zacheraphoto.com, read 1 day ago. Back to the report
88 to 100 in 18 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 #40,449 of 263,577Step 1 top 10%Step 18 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
Add structured data
+2 points, to 90, and #25,848, 14,601 places up, and into the top 10%
Add valid JSON-LD that says what the page is.
14 pages
See the pages
- /
- /andrew-and-waihay
- /contact
- /couples
- /family
- /grace-and-nathan-gallery
- /investment
- /jessica-and-keaton-gallery
- /katie-and-paul-gallery
- /kendall-and-mike-gallery
- and 4 more in the copied plan
- 2
Use one main heading
+2 points, to 92
Give the page exactly one h1 that says what it is about.
15 pages
See the pages
- /
- /andrew-and-waihay
- /author/zacherazacheraphoto-com
- /blog
- /category/engagements
- /category/powershot-sessions
- /category/weddings
- /grace-and-nathan-gallery
- /jessica-and-keaton-gallery
- /katie-and-paul-gallery
- and 5 more in the copied plan
- 3
Describe images
+1 point, to 93
Describe every content image in its alt text.
16 pages, 10 of them under /2026/
See the pages
- /2026/02/12/chicago-history-museum-wedding
- /2026/02/27/bridgeport-art-center-wedding
- /2026/03/17/langham-chicago-wedding
- /2026/03/31/the-exchange-chicago-wedding
- /2026/04/16/powershot-session-with-amanda
- /2026/04/30/north-avenue-beach-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/01/art-institute-of-chicago-wedding
- /2026/09/12/best-locations-for-chicago-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/18/the-old-post-office-wedding
- /2026/09/30/union-league-club-wedding
- and 6 more in the copied plan
- 4
Fix description lengths
+1 point, to 94
Write a meta description of 70 to 165 characters that summarizes the page.
13 pages
See the pages
- /andrew-and-waihay
- /author/zacherazacheraphoto-com
- /blog
- /category/engagements
- /category/powershot-sessions
- /category/weddings
- /grace-and-nathan-gallery
- /jessica-and-keaton-gallery
- /katie-and-paul-gallery
- /kendall-and-mike-gallery
- and 3 more in the copied plan
- 5
Link to orphaned pages
Under a point
Link to each of these from a related page. A page only the sitemap knows about is treated as unimportant.
Once, for the whole site
- 6
Put figures in tables
+1 point, to 95
Where the guide compares options or gives figures, put them in a table.
10 pages under /2026/
See the pages
- /2026/02/12/chicago-history-museum-wedding
- /2026/02/27/bridgeport-art-center-wedding
- /2026/03/17/langham-chicago-wedding
- /2026/03/31/the-exchange-chicago-wedding
- /2026/04/16/powershot-session-with-amanda
- /2026/04/30/north-avenue-beach-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/01/art-institute-of-chicago-wedding
- /2026/09/12/best-locations-for-chicago-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/18/the-old-post-office-wedding
- /2026/09/30/union-league-club-wedding
- 7
Answer the first question right under it
+1 point, to 96
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.
4 pages under /2026/
See the pages
- /2026/03/31/the-exchange-chicago-wedding
- /2026/04/16/powershot-session-with-amanda
- /2026/04/30/north-avenue-beach-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/12/best-locations-for-chicago-engagement-photos
- 8
Add lists or tables
Under a point
Add a table, a list, or a definition list. Assistants quote these more readily than prose.
6 pages under /2026/
See the pages
- /2026/02/12/chicago-history-museum-wedding
- /2026/03/17/langham-chicago-wedding
- /2026/04/16/powershot-session-with-amanda
- /2026/04/30/north-avenue-beach-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/12/best-locations-for-chicago-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/18/the-old-post-office-wedding
- 9
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
- 10
Link to your profiles
Under a point
Link from the home page, in its header or footer, to each profile you keep: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, X, LinkedIn.
Once, for the whole site
- 11
Phrase headings as questions
Under a point
Phrase at least one heading as the question a person would ask.
3 pages under /2026/
See the pages
- /2026/03/31/the-exchange-chicago-wedding
- /2026/04/30/north-avenue-beach-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/12/best-locations-for-chicago-engagement-photos
- 12
Show when guides were updated
+1 point, to 97
Show when the guide was last updated, and set dateModified in its schema.
3 pages under /2026/
See the pages
- /2026/02/12/chicago-history-museum-wedding
- /2026/04/30/north-avenue-beach-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/01/art-institute-of-chicago-wedding
- 13
Fix title lengths
+1 point, to 98
Write a title of 15 to 65 characters that leads with what the page covers.
7 pages, 6 of them under /2026/
See the pages
- /2026/02/12/chicago-history-museum-wedding
- /2026/03/31/the-exchange-chicago-wedding
- /2026/04/16/powershot-session-with-amanda
- /2026/04/30/north-avenue-beach-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/01/art-institute-of-chicago-wedding
- /2026/09/18/the-old-post-office-wedding
- /leslie-and-jd
- 14
Set a share image
Under a point
Set og:image so links to the page carry a picture.
12 pages
See the pages
- /andrew-and-waihay
- /blog
- /category/engagements
- /category/powershot-sessions
- /category/weddings
- /grace-and-nathan-gallery
- /jessica-and-keaton-gallery
- /katie-and-paul-gallery
- /kendall-and-mike-gallery
- /leslie-and-jd
- and 2 more in the copied plan
- 15
Replace unsupported sales claims
+1 point, to 99
Replace the sales claim with a fact that can be checked.
4 pages
See the pages
- /
- /2026/04/30/north-avenue-beach-engagement-photos
- /2026/09/01/art-institute-of-chicago-wedding
- /family
- 16
Match structured data to the page
Under a point
Use the schema type that matches the page: Article for guides, Service or Product for offers, Organization or WebSite for the home page.
The home page
- 17
Allow pages to be indexed
Under a point
Remove noindex when the page is ready to be found.
1 page
Steps for your host: Cloudflare, WordPress, Namecheap and moreSee the pages
- /wp-login.php
- 18
Add a way to get in touch
+1 point, to 100, and full marks
Give the page a form or a clear link to request a quote or get in touch.
1 page
See the pages
- /contact
2 more, to tidy up after 100
- 19
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
- 20
Link straight to the final address
Under a point
Point links and the sitemap at the final address, not at one that redirects.
1 page
See the pages
- /wp-login.php
Done since the first read
Make near-copy pages distinct
Done, seen on the read of October 24. It failed on 1 page before.
Add a tap-to-call link
Done, seen on the read of October 24. It failed on 30 pages before.
What else the read found
Half its pages start answering within 465 ms, inside the 800 ms a crawler is patient with. One fetch a page, the way a crawler sees it.
/2026/02/27/bridgeport-art-center-wedding726 ms/2026/03/17/langham-chicago-wedding725 ms/706 ms/2026/02/12/chicago-history-museum-wedding698 ms/blog670 ms
Fastest: /sample-page, 270 ms. Heaviest: /2026/09/01/art-institute-of-chicago-wedding, 27 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.
jQueryLibrary
Google FontsFonts
- pages with strong signs
- 0
- hidden characters
- 0
- chat, markdown or placeholders left in
- 0
- dashes per 1,000 words
- 0.9
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: Add structured data, Use one main heading and Match structured data to the page1 page/wp-login.phpfails 7: Allow pages to be indexed, Add structured data and Set each page's canonical address1 page/leslie-and-jdfails 5: Add structured data, Use one main heading and Fix description lengths1 page/andrew-and-waihayfails 4: Add structured data, Use one main heading and Fix description lengths1 page/blogfails 4: Use one main heading, Fix description lengths and Describe images1 page/grace-and-nathan-galleryfails 4: Add structured data, Use one main heading and Fix description lengths1 page/jessica-and-keaton-galleryfails 4: Add structured data, Use one main heading and Fix description lengths1 page/katie-and-paul-galleryfails 4: Add structured data, Use one main heading and Fix description lengths1 page/kendall-and-mike-galleryfails 4: Add structured data, Use one main heading and Fix description lengths1 page/contactfails 3: Add a way to get in touch, Add structured data and Describe images1 page/familyfails 2: Add structured data and Replace unsupported sales claims1 page/sample-pagefails 2: Fix description lengths and Set a share image1 page
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