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thesmartset.com, read 19 hours ago. Back to the report

86 to 100 in 8 steps

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8686 nownow891#32,224912top 10%9339549759869871008full marks

Now #54,821 of 263,590Step 1 #32,224Step 2 top 10%Step 8 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

    Fix description lengths

    +3 points, to 89, and #32,224, 22,597 places up

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

    100 pages, 58 of them under /tag/

    See the pages
    • /
    • /1984-in-2024
    • /a-long-walk
    • /a-mink
    • /a-stone-cold-stunner-of-a-picture
    • /a-year-that-defined-a-lifetime
    • /about-us
    • /article07241301
    • /article08221401
    • /article10021201/nature
    • and 90 more in the copied plan
  2. 2

    Describe images

    +2 points, to 91, and into the top 10%

    Describe every content image in its alt text.

    95 pages, 58 of them under /tag/

    See the pages
    • /1984-in-2024
    • /a-long-walk
    • /a-mink
    • /a-stone-cold-stunner-of-a-picture
    • /a-year-that-defined-a-lifetime
    • /article07241301
    • /article08221401
    • /article10021201/nature
    • /article11100901
    • /article11141201/photography
    • and 85 more in the copied plan
  3. 3

    Answer the first question right under it

    +2 points, to 93

    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.

    25 pages

    See the pages
    • /1984-in-2024
    • /a-long-walk
    • /a-mink
    • /a-stone-cold-stunner-of-a-picture
    • /a-year-that-defined-a-lifetime
    • /article07241301
    • /article08221401
    • /article11100901
    • /books-and-bias
    • /finding-a-framework
    • and 15 more in the copied plan
  4. 4

    Fix title lengths

    +2 points, to 95

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

    78 pages, 56 of them under /tag/

    See the pages
    • /
    • /1984-in-2024
    • /a-mink
    • /about-us
    • /article10021201/nature
    • /article11100901
    • /article11141201/photography
    • /author/sheldon3823
    • /books-and-bias
    • /category/archive
    • and 68 more in the copied plan
  5. 5

    Link straight to the final address

    +2 points, to 97

    Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.

    99 pages, 58 of them under /tag/

    See the pages
    • /1984-in-2024
    • /a-long-walk
    • /a-mink
    • /a-stone-cold-stunner-of-a-picture
    • /a-year-that-defined-a-lifetime
    • /about-us
    • /article07241301
    • /article08221401
    • /article10021201/nature
    • /article11100901
    • and 89 more in the copied plan
  6. 6

    Phrase headings as questions

    +1 point, to 98

    Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.

    24 pages

    See the pages
    • /1984-in-2024
    • /a-long-walk
    • /a-mink
    • /a-stone-cold-stunner-of-a-picture
    • /a-year-that-defined-a-lifetime
    • /article08221401
    • /article11100901
    • /books-and-bias
    • /finding-a-framework
    • /finding-inspiration-in-chaos
    • and 14 more in the copied plan
  7. 7

    Put figures in tables

    Under a point

    Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.

    25 pages

    See the pages
    • /1984-in-2024
    • /a-long-walk
    • /a-mink
    • /a-stone-cold-stunner-of-a-picture
    • /a-year-that-defined-a-lifetime
    • /article07241301
    • /article08221401
    • /article11100901
    • /books-and-bias
    • /finding-a-framework
    • and 15 more in the copied plan
  8. 8

    Allow pages to be indexed

    +2 points, to 100, and full marks

    Remove noindex when the page is ready to be found.

    11 pages, 7 of them under /category/

    Steps for your host: Cloudflare, WordPress, Namecheap and more
    See the pages
    • /author/sheldon3823
    • /author/sheldon3823/page/2
    • /category/archive
    • /category/books
    • /category/conversations
    • /category/first-person
    • /category/ideas
    • /category/journeys
    • /category/pop-studies
    • /page/2
    • and 1 more in the copied plan
7 more, to tidy up after 100
  1. 9

    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

  2. 10

    List your profiles in your structured data

    Under a point

    Add sameAs to the Organization, Person or LocalBusiness on your home page, listing the address of each profile: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, X, LinkedIn. It is how assistants tie your site to you elsewhere.

    Once, for the whole site

  3. 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

  4. 12

    Use one main heading

    Under a point

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

    4 pages

    See the pages
    • /
    • /category/archive
    • /page/2
    • /wp-login.php
  5. 13

    Set a share image

    Under a point

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

    8 pages

    See the pages
    • /
    • /about-us
    • /article10021201/nature
    • /article11141201/photography
    • /page/2
    • /poetic-praise/poetry
    • /submissions
    • /wp-login.php
  6. 14

    Add structured data

    Under a point

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

    1 page

    See the pages
    • /wp-login.php
  7. 15

    Set each page's canonical address

    Under a point

    Add a canonical link that points to the page itself.

    1 page

    See the pages
    • /wp-login.php

Done since the first read

  1. Add depth to thin pages

    Done, seen on the read of October 24. It failed on 1 page before.

  2. 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 334 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.

  • /the-holy-spirit-of-alice-coltrane2.2 s
  • /out-of-hiding1.9 s
  • /article111009011.9 s
  • /a-long-walk1.8 s
  • /1984-in-20241.8 s

Fastest: /tag/book-review, 61 ms. Heaviest: /a-mink, 32 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
  • nginxServer
  • MailchimpMarketing
  • jQueryLibrary
  • Google FontsFonts
  • Adobe FontsFonts
  • Font AwesomeFonts

From the structured data on its home page, as the site says it: an Organization named The Smart Set. mttr does not check the profiles it names.

  • Xthesmartset
pages with strong signs
3
hidden characters
96
chat, markdown or placeholders left in
0
dashes per 1,000 words
3.7
  • /finding-inspiration-in-chaos hidden characters a reader cannot see
  • /books-and-bias hidden characters a reader cannot see
  • /herman-wouks-legacy 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 4: Use one main heading, Fix description lengths and Fix title lengths1 page
  • /1984-in-2024 fails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /a-mink fails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /article11100901 fails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /books-and-bias fails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /getting-inked fails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /getting-mad fails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /out-of-hiding fails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /shots-fired fails 7: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /wp-login.php fails 7: Allow pages to be indexed, Add structured data and Set each page's canonical address1 page
  • /a-long-walk fails 6: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page
  • /a-stone-cold-stunner-of-a-picture fails 6: Answer the first question right under it, Phrase headings as questions and Fix description lengths1 page

And 24 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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