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# AEO Audit for yellowmary.com

**Target:** https://yellowmary.com/  
**Score:** 43 / 100  
**Generated:** 2026-05-21T15:33:15.313Z  
**Pages crawled:** 9  
**Findings:** 36 pass · 96 warn · 5 fail · 0 unknown

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## 1. Crawl Summary

- ✅ **Fetched 9 of 9 pages successfully**
  Target: https://yellowmary.com

## 2. Data Found

| Data Point | Found? | Source | Notes |
|---|---:|---|---|
| Pricing | No | — | — |
| Customer logos | No | — | — |
| Social proof | No | — | — |
| Recent launches | No | — | — |
| Blog post activity | No | — | — |
| New hires | No | — | Often only on a /blog/team or LinkedIn page |
| Headline copy | Yes | Homepage | Scott Heath |
| Positioning | No | — | — |
| Executive team | No | — | — |
| Product/service descriptions | No | — | — |
| Case studies or testimonials | No | — | — |
| Contact/demo/signup paths | Yes | Footer links | — |

## 3. Homepage Audit

- ⚠️ **Missing meta description**
  Add a `<meta name="description">` to control the snippet AI/SERP show.
- ⚠️ **Short `<title>` (11 chars)**
  Aim for 30–60 chars. Lead with brand or product, then value prop.
- ⚠️ **Open Graph: missing description**
- ⚠️ **Twitter Card: missing description**
  Add twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image for richer previews in social and AI agent surfaces.
- ❌ **Alt text coverage: 0%**
  0/1 images have alt text.
- ⚠️ **Heading structure: 1 (h1:1, h2:0, h3:0)**
  Few headings make it hard for AI to understand sectioning. Use h2/h3 to label each section.
- ✅ **Homepage fetched successfully**
  HTTP 200 · 56156 bytes · 411ms
- ✅ **Page load time: 0.41s**
  Fast — well within AI crawler budgets.
- ✅ **<html lang="en-US"> declared**
- ✅ **Single H1**
  Scott Heath
- ✅ **Canonical present**
  https://www.rsheath.com
- ✅ **Critical content is server-rendered**
  Raw and rendered text are within 5% of each other.
- ✅ **Content volume: 311 words**
  Substantive content — AI models have enough to summarize and recommend.
- ✅ **Internal links: 9**
  9 internal + 11 external links help crawlers navigate.
- ✅ **Favicon declared**

## 4. Content Quality

- ❌ **Text-to-HTML ratio: 3.4%**
  Very low text density. AI crawlers will struggle to find substantive content.
- ⚠️ **Snippet-ready blocks: 1 (ul:1, ol:0, table:0)**
  Add bullet lists, numbered steps, or a comparison table. Answer engines prefer structured blocks over prose.
- ⚠️ **No question-style headings found**
  Phrase at least one heading as a user question (e.g. 'How does pricing work?') to match conversational AI queries.
- ⚠️ **No date signal found**
  Add <time datetime="…"> or article:published_time meta. AI ranking weights freshness.
- ⚠️ **No author byline found**
  Add `<meta name="author" content="Name">` or a visible byline with `rel="author"`. Strengthens E-E-A-T signals.

## 5. Schema / Structured Data Audit

- ⚠️ **Organization missing**
  Adding Organization JSON-LD helps LLMs identify your entity.
- ⚠️ **SoftwareApplication missing**
  Adding SoftwareApplication JSON-LD helps LLMs identify your entity.
- ⚠️ **FAQPage JSON-LD missing**
  Add an FAQPage block on pages that answer common questions — high-value for AI summaries.
- ⚠️ **Article / BlogPosting JSON-LD not found**
  Add Article / BlogPosting where applicable so AI answer engines can resolve the entity precisely.
- ⚠️ **BreadcrumbList JSON-LD not found**
  Add BreadcrumbList where applicable so AI answer engines can resolve the entity precisely.
- ⚠️ **Product / Offer JSON-LD not found**
  Add Product / Offer where applicable so AI answer engines can resolve the entity precisely.
- ⚠️ **Person (author / founder) JSON-LD not found**
  Add Person (author / founder) where applicable so AI answer engines can resolve the entity precisely.
- ⚠️ **HowTo JSON-LD not found**
  Add HowTo where applicable so AI answer engines can resolve the entity precisely.
- ⚠️ **VideoObject JSON-LD not found**
  Add VideoObject where applicable so AI answer engines can resolve the entity precisely.
- ✅ **2 JSON-LD block(s) found**
  Types: WebSite, LocalBusiness
- ✅ **WebSite present**
- ✅ **LocalBusiness JSON-LD present**

## 6. Links & Images

- ❌ **2 broken link(s) in first 19**
  · 403 — https://secure.givelively.org/donate/collaborative-urban-sculpture/the-dragons
  · 999 — https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-scott-heath-86761a2/
- ⚠️ **Modern image formats: 0% (0/1 webp/avif)**
  1 legacy (png/jpg/gif) image(s). Convert hero/above-the-fold images to WebP or AVIF.
- ✅ **Explicit dimensions: 100% (1/1)**
  Most images have width/height — avoids layout shift.
- ✅ **External nofollow: 0% (0/11)**
  Healthy mix of follow and nofollow outbound links.

## 7. Performance

- ⚠️ **No Cache-Control header**
  Add a Cache-Control header so CDNs and AI crawlers can revalidate efficiently.
- ✅ **Page size: 55 KB**
  Compact HTML payload — well within AI crawler limits.
- ✅ **Resource requests: 15 (scripts:13, css:1, img:1)**
  Reasonable request count.
- ✅ **No render-blocking head scripts**
  All head scripts use async or defer.
- ✅ **Inline JS+CSS bulk: 33 KB**
  Inline payload is modest.
- ✅ **Response time: 411ms**
  Fast first response.

## 8. Security

- ❌ **1 insecure resource(s) on an https page**
  Update to https:// or use protocol-relative URLs.
  Examples:
  · http://static1.squarespace.com/static/583fb7c859cc68cd8a194afa/t/587027eee3df284f0b5135ac/1483745263077/SH.jpg?format=1500w
- ⚠️ **Content-Security-Policy missing**
  Define a CSP to limit script sources — large reduction in XSS surface.
- ⚠️ **X-Frame-Options missing**
  Add `X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN` (or use CSP frame-ancestors) to prevent clickjacking.
- ⚠️ **Referrer-Policy missing**
  Add `Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin` for safer referrers.
- ⚠️ **Permissions-Policy missing**
  Restrict browser features (camera, mic, geolocation) you don't use.
- ✅ **Served over HTTPS**
- ✅ **HSTS set**
  max-age=0
- ✅ **X-Content-Type-Options set**
  nosniff

## 9. robots.txt and sitemap.xml Audit

- ✅ **robots.txt present**
  1506 chars
- ✅ **robots.txt references sitemap(s)**
- ✅ **sitemap.xml present (44 URLs)**

## 10. LLM / AI Crawler Accessibility

- ⚠️ **llms.txt missing**
  Add /llms.txt — a concise, link-rich summary that helps LLMs orient on your site.
- ⚠️ **PerplexityBot not explicitly addressed**
  No User-agent: PerplexityBot block in robots.txt. We recommend explicit Allow rules so crawlers don't fall back to defaults.
- ⚠️ **OAI-SearchBot not explicitly addressed**
  No User-agent: OAI-SearchBot block in robots.txt. We recommend explicit Allow rules so crawlers don't fall back to defaults.
- ⚠️ **skill.md missing**
  Add /skill.md describing what your site lets agents do — speeds up agent task routing.
- ✅ **GPTBot has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **ClaudeBot has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **Google-Extended has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **Applebot-Extended has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **CCBot has explicit rules**
  An explicit User-agent block exists. Make sure it allows the paths you want indexed.
- ✅ **/.well-known/security.txt present**
  Security contact published — builds trust with crawlers and security researchers.

## 11. Positioning Clarity

- ⚠️ **No clear About/Team link**
  Add an About or Team link in the nav or footer so LLMs can identify the company.
- ⚠️ **No pricing/plans link found**
  AI summaries commonly include pricing. Add a /pricing page even if pricing is custom.
- ⚠️ **Value-prop language not detected**
  Pages with phrases like 'we help X', 'platform for Y', 'built for Z' are easier for LLMs to summarize.
- ✅ **H1 communicates value**
  Scott Heath
- ✅ **Contact / signup path discoverable**

## 12. Missing or Hard-to-Find Information

- ❌ **10 data point(s) could not be found from public pages**
  · Pricing
  · Customer logos
  · Social proof
  · Recent launches
  · Blog post activity
  · New hires
  · Positioning
  · Executive team
  · Product/service descriptions
  · Case studies or testimonials

## 13. Recommended Fixes

- ⚠️ **Fix broken homepage links**
  We HEAD-probed the first 20 unique homepage links and found 4xx/5xx responses. Repair or remove them — broken links erode crawler trust.
- ⚠️ **Fix mixed content**
  An https page loading http assets is downgraded by browsers and AI crawlers. Update asset URLs or use protocol-relative paths.
- ⚠️ **Raise your text-to-HTML ratio**
  Strip unused inline scripts/styles and move large bundles to external files. AI crawlers struggle when most of the response is markup.
- ⚠️ **Add a meta description**
  50–160 chars. Repeat your core value prop in plain language; this often becomes the AI snippet.
  
  ```html
  <meta name="description" content="CrawlProof shows you exactly how AI crawlers see your site, then tells you what to fix." />
  ```
- ⚠️ **Add /llms.txt**
  A short Markdown-flavored summary at the root. Include your H1, value prop, top 5–10 links, and pricing summary.
- ⚠️ **Make your About/Team page reachable**
  Add a top-nav or footer link to /about or /team so LLMs can identify the entity behind the site.
- ⚠️ **Add a /pricing page**
  Even contact-us pricing benefits from a /pricing page that LLMs can link to in answers.
- ⚠️ **Add Organization JSON-LD**
  Include name, url, logo, sameAs (your social profiles). LLMs use this to resolve your brand entity.
- ⚠️ **Add lists or comparison tables**
  Answer engines lift bulleted lists, numbered steps, and tables verbatim. Add at least 2 snippet-ready blocks to the homepage.
- ⚠️ **Phrase a heading as a user question**
  Use headings like 'How does pricing work?' or 'Who is this for?' — they map directly to conversational AI queries.
- ⚠️ **Publish a date signal**
  Add `<time datetime="2026-05-17">` or `<meta property="article:published_time">`. AI ranking heavily weights freshness.
- ⚠️ **Set a meaningful `<title>`**
  30–60 chars. Lead with the brand or product, then the value prop.
  
  ```html
  <title>CrawlProof — AEO audits for AI crawlers</title>
  ```
- ⚠️ **Complete Open Graph tags**
  AI bots use OG for fast disambiguation. Add all four:
  
  ```html
  <meta property="og:title" content="Your Page Title" />
  <meta property="og:description" content="50–160 char description of this page." />
  <meta property="og:image" content="https://yoursite.com/og-image.jpg" />
  <meta property="og:url" content="https://yoursite.com/" />
  <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
  <meta property="og:site_name" content="YourSite" />
  ```
- ⚠️ **Add Twitter Card meta tags**
  Used by social platforms and AI agents for richer previews.
  
  ```html
  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
  <meta name="twitter:title" content="Your Page Title" />
  <meta name="twitter:description" content="50–160 char description." />
  <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://yoursite.com/og-image.jpg" />
  ```
- ⚠️ **Add alt text to all meaningful images**
  Decorative-only images can use empty alt='', but logos, screenshots, and product images need descriptive alt.
- ⚠️ **Add structured headings**
  Use h2 for each section and h3 for sub-points. AI uses these to outline and chunk the page.
- ⚠️ **Use modern image formats**
  Serve WebP or AVIF for hero/above-the-fold images. Keep legacy PNG/JPG only as <picture> fallbacks.
- ⚠️ **Allow PerplexityBot in robots.txt**
  Add an explicit
    User-agent: PerplexityBot
    Allow: /
  block so this AI crawler can read your site.
- ⚠️ **Allow OAI-SearchBot in robots.txt**
  Add an explicit
    User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    Allow: /
  block so this AI crawler can read your site.
- ⚠️ **Add /skill.md**
  Describe what an agent can do with your site (e.g., 'Search docs', 'Look up pricing'). Useful for agentic flows.
- ⚠️ **Set a Cache-Control header**
  Add `Cache-Control: public, max-age=300, s-maxage=3600` (or similar) so CDNs and AI crawlers can revalidate cheaply.
- ⚠️ **State your audience explicitly**
  Use phrases like 'Built for B2B SaaS marketing teams' on the homepage and About page.
- ⚠️ **Add Product / SoftwareApplication JSON-LD**
  On /pricing and feature pages — include offers, name, applicationCategory.
- ⚠️ **Add FAQPage JSON-LD**
  Wrap your homepage FAQ in FAQPage JSON-LD; it routinely lifts AI answer inclusion.
- ⚠️ **Add Article / BlogPosting JSON-LD**
  On every blog/article page, include Article JSON-LD with headline, author, datePublished, dateModified. AI engines weight these heavily for freshness and authority.
- ⚠️ **Add BreadcrumbList JSON-LD**
  Helps AI engines understand site hierarchy and improves citation context.
- ⚠️ **Add Product / SoftwareApplication JSON-LD**
  On /pricing and feature pages — include offers, name, applicationCategory.
- ⚠️ **Define a Content-Security-Policy**
  Start with `Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only` to learn safe sources, then enforce. Cuts XSS blast radius.
- ⚠️ **Declare an author byline**
  Add `<meta name="author" content="Name">` or a visible byline with `rel="author"`. Combine with Person JSON-LD for E-E-A-T.
- ⚠️ **Add Person JSON-LD for authors / founders**
  Mark up bylines and founder bios with Person schema — name, jobTitle, sameAs (their profiles). Strengthens E-E-A-T.
- ⚠️ **Add HowTo JSON-LD for step-by-step content**
  For any 'how to' page, wrap the steps in HowTo JSON-LD. AI step-by-step answers cite these heavily.
- ⚠️ **Add VideoObject JSON-LD**
  For embedded videos, include VideoObject with thumbnailUrl, uploadDate, duration. AI engines cite these in multimedia answers.
- ⚠️ **Add X-Frame-Options**
  `X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN` (or CSP `frame-ancestors`) blocks clickjacking via iframe embeds.
- ⚠️ **Set a Referrer-Policy**
  `Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin` is a safe default.
- ⚠️ **Set a Permissions-Policy**
  Restrict browser features you don't use, e.g. `Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()`.

## 14. Priority To-Do List

- [ ] **P1** — Fix broken homepage links
      We HEAD-probed the first 20 unique homepage links and found 4xx/5xx responses. Repair or remove them — broken links erode crawler trust.
- [ ] **P1** — Fix mixed content
      An https page loading http assets is downgraded by browsers and AI crawlers. Update asset URLs or use protocol-relative paths.
- [ ] **P2** — Raise your text-to-HTML ratio
      Strip unused inline scripts/styles and move large bundles to external files. AI crawlers struggle when most of the response is markup.
- [ ] **P2** — Add a meta description
      50–160 chars. Repeat your core value prop in plain language; this often becomes the AI snippet.
      
      ```html
      <meta name="description" content="CrawlProof shows you exactly how AI crawlers see your site, then tells you what to fix." />
      ```
- [ ] **P2** — Add /llms.txt
      A short Markdown-flavored summary at the root. Include your H1, value prop, top 5–10 links, and pricing summary.
- [ ] **P2** — Make your About/Team page reachable
      Add a top-nav or footer link to /about or /team so LLMs can identify the entity behind the site.
- [ ] **P2** — Add a /pricing page
      Even contact-us pricing benefits from a /pricing page that LLMs can link to in answers.
- [ ] **P2** — Add Organization JSON-LD
      Include name, url, logo, sameAs (your social profiles). LLMs use this to resolve your brand entity.
- [ ] **P3** — Add lists or comparison tables
      Answer engines lift bulleted lists, numbered steps, and tables verbatim. Add at least 2 snippet-ready blocks to the homepage.
- [ ] **P3** — Phrase a heading as a user question
      Use headings like 'How does pricing work?' or 'Who is this for?' — they map directly to conversational AI queries.
- [ ] **P3** — Publish a date signal
      Add `<time datetime="2026-05-17">` or `<meta property="article:published_time">`. AI ranking heavily weights freshness.
- [ ] **P3** — Set a meaningful `<title>`
      30–60 chars. Lead with the brand or product, then the value prop.
      
      ```html
      <title>CrawlProof — AEO audits for AI crawlers</title>
      ```
- [ ] **P3** — Complete Open Graph tags
      AI bots use OG for fast disambiguation. Add all four:
      
      ```html
      <meta property="og:title" content="Your Page Title" />
      <meta property="og:description" content="50–160 char description of this page." />
      <meta property="og:image" content="https://yoursite.com/og-image.jpg" />
      <meta property="og:url" content="https://yoursite.com/" />
      <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
      <meta property="og:site_name" content="YourSite" />
      ```
- [ ] **P3** — Add Twitter Card meta tags
      Used by social platforms and AI agents for richer previews.
      
      ```html
      <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
      <meta name="twitter:title" content="Your Page Title" />
      <meta name="twitter:description" content="50–160 char description." />
      <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://yoursite.com/og-image.jpg" />
      ```
- [ ] **P3** — Add alt text to all meaningful images
      Decorative-only images can use empty alt='', but logos, screenshots, and product images need descriptive alt.
- [ ] **P3** — Add structured headings
      Use h2 for each section and h3 for sub-points. AI uses these to outline and chunk the page.
- [ ] **P3** — Use modern image formats
      Serve WebP or AVIF for hero/above-the-fold images. Keep legacy PNG/JPG only as <picture> fallbacks.
- [ ] **P3** — Allow PerplexityBot in robots.txt
      Add an explicit
        User-agent: PerplexityBot
        Allow: /
      block so this AI crawler can read your site.
- [ ] **P3** — Allow OAI-SearchBot in robots.txt
      Add an explicit
        User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
        Allow: /
      block so this AI crawler can read your site.
- [ ] **P3** — Add /skill.md
      Describe what an agent can do with your site (e.g., 'Search docs', 'Look up pricing'). Useful for agentic flows.

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_Report by [CrawlProof](https://crawlproof.com). Reusable after every major website change._
