AEO Audit for farringtonelectric.com
Target: https://farringtonelectric.com/
Score: 46 / 100
Generated: 2026-05-16T01:32:26.602Z
Pages crawled: 9
Findings: 17 pass · 74 warn · 3 fail · 0 unknown
1. Crawl Summary
- ✅ Fetched 9 of 9 pages successfully Target: https://farringtonelectric.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 | Full service Electrical Company Serving Santa Cruz, San Jose and The entire Bay Area Since 2005License #: 895203 |
| Positioning | No | — | — |
| Executive team | No | — | — |
| Product/service descriptions | Yes | Navigation links | https://farringtonelectric.com/electrical-services |
| Case studies or testimonials | No | — | — |
| Contact/demo/signup paths | No | — | — |
3. Homepage Audit
- ⚠️ Missing meta description Add a
<meta name="description">to control the snippet AI/SERP show. - ⚠️ Page load time: 1.53s Acceptable — consider optimizing for faster crawl times.
- ⚠️ Short
<title>(4 chars) Aim for 30–60 chars. Lead with brand or product, then value prop. - ❌ 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.
- ❌ Alt text coverage: 14% 1/7 images have alt text.
- ✅ Homepage fetched successfully HTTP 200 · 253613 bytes · 1533ms
- ✅ declared
- ✅ Single H1 Full service Electrical Company Serving Santa Cruz, San Jose and The entire Bay Area Since 2005License #: 895203
- ✅ Canonical present https://www.farringtonelectric.com/
- ✅ Critical content is server-rendered Raw and rendered text are within 5% of each other.
- ✅ Content volume: 800 words Substantive content — AI models have enough to summarize and recommend.
- ✅ Heading structure: 9 (h1:1, h2:7, h3:1) Multiple headings help AI chunk and outline your page.
- ✅ Internal links: 40 40 internal + 0 external links help crawlers navigate.
4. Schema / Structured Data Audit
- ⚠️ Organization missing Adding Organization JSON-LD helps LLMs identify your entity.
- ⚠️ WebSite missing Adding WebSite 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.
- ✅ 1 JSON-LD block(s) found Types: LocalBusiness
5. robots.txt and sitemap.xml Audit
- ✅ robots.txt present 127 chars
- ✅ robots.txt references sitemap(s)
- ✅ sitemap.xml present (1 URLs)
6. LLM / AI Crawler Accessibility
- ⚠️ llms.txt missing Add /llms.txt — a concise, link-rich summary that helps LLMs orient on your site.
- ⚠️ GPTBot not explicitly addressed No User-agent: GPTBot block in robots.txt. We recommend explicit Allow rules so crawlers don't fall back to defaults.
- ⚠️ ClaudeBot not explicitly addressed No User-agent: ClaudeBot block in robots.txt. We recommend explicit Allow rules so crawlers don't fall back to defaults.
- ⚠️ 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.
- ⚠️ Google-Extended not explicitly addressed No User-agent: Google-Extended 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.
- ⚠️ Applebot-Extended not explicitly addressed No User-agent: Applebot-Extended block in robots.txt. We recommend explicit Allow rules so crawlers don't fall back to defaults.
- ⚠️ CCBot not explicitly addressed No User-agent: CCBot 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.
- ⚠️ /.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.
7. 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 Full service Electrical Company Serving Santa Cruz, San Jose and The entire Bay Area Since 2005License #: 895203
- ✅ Contact / signup path discoverable
8. 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 · Case studies or testimonials · Contact/demo/signup paths
9. Recommended Fixes
⚠️ Add a meta description 50–160 chars. Repeat your core value prop in plain language; this often becomes the AI snippet.
<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.
⚠️ Speed up homepage rendering AI crawlers commonly time out around 3s. Cache the HTML, ship less JS for the first paint, and pre-render the hero section server-side.
⚠️ Set a meaningful
<title>30–60 chars. Lead with the brand or product, then the value prop.<title>CrawlProof — AEO audits for AI crawlers</title>⚠️ Complete Open Graph tags AI bots use OG for fast disambiguation. Add all four:
<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.
<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.
⚠️ Allow GPTBot in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / block so this AI crawler can read your site.
⚠️ Allow ClaudeBot in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / block so this AI crawler can read your site.
⚠️ Allow PerplexityBot in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / block so this AI crawler can read your site.
⚠️ Allow Google-Extended in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: Google-Extended 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.
⚠️ Allow Applebot-Extended in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: / block so this AI crawler can read your site.
⚠️ Allow CCBot in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: CCBot 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.
⚠️ 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⚠️ State your audience explicitly Use phrases like 'Built for B2B SaaS marketing teams' on the homepage and About page.
⚠️ Add WebSite JSON-LD Helps engines understand the root site and enables sitelinks-search-box features.
⚠️ 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.
10. Priority To-Do List
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 — Speed up homepage rendering AI crawlers commonly time out around 3s. Cache the HTML, ship less JS for the first paint, and pre-render the hero section server-side.
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 — Allow GPTBot in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / block so this AI crawler can read your site.
P3 — Allow ClaudeBot in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / block so this AI crawler can read your site.
P3 — Allow PerplexityBot in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / block so this AI crawler can read your site.
P3 — Allow Google-Extended in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: Google-Extended 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 — Allow Applebot-Extended in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: / block so this AI crawler can read your site.
P3 — Allow CCBot in robots.txt Add an explicit User-agent: CCBot 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.
P3 — 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 ```P3 — State your audience explicitly Use phrases like 'Built for B2B SaaS marketing teams' on the homepage and About page.
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