reason.com
Ranked #10 of 300 on the Leaderboard. Analyzed .
Index Quotient
84.79
Technical Health
91.27Whether search engines can fetch, trust, and quickly load the site.
Strengths
- CrawlabilityStrong
Crawlers are welcome here: a sitemap points the way, links work, and pages are allowed into the index.
- SpeedStrong
Pages load quickly, and the server answers fast.
- URL and canonical hygieneStrong
URLs are clean and consistent, each page has one address, and missing pages say so.
Opportunities
- Secure connectionPartial
The connection is encrypted but not fully hardened: steering every visit onto it and sending the standard security headers would finish the job.
Content Quality
80.08Whether pages say clearly what they are about, in a form machines can read.
Strengths
- Depth and readabilityStrong
Pages say enough to be useful, in plain language, and stay on the topic their titles promise.
- Images and linksStrong
Images are described in text, and pages link to each other with links that say where they go.
- FreshnessStrong
Something here was published or updated recently, and the site says when.
Opportunities
- HeadingsWeak
Pages lack a main heading, or the headings they have are out of order; a page's structure should be readable from its headings alone.
- Titles and descriptionsPartial
Titles are mostly in place; descriptions and link previews are patchier, and each page wants ones of its own.
Answer Readiness
75.91Whether content is shaped and marked up so an engine can lift a direct answer.
Strengths
- Structured dataStrong
Pages carry structured data of the kinds engines use, filled in properly, and the site says its own name in it.
- Navigation aidsStrong
Interior pages show where they sit in the site, and say so in a way engines can read.
Opportunities
- Question-and-answer shapePartial
Some headings are questions with an answer beneath them; more of them, each followed by a short direct answer, is what an answer engine lifts.
- Scannable formattingPartial
Pages are partly scannable; opening with a short summary, and putting facts in lists and tables, makes them easier to lift from.
AI Visibility
97.08Whether AI systems can reach, read, and confidently identify the site.
Strengths
- AI accessStrong
AI crawlers are allowed in, and pages may be quoted in AI answers.
- IdentityStrong
It is clear who is behind this site, on its pages, in its markup, and in the public record.
- Readable without JavaScriptStrong
The content is in the page itself, marked out from the navigation, and written in prose a machine can lift.
Opportunities
Nothing stands out to work on here.
Authority
79.61Whether the wider web vouches for the site.
Strengths
- BacklinksStrong
Plenty of other sites link here, including ones that matter.
- TrafficStrong
The site has a large audience.
- Domain historyStrong
The domain has a long history, and history counts.
Opportunities
Nothing here to work on. The points left are the ones only the web's largest sites earn.
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Scores reflect what IndexBot could read from reason.com's available pages on .