages/growing-reader/halloween1.2 s

Fastest: /book-gifts-for-growing-readers, 4 ms. Heaviest: /ages-stages/teen/romance, 192 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
  • Amazon CloudFrontHosting
  • jQueryLibrary
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pages with strong signs
5
hidden characters
5
chat, markdown or placeholders left in
0
dashes per 1,000 words
1.2
  • /50-best-books-11-12-year-olds hidden characters a reader cannot see
  • /50-best-books-7-8-year-olds hidden characters a reader cannot see
  • /50-best-books-9-10-year-olds hidden characters a reader cannot see
  • /about-brightly hidden characters a reader cannot see
  • /the-50-best-books-for-5-and-6-year-olds 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 1: Describe images1 page
  • /contributors fails 5: Set each page's canonical address, Fix description lengths and Fix title lengths1 page
  • /subscribe fails 4: Add structured data, Use one main heading and Link straight to the final address1 page
  • /8-baby-shower-books-that-wont-get-returned fails 3: Describe images, Replace unsupported sales claims and Link straight to the final address1 page
  • /about-brightly fails 3: Fix title lengths, Link straight to the final address and Set a share image1 page
  • /best-young-adult-horror-novels fails 3: Describe images, Replace unsupported sales claims and Link straight to the final address1 page
  • /book-gifts-for-growing-readers fails 3: Describe images, Replace unsupported sales claims and Link straight to the final address1 page
  • /book-gifts-for-little-kids fails 3: Describe images, Replace unsupported sales claims and Link straight to the final address1 page
  • /books-to-help-kids-scared-dark fails 3: Describe images, Replace unsupported sales claims and Link straight to the final address1 page
  • /childrens-books-about-kindness fails 3: Describe images, Replace unsupported sales claims and Link straight to the final address1 page
  • /native-american-history-experience-kids-teens fails 3: Describe images, Replace unsupported sales claims and Link straight to the final address1 page
  • /picture-books-2026 fails 3: Describe images, Replace unsupported sales claims and Link straight to the final address1 page

And 41 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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