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83 to 100 in 13 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 #86,944 of 263,586Step 1 top 25%Step 13 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
+3 points, to 86, and #54,235, 32,709 places up, and into the top 25%
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.
98 pages
See the pages
- /2022-burlington-highlight
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /a-new-vermont-brewery-celebrates-opening-as-one-of-the-most-energy-efficient
- /a-snow-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-customers-to-stay-safe
- /a-winter-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-to-customers-to-stay-safe
- /addison-county-flash-flood-update
- /aha-update
- /be-prepared-heavy-rain-and-flooding-forecasted
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- /burlington-electric-vermont-gas-launch-new-residential-energy-efficiency-program
- and 88 more in the copied plan
- 2
Show sources on guides
+3 points, to 89
Link the sources for the guide's facts where a reader can see them. Official and primary sources carry the most weight.
57 pages
See the pages
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /a-snow-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-customers-to-stay-safe
- /addison-county-flash-flood-update
- /aha-update
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- /cancel-or-transfer-your-vgs-services-before-you-move
- /church-street-temporary-outage-update
- /decarbonizing-our-large-customers
- /ductless-mini-split-heat-pumps-are-now-available-to-lease-or-buy-from-vgs
- /energy-and-housing-leaders-applaud-governor-phil-scotts-investment-in-weatherization
- and 47 more in the copied plan
- 3
Phrase headings as questions
+2 points, to 91
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
97 pages
See the pages
- /2022-burlington-highlight
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /a-new-vermont-brewery-celebrates-opening-as-one-of-the-most-energy-efficient
- /a-snow-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-customers-to-stay-safe
- /a-winter-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-to-customers-to-stay-safe
- /addison-county-flash-flood-update
- /aha-update
- /be-prepared-heavy-rain-and-flooding-forecasted
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- /burlington-electric-vermont-gas-launch-new-residential-energy-efficiency-program
- and 87 more in the copied plan
- 4
Add depth to thin pages
+2 points, to 93
Add true, specific detail until the page covers its subject.
72 pages
See the pages
- /2022-burlington-highlight
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /a-snow-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-customers-to-stay-safe
- /a-winter-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-to-customers-to-stay-safe
- /addison-county-flash-flood-update
- /be-prepared-heavy-rain-and-flooding-forecasted
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- /cancel-or-transfer-your-vgs-services-before-you-move
- /church-street-temporary-outage-update
- /city-of-st-albans-digs-the-annual-tree-planting-program-thanks-to-grant-from-vgs
- and 62 more in the copied plan
- 5
Put figures in tables
+1 point, to 94
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
98 pages
See the pages
- /2022-burlington-highlight
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /a-new-vermont-brewery-celebrates-opening-as-one-of-the-most-energy-efficient
- /a-snow-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-customers-to-stay-safe
- /a-winter-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-to-customers-to-stay-safe
- /addison-county-flash-flood-update
- /aha-update
- /be-prepared-heavy-rain-and-flooding-forecasted
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- /burlington-electric-vermont-gas-launch-new-residential-energy-efficiency-program
- and 88 more in the copied plan
- 6
Fix description lengths
+2 points, to 96
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
99 pages
See the pages
- /2022-burlington-highlight
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /a-new-vermont-brewery-celebrates-opening-as-one-of-the-most-energy-efficient
- /a-snow-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-customers-to-stay-safe
- /a-winter-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-to-customers-to-stay-safe
- /about/who-we-are/news
- /addison-county-flash-flood-update
- /aha-update
- /be-prepared-heavy-rain-and-flooding-forecasted
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- and 89 more in the copied plan
- 7
Add lists or tables
+1 point, to 97
Add a table, a list, or a definition list. Assistants quote these more readily than prose.
71 pages
See the pages
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /aha-update
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- /burlington-electric-vermont-gas-launch-new-residential-energy-efficiency-program
- /cancel-or-transfer-your-vgs-services-before-you-move
- /church-street-temporary-outage-update
- /city-of-st-albans-digs-the-annual-tree-planting-program-thanks-to-grant-from-vgs
- /decarbonizing-our-large-customers
- /ductless-mini-split-heat-pumps-are-now-available-to-lease-or-buy-from-vgs
- /energy-and-housing-leaders-applaud-governor-phil-scotts-investment-in-weatherization
- and 61 more in the copied plan
- 8
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 98
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
44 pages
See the pages
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /a-new-vermont-brewery-celebrates-opening-as-one-of-the-most-energy-efficient
- /a-winter-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-to-customers-to-stay-safe
- /about/who-we-are/news
- /burlington-electric-vermont-gas-launch-new-residential-energy-efficiency-program
- /city-of-st-albans-digs-the-annual-tree-planting-program-thanks-to-grant-from-vgs
- /ductless-mini-split-heat-pumps-are-now-available-to-lease-or-buy-from-vgs
- /energy-and-housing-leaders-applaud-governor-phil-scotts-investment-in-weatherization
- /extreme-cold-on-the-way-vgs-encourages-customers-to-stay-warm-safe
- /highest-ever-incentives-help-vermonters-save-money-on-home-heating-energy-costs
- and 34 more in the copied plan
- 9
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
- 10
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
- 11
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.
43 pages
See the pages
- /2022-burlington-highlight
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /burlington-electric-vermont-gas-launch-new-residential-energy-efficiency-program
- /city-of-st-albans-digs-the-annual-tree-planting-program-thanks-to-grant-from-vgs
- /earth-day-50-sustainability-tips
- /energy-and-housing-leaders-applaud-governor-phil-scotts-investment-in-weatherization
- /faq-customer-information-system-upgrade
- /middlebury-college-looks-food-waste-manure-new-energy-source
- /middlebury-families-businesses-begin-saving-money-switching-cleaner-affordable-natural-gas
- /more-than-98-of-customers-recommend-vermont-gas-to-friends-and-family
- and 33 more in the copied plan
- 12
Describe images
Under a point
Describe every content image in its alt text.
30 pages
See the pages
- /
- /a-new-vermont-brewery-celebrates-opening-as-one-of-the-most-energy-efficient
- /about/who-we-are/news
- /aha-update
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- /cancel-or-transfer-your-vgs-services-before-you-move
- /church-street-temporary-outage-update
- /decarbonizing-our-large-customers
- /ductless-mini-split-heat-pumps-are-now-available-to-lease-or-buy-from-vgs
- /essex-junction-temporary-outage-update
- and 20 more in the copied plan
- 13
Put the text in the HTML
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Put the page text in the HTML the server sends. Most AI crawlers do not run scripts.
8 pages
See the pages
- /blakely-road-temporary-outage-update
- /cancel-or-transfer-your-vgs-services-before-you-move
- /manufacturer-safety-recall-notice-select-a-o-smith-lochinvar-condensing-boilers
- /planning-a-move-contact-us
- /stay-connected
- /temporary-phone-outage
- /vermont-gas-december-2016-newsletter
- /vgss-integrated-resources-plan-approved-by-regulators
3 more, to tidy up after 100
- 14
Replace unsupported sales claims
Under a point
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
11 pages
See the pages
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /finicky-furnace-helpful-hints-stressed-heating-systems-cold-snap
- /middlebury-families-businesses-begin-saving-money-switching-cleaner-affordable-natural-gas
- /more-than-98-of-customers-recommend-vermont-gas-to-friends-and-family
- /vermont-gas-celebrates-earth-day-planting-trees-intervale-center
- /vermont-gas-continues-receive-high-marks-customers
- /vermont-gas-encouraging-small-businesses-nonprofit-organizations-participate-award-winning-efficiency-programs
- /vermont-gas-files-3-8-decrease-rates
- /vermont-gas-joins-vermont-climate-pledge-coalition
- /vermont-gas-partnership-middlebury-early-care-learning-center-saves-money-reduces-energy
- and 1 more in the copied plan
- 15
Set a share image
Under a point
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
17 pages
See the pages
- /500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-service
- /about/who-we-are/news
- /faq-customer-information-system-upgrade
- /more-than-98-of-customers-recommend-vermont-gas-to-friends-and-family
- /second-severe-cold-snap-headed-way-vermont-gas-offers-cold-weather-safety-guidance
- /shareable-videos-could-win-5000-home-energy-makeover
- /temporary-phone-outage
- /vermont-gas-celebrates-earth-day-planting-trees-intervale-center
- /vermont-gas-creates-integrated-resource-plan
- /vermont-gas-customers-receive-2-4-million-cost-reduction
- and 7 more in the copied plan
- 16
Use one main heading
Under a point
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
The home page
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 573 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/finicky-furnace-helpful-hints-stressed-heating-systems-cold-snap3.1 s/second-severe-cold-snap-headed-way-vermont-gas-offers-cold-weather-safety-guidance3.1 s/vermont-gas-offers-safety-tips-snow-cold-weather3.1 s/vermont-gas-creates-integrated-resource-plan1.7 s/vermont-ranks-top-five-energy-efficiency1.6 s
Fastest: /a-winter-storm-is-on-the-way-and-vgs-wants-to-customers-to-stay-safe, 62 ms. Heaviest: /mayor-miro-weinberger-burlington-electric-department-vgs-uvm-medical-center-ever-green-energy-announce-another-milestone-step-forward-for-district-energy-system, 17 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
WP EngineHosting
Google Tag ManagerAnalytics
jQueryLibrary
Adobe FontsFonts
Font AwesomeFonts
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 5.7
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 2: Use one main heading and Describe images1 page/500-customers-sign-natural-gas-service-addison-county-first-five-months-servicefails 11: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/more-than-98-of-customers-recommend-vermont-gas-to-friends-and-familyfails 11: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/middlebury-families-businesses-begin-saving-money-switching-cleaner-affordable-natural-gasfails 10: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/stay-connectedfails 10: Answer the first question right under it, Put the text in the HTML and Show sources on guides1 page/temporary-phone-outagefails 10: Answer the first question right under it, Put the text in the HTML and Show sources on guides1 page/vermont-gas-celebrates-earth-day-planting-trees-intervale-centerfails 10: Answer the first question right under it, Add depth to thin pages and Phrase headings as questions1 page/vermont-gas-encouraging-small-businesses-nonprofit-organizations-participate-award-winning-efficiency-programsfails 10: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/vermont-gas-partnership-middlebury-early-care-learning-center-saves-money-reduces-energyfails 10: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/vermont-gas-team-to-aid-restoration-efforts-in-massachusetts-communitiesfails 10: Answer the first question right under it, Show sources on guides and Add depth to thin pages1 page/blakely-road-temporary-outage-updatefails 9: Answer the first question right under it, Put the text in the HTML and Show sources on guides1 page/cancel-or-transfer-your-vgs-services-before-you-movefails 9: Answer the first question right under it, Put the text in the HTML and Show sources on guides1 page
And 88 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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