Title tag, 15–65 charactersThe blue headline in Google results and the text in the browser tab.
Meta description, 70–165 charactersThe grey line Google prints under your title. Without one, Google picks a sentence off your page at random.
One clear H1 headingOne main heading tells search engines what the page is about. None or several is ambiguous.
llms.txt or AGENTS.md for AI searchPlain text files that tell ChatGPT and Perplexity what your business does. Almost nobody in Austin has one yet.
What’s already working
Site responds
Served over HTTPS
Mobile viewport declared
Structured data (JSON-LD or microdata)
At least 300 words on the page
Every Austin local services & trades business is scored on the same nine checks — can it be reached, is it secure, does it say who it is, can a phone read it, can an AI answer engine cite it. See the full local services & trades ranking →