nytimes.com

Ranked #24 of 136

https://nytimes.com
58/ 100
Grade: C
Platform: wordpressPages scanned: 1Duration: 3.5s

Category Breakdown

Bot Accessibility
44
Structured Data
90
Content Quality
90
Agent Discovery
0
Agent Protocols
20
Technical
100

AI Standards

llms.txt
Agent Card
MCP Server

Top Issues

Blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Bytespider

# Remove or update these rules in robots.txt:
# User-agent: GPTBot
# Disallow: /  <-- remove this
# User-agent: ClaudeBot
# Disallow: /  <-- remove this
# User-agent: PerplexityBot
# Disallow: /  <-- remove this
# User-agent: Google-Extended
# Disallow: /  <-- remove this
# User-agent: Bytespider
# Disallow: /  <-- remove this
+4 pts

No llms.txt found — LLMs can't discover your site's AI-optimized content

# Create /llms.txt at your site root:
# Your Site Name

> Brief description of your site

## Docs

- [Page Title](https://yoursite.com/page): Description
- [Another Page](https://yoursite.com/other): Description
+4 pts

No /.well-known/mcp endpoint found

+3 pts

No valid XML sitemap found

<!-- Create sitemap.xml at your site root -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://yoursite.com/</loc>
  </url>
</urlset>
+3 pts

No discoverable API endpoints (OpenAPI, GraphQL, etc.)

+2 pts

All Checks

Bot Accessibility44/100

Structured Data90/100

Content Quality90/100

Agent Discovery0/100

Agent Protocols20/100

Technical Foundations100/100

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