AX Audit Report

https://usatoday.com

August 12, 20261729ms response

66AX score / 100

Needs work

Readiness diagnosis

This site needs work before agents can use it reliably. Address the priority findings to improve readiness.

0 critical

4 warnings

26 passed

Current constraintAgent Integration38%

Five readiness layers

Readiness orbit

The shape reveals where an agent journey breaks down, from finding the site to completing useful work.

Evidence profile

30 checks recorded

Passed vs. material gaps

Critical

Warnings

Passed

Discovery

5.1 / 13 weighted points

39%

Identity

16.4 / 22 weighted points

75%

Access

29 / 31 weighted points

94%

Agent Integration

Current constraint

9.1 / 24 weighted points

38%

User Experience

6 / 10 weighted points

60%

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Top Priorities

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No llms.txt file found — AI agents cannot discover your services

Agent Interaction

Review

Missing semantic HTML: <h1>

Content Quality

Review

Only 0% of images have alt text (0/18)

Content Quality

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Findings and fixes

Agent Interaction

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All Findings

robots.txt allows all major AI crawlers

Page returns HTTP 200

Page content available without JavaScript

No CAPTCHA or bot protection detected

Found 3 JSON-LD structured data blocks

Business schema found: Organization

Schema has 3 fields — consider adding more for better AI comprehension

OpenGraph tags complete (title, description, image)

Meta tags complete (title, description, canonical)

No llms.txt file found — AI agents cannot discover your services
Create a /llms.txt file at your site root:

# Your Business Name

> Brief description of your business.

## Services
- [Service 1](/service-1): Description
- [Service 2](/service-2): Description

See https://llmstxt.org for the full spec.

No MCP server or AI agent endpoint detected — agents cannot interact with your business
Set up a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so AI agents can interact with your business directly. This allows agents to book appointments, check availability, and more.

With Dashform, you can add MCP support to your website in minutes — no coding required.

Alternatively, create /.well-known/ai-plugin.json for ChatGPT plugin compatibility.

Sitemap found at https://www.usatoday.com/news-sitemap.xml (declared in robots.txt)

Schema.org potentialAction defined — agents know what actions are available

No scheduling link found — agents can't book time with you directly

Contact/lead form with an email field is present

CTA buttons have descriptive labels

Missing semantic HTML: <h1>
Add missing semantic HTML elements: <h1>

Only 0% of images have alt text (0/18)
Add descriptive alt attributes to all <img> tags. Example: <img alt="Description of image content" src="..." />

Sufficient text content available for AI extraction

6 social media links found

No Schema.org sameAs links — AI agents cannot verify your identity across platforms
Add sameAs to your Schema.org JSON-LD:
"sameAs": [
  "https://twitter.com/yourbrand",
  "https://linkedin.com/company/yourbrand"
]

No Google Maps or Business Profile presence detected — AI agents may not verify your location
Claim your Google Business Profile at https://business.google.com and embed a Google Maps link or iframe on your page. AI agents use Google Maps data to verify business locations.

Contact information detected (phone, address)

Response time is 1.7s — acceptable, could be faster

Lean HTML payload (239KB)

Response is compressed (br)

Caching headers present (Cache-Control/ETag/Last-Modified)

Entry URL redirects before serving — adds latency for agents

Author/publisher identity declared in schema

No review/rating schema — agents can't surface your reputation

Security headers present (HSTS + Content-Security-Policy)

No dateModified/datePublished in schema — agents can't judge freshness
Add dateModified/datePublished to your Schema.org JSON-LD so agents can judge freshness:
"dateModified": "2026-01-15"

Sitemap shows content updated within the last 6 months

Footer/copyright year is current

HTTPS enabled

SSL certificate valid

Privacy policy link found

Terms of service link found

usatoday.com

https://usatoday.com

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