` present (39 chars)** - ✅ **Critical content is server-rendered** Raw and rendered text are within 50% of each other. - ✅ **Alt text coverage: 100%** 7/7 images have alt text. - ✅ **Content volume: 407 words** Substantive content — AI models have enough to summarize and recommend. - ✅ **Heading structure: 19 (h1:1, h2:2, h3:16)** Multiple headings help AI chunk and outline your page. - ✅ **Internal links: 16** 16 internal + 7 external links help crawlers navigate. - ✅ **Favicon declared** ## 4. Content Quality - ⚠️ **1 heading-level skip(s)** Heading levels jump (e.g. h2 → h4). AI outline parsers expect monotonic nesting. - ⚠️ **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 date signal found** Add <time datetime="…"> or article:published_time meta. AI ranking weights freshness. - ⚠️ **Text-to-HTML ratio: 6.7%** Low text density — most of the response is markup/script. - ⚠️ **No author byline found** Add `<meta name="author" content="Name">` or a visible byline with `rel="author"`. Strengthens E-E-A-T signals. - ✅ **1 question-style heading(s)** Questions in headings map cleanly to user queries. Pair with FAQPage JSON-LD for max lift. ## 5. Schema / Structured Data Audit - ❌ **No JSON-LD structured data found** Add JSON-LD blocks (Organization, SoftwareApplication, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList) so AI answer engines can ingest your data without guessing. ## 6. Links & Images - ❌ **2 broken link(s) in first 13** · timeout — https://x.com/EarnTV_ · 999 — https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascalvallat - ⚠️ **Modern image formats: 0% (0/7 webp/avif)** 5 legacy (png/jpg/gif) image(s). Convert hero/above-the-fold images to WebP or AVIF. - ⚠️ **Lazy loading: 29% (2/7)** Add `loading="lazy"` to below-the-fold images to reduce initial payload. - ❌ **Explicit dimensions: 29% (2/7)** Add width and height attributes on <img> tags to prevent CLS. - ⚠️ **Responsive srcset: 1/7** Use srcset/sizes to serve appropriately-sized images on mobile. Reduces wasted bytes. - ✅ **External nofollow: 0% (0/7)** Healthy mix of follow and nofollow outbound links. ## 7. Performance - ⚠️ **1 render-blocking script(s) in <head>** Move non-critical scripts to end of <body> or add `defer`/`async`. - ✅ **Page size: 50 KB** Compact HTML payload — well within AI crawler limits. - ✅ **Resource requests: 23 (scripts:15, css:1, img:7)** Reasonable request count. - ✅ **Inline JS+CSS bulk: 6 KB** Inline payload is modest. - ✅ **Response time: 344ms** Fast first response. - ✅ **Cache-Control set (CDN: Vercel)** Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate CDN detected: Vercel ## 8. Security - ⚠️ **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. - ⚠️ **X-Content-Type-Options missing** Add `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` to block MIME-type sniffing. - ⚠️ **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** - ✅ **No mixed content detected** - ✅ **HSTS set** max-age=63072000 ## 9. robots.txt and sitemap.xml Audit - ❌ **sitemap.xml not found** Add /sitemap.xml — required for reliable AI/SERP discovery. - ⚠️ **robots.txt not found** No /robots.txt was reachable. Add one explicitly — silence is read differently by different crawlers, and you lose the chance to control AI bots. ## 10. LLM / AI Crawler Accessibility - ⚠️ **llms.txt missing** Add /llms.txt — a concise, link-rich summary that helps LLMs orient on your site. - ⚠️ **skill.md missing** Add /skill.md describing what your site lets agents do — speeds up agent task routing. - ⚠️ **/.well-known/security.txt missing** Publish a /.well-known/security.txt with at least a Contact: line. Crawlers and security researchers expect it; AI systems use it as a trust signal. ## 11. Positioning Clarity - ❌ **No discoverable CTA** Add a clearly-labeled Contact, Demo, or Sign up link to the nav or hero. - ⚠️ **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** Predict Movie SuccessEarn CINE Tokens ## 12. Missing or Hard-to-Find Information - ❌ **9 data point(s) could not be found from public pages** · Pricing · Customer logos · Social proof · Recent launches · Blog post activity · Positioning · Executive team · Case studies or testimonials · Contact/demo/signup paths ## 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. - ⚠️ **Add a discoverable CTA** Place 'Contact sales' or 'Start free' in the top-right of the nav. LLMs cite the visible label. - ⚠️ **Publish a sitemap.xml** Generate /sitemap.xml automatically (Next.js: app/sitemap.ts). Include every canonical URL. - ⚠️ **Add JSON-LD structured data** Start with Organization on the root layout and SoftwareApplication or Product on /pricing. Add FAQPage on any FAQ section. - ⚠️ **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. - ⚠️ **Create a robots.txt** Even a minimal robots.txt is better than none. Always reference your Sitemap and explicitly address AI bots. - ⚠️ **Fix heading-level skips** Don't jump from h2 to h4. AI outline parsers expect monotonic nesting — keep heading depth contiguous. - ⚠️ **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. - ⚠️ **Publish a date signal** Add `<time datetime="2026-05-17">` or `<meta property="article:published_time">`. AI ranking heavily weights freshness. - ⚠️ **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 a canonical link** Prevents dup-content drift and tells AI crawlers which URL is authoritative. ```html <link rel="canonical" href="https://yoursite.com/" /> ``` - ⚠️ **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" /> ``` - ⚠️ **Use modern image formats** Serve WebP or AVIF for hero/above-the-fold images. Keep legacy PNG/JPG only as <picture> fallbacks. - ⚠️ **Lazy-load below-the-fold images** Add `loading="lazy"` on `<img>` tags that aren't in the initial viewport. Reduces first-paint payload. - ⚠️ **Set width/height on images** Explicit dimensions prevent Cumulative Layout Shift and help AI extractors reserve space correctly. - ⚠️ **Add /skill.md** Describe what an agent can do with your site (e.g., 'Search docs', 'Look up pricing'). Useful for agentic flows. - ⚠️ **Publish /.well-known/security.txt** A security contact builds trust with crawlers and researchers. Minimal example: ``` Contact: mailto:security@yourdomain.com Expires: 2027-01-01T00:00:00.000Z Preferred-Languages: en ``` - ⚠️ **Eliminate render-blocking head scripts** Add `defer` or `async` to any `<script src="…">` in `<head>`, or move it to the end of `<body>`. - ⚠️ **State your audience explicitly** Use phrases like 'Built for B2B SaaS marketing teams' on the homepage and About page. - ⚠️ **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 X-Frame-Options** `X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN` (or CSP `frame-ancestors`) blocks clickjacking via iframe embeds. - ⚠️ **Add X-Content-Type-Options** `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` prevents browsers from MIME-sniffing responses. - ⚠️ **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=()`. - ⚠️ **Use srcset/sizes for responsive images** Serve appropriately-sized images per viewport — saves bytes on mobile crawls. ## 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** — Add a discoverable CTA Place 'Contact sales' or 'Start free' in the top-right of the nav. LLMs cite the visible label. - [ ] **P1** — Publish a sitemap.xml Generate /sitemap.xml automatically (Next.js: app/sitemap.ts). Include every canonical URL. - [ ] **P1** — Add JSON-LD structured data Start with Organization on the root layout and SoftwareApplication or Product on /pricing. Add FAQPage on any FAQ section. - [ ] **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** — Create a robots.txt Even a minimal robots.txt is better than none. Always reference your Sitemap and explicitly address AI bots. - [ ] **P3** — Fix heading-level skips Don't jump from h2 to h4. AI outline parsers expect monotonic nesting — keep heading depth contiguous. - [ ] **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** — Publish a date signal Add `<time datetime="2026-05-17">` or `<meta property="article:published_time">`. AI ranking heavily weights freshness. - [ ] **P3** — 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. - [ ] **P3** — 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." /> ``` - [ ] **P3** — Add a canonical link Prevents dup-content drift and tells AI crawlers which URL is authoritative. ```html <link rel="canonical" href="https://yoursite.com/" /> ``` - [ ] **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** — Use modern image formats Serve WebP or AVIF for hero/above-the-fold images. Keep legacy PNG/JPG only as <picture> fallbacks. - [ ] **P3** — Lazy-load below-the-fold images Add `loading="lazy"` on `<img>` tags that aren't in the initial viewport. Reduces first-paint payload. - [ ] **P3** — Set width/height on images Explicit dimensions prevent Cumulative Layout Shift and help AI extractors reserve space correctly. - [ ] **P3** — Add /skill.md Describe what an agent can do with your site (e.g., 'Search docs', 'Look up pricing'). Useful for agentic flows. --- _Report by [CrawlProof](https://crawlproof.com). Reusable after every major website change.

# AEO Audit for popcorncine.io **Target:** https://www.popcorncine.io/ **Score:** 37 / 100 **Generated:** 2026-05-21T01:58:12.622Z **Pages crawled:** 7 **Findings:** 26 pass · 83 warn · 7 fail · 0 unknown --- ## 1. Crawl Summary - ✅ **Fetched 7 of 7 pages successfully** Target: https://www.popcorncine.io ## 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 | Yes | Homepage | join us | | Headline copy | Yes | Homepage | Predict Movie SuccessEarn CINE Tokens | | Positioning | No | — | — | | Executive team | No | — | — | | Product/service descriptions | Yes | Homepage | From meta description | | Case studies or testimonials | No | — | — | | Contact/demo/signup paths | No | — | — | ## 3. Homepage Audit - ⚠️ **Short meta description (43 chars)** Aim for 50–160 chars. Restate your value prop in plain language. - ⚠️ **Missing canonical link** Add `` to prevent dup-content confusion. - ❌ **Open Graph: missing title, description, image** - ⚠️ **No Twitter Card tags** Add twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image for richer previews in social and AI agent surfaces. - ✅ **Homepage fetched successfully** HTTP 200 · 50899 bytes · 344ms - ✅ **Page load time: 0.34s** Fast — well within AI crawler budgets. - ✅ ** declared** - ✅ **Single H1** Predict Movie SuccessEarn CINE Tokens - ✅ **`` present (39 chars)** - ✅ **Critical content is server-rendered** Raw and rendered text are within 50% of each other. - ✅ **Alt text coverage: 100%** 7/7 images have alt text. - ✅ **Content volume: 407 words** Substantive content — AI models have enough to summarize and recommend. - ✅ **Heading structure: 19 (h1:1, h2:2, h3:16)** Multiple headings help AI chunk and outline your page. - ✅ **Internal links: 16** 16 internal + 7 external links help crawlers navigate. - ✅ **Favicon declared** ## 4. Content Quality - ⚠️ **1 heading-level skip(s)** Heading levels jump (e.g. h2 → h4). AI outline parsers expect monotonic nesting. - ⚠️ **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 date signal found** Add <time datetime="…"> or article:published_time meta. AI ranking weights freshness. - ⚠️ **Text-to-HTML ratio: 6.7%** Low text density — most of the response is markup/script. - ⚠️ **No author byline found** Add `<meta name="author" content="Name">` or a visible byline with `rel="author"`. Strengthens E-E-A-T signals. - ✅ **1 question-style heading(s)** Questions in headings map cleanly to user queries. Pair with FAQPage JSON-LD for max lift. ## 5. Schema / Structured Data Audit - ❌ **No JSON-LD structured data found** Add JSON-LD blocks (Organization, SoftwareApplication, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList) so AI answer engines can ingest your data without guessing. ## 6. Links & Images - ❌ **2 broken link(s) in first 13** · timeout — https://x.com/EarnTV_ · 999 — https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascalvallat - ⚠️ **Modern image formats: 0% (0/7 webp/avif)** 5 legacy (png/jpg/gif) image(s). Convert hero/above-the-fold images to WebP or AVIF. - ⚠️ **Lazy loading: 29% (2/7)** Add `loading="lazy"` to below-the-fold images to reduce initial payload. - ❌ **Explicit dimensions: 29% (2/7)** Add width and height attributes on <img> tags to prevent CLS. - ⚠️ **Responsive srcset: 1/7** Use srcset/sizes to serve appropriately-sized images on mobile. Reduces wasted bytes. - ✅ **External nofollow: 0% (0/7)** Healthy mix of follow and nofollow outbound links. ## 7. Performance - ⚠️ **1 render-blocking script(s) in <head>** Move non-critical scripts to end of <body> or add `defer`/`async`. - ✅ **Page size: 50 KB** Compact HTML payload — well within AI crawler limits. - ✅ **Resource requests: 23 (scripts:15, css:1, img:7)** Reasonable request count. - ✅ **Inline JS+CSS bulk: 6 KB** Inline payload is modest. - ✅ **Response time: 344ms** Fast first response. - ✅ **Cache-Control set (CDN: Vercel)** Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate CDN detected: Vercel ## 8. Security - ⚠️ **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. - ⚠️ **X-Content-Type-Options missing** Add `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` to block MIME-type sniffing. - ⚠️ **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** - ✅ **No mixed content detected** - ✅ **HSTS set** max-age=63072000 ## 9. robots.txt and sitemap.xml Audit - ❌ **sitemap.xml not found** Add /sitemap.xml — required for reliable AI/SERP discovery. - ⚠️ **robots.txt not found** No /robots.txt was reachable. Add one explicitly — silence is read differently by different crawlers, and you lose the chance to control AI bots. ## 10. LLM / AI Crawler Accessibility - ⚠️ **llms.txt missing** Add /llms.txt — a concise, link-rich summary that helps LLMs orient on your site. - ⚠️ **skill.md missing** Add /skill.md describing what your site lets agents do — speeds up agent task routing. - ⚠️ **/.well-known/security.txt missing** Publish a /.well-known/security.txt with at least a Contact: line. Crawlers and security researchers expect it; AI systems use it as a trust signal. ## 11. Positioning Clarity - ❌ **No discoverable CTA** Add a clearly-labeled Contact, Demo, or Sign up link to the nav or hero. - ⚠️ **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** Predict Movie SuccessEarn CINE Tokens ## 12. Missing or Hard-to-Find Information - ❌ **9 data point(s) could not be found from public pages** · Pricing · Customer logos · Social proof · Recent launches · Blog post activity · Positioning · Executive team · Case studies or testimonials · Contact/demo/signup paths ## 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. - ⚠️ **Add a discoverable CTA** Place 'Contact sales' or 'Start free' in the top-right of the nav. LLMs cite the visible label. - ⚠️ **Publish a sitemap.xml** Generate /sitemap.xml automatically (Next.js: app/sitemap.ts). Include every canonical URL. - ⚠️ **Add JSON-LD structured data** Start with Organization on the root layout and SoftwareApplication or Product on /pricing. Add FAQPage on any FAQ section. - ⚠️ **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. - ⚠️ **Create a robots.txt** Even a minimal robots.txt is better than none. Always reference your Sitemap and explicitly address AI bots. - ⚠️ **Fix heading-level skips** Don't jump from h2 to h4. AI outline parsers expect monotonic nesting — keep heading depth contiguous. - ⚠️ **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. - ⚠️ **Publish a date signal** Add `<time datetime="2026-05-17">` or `<meta property="article:published_time">`. AI ranking heavily weights freshness. - ⚠️ **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 a canonical link** Prevents dup-content drift and tells AI crawlers which URL is authoritative. ```html <link rel="canonical" href="https://yoursite.com/" /> ``` - ⚠️ **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" /> ``` - ⚠️ **Use modern image formats** Serve WebP or AVIF for hero/above-the-fold images. Keep legacy PNG/JPG only as <picture> fallbacks. - ⚠️ **Lazy-load below-the-fold images** Add `loading="lazy"` on `<img>` tags that aren't in the initial viewport. Reduces first-paint payload. - ⚠️ **Set width/height on images** Explicit dimensions prevent Cumulative Layout Shift and help AI extractors reserve space correctly. - ⚠️ **Add /skill.md** Describe what an agent can do with your site (e.g., 'Search docs', 'Look up pricing'). Useful for agentic flows. - ⚠️ **Publish /.well-known/security.txt** A security contact builds trust with crawlers and researchers. Minimal example: ``` Contact: mailto:security@yourdomain.com Expires: 2027-01-01T00:00:00.000Z Preferred-Languages: en ``` - ⚠️ **Eliminate render-blocking head scripts** Add `defer` or `async` to any `<script src="…">` in `<head>`, or move it to the end of `<body>`. - ⚠️ **State your audience explicitly** Use phrases like 'Built for B2B SaaS marketing teams' on the homepage and About page. - ⚠️ **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 X-Frame-Options** `X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN` (or CSP `frame-ancestors`) blocks clickjacking via iframe embeds. - ⚠️ **Add X-Content-Type-Options** `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` prevents browsers from MIME-sniffing responses. - ⚠️ **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=()`. - ⚠️ **Use srcset/sizes for responsive images** Serve appropriately-sized images per viewport — saves bytes on mobile crawls. ## 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** — Add a discoverable CTA Place 'Contact sales' or 'Start free' in the top-right of the nav. LLMs cite the visible label. - [ ] **P1** — Publish a sitemap.xml Generate /sitemap.xml automatically (Next.js: app/sitemap.ts). Include every canonical URL. - [ ] **P1** — Add JSON-LD structured data Start with Organization on the root layout and SoftwareApplication or Product on /pricing. Add FAQPage on any FAQ section. - [ ] **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** — Create a robots.txt Even a minimal robots.txt is better than none. Always reference your Sitemap and explicitly address AI bots. - [ ] **P3** — Fix heading-level skips Don't jump from h2 to h4. AI outline parsers expect monotonic nesting — keep heading depth contiguous. - [ ] **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** — Publish a date signal Add `<time datetime="2026-05-17">` or `<meta property="article:published_time">`. AI ranking heavily weights freshness. - [ ] **P3** — 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. - [ ] **P3** — 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." /> ``` - [ ] **P3** — Add a canonical link Prevents dup-content drift and tells AI crawlers which URL is authoritative. ```html <link rel="canonical" href="https://yoursite.com/" /> ``` - [ ] **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** — Use modern image formats Serve WebP or AVIF for hero/above-the-fold images. Keep legacy PNG/JPG only as <picture> fallbacks. - [ ] **P3** — Lazy-load below-the-fold images Add `loading="lazy"` on `<img>` tags that aren't in the initial viewport. Reduces first-paint payload. - [ ] **P3** — Set width/height on images Explicit dimensions prevent Cumulative Layout Shift and help AI extractors reserve space correctly. - [ ] **P3** — Add /skill.md Describe what an agent can do with your site (e.g., 'Search docs', 'Look up pricing'). Useful for agentic flows. --- _Report by [CrawlProof](https://crawlproof.com). Reusable after every major website change._