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https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ · ranked 95 in its cohort · 32 pages read · 51 tests · 20 September 2026

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medicalnewstoday.com

Score

46/100

13 of 51 tests pass · 54 points still on the table

You · 46
NOT READY 0–39 WEAK 40–59 ADEQUATE 60–74 STRONG 75–89 EXEMPLARY 90–99

We ran all 51 scored tests across 7 dimensions, against the 32 pages we read.

Weak

The fundamentals are in place and the machine-readable layer on top of them largely is not.

Do these three first

The fastest 8 points on this scan

1 +3

AIR-1.4 · small effort

Content Signals declared in robots.txt

No Content-Signal line in robots.txt. Missing: search, ai-input, ai-train.

Do this: Declare a Content Signals position in robots.txt.

2 +2

AIR-1.1 · small effort

No blanket robots.txt blocks on AI crawler user-agents

Every answer engine may fetch content paths. 5 training or opt-out agents are blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, Bytespider, Applebot-Extended.

Do this: Remove inherited robots.txt blocks on AI crawlers.

3 +2

AIR-1.2 · medium effort

CDN and WAF do not silently reject AI crawlers

1 of 8 AI user-agents are rejected or challenged at the edge.

Do this: Stop rejecting AI crawlers at the CDN or WAF.

Nine dimensions, most to least left on the table

32 pages crawled

Every test · all 67 tests, in order

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AIR-1.1 Can AI crawlers reach your site?Every answer engine may fetch content paths. 5 training or opt-out agents are blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, Bytespider, Applebot-Extended. NEEDS WORK +2
What's half-done

Every answer engine may fetch content paths. 5 training or opt-out agents are blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, Bytespider, Applebot-Extended.

Your robots.txt file tells crawlers what they may read. A line left behind by a previous site or a copied template can quietly shut out the assistants people now use to find you.

AIR-1.2 Does your CDN let AI crawlers through?1 of 8 AI user-agents are rejected or challenged at the edge. NEEDS WORK +2
What's half-done

1 of 8 AI user-agents are rejected or challenged at the edge.

Even when robots.txt says yes, a firewall or bot-protection rule can turn assistants away before they reach your pages. We sent a request as each one and recorded what came back.

AIR-1.3 Is your page readable without a security challenge? PASS 1 pt
Why we test this

No interactive challenges on 32 sampled read-only pages.

A CAPTCHA or bot check on an ordinary page stops an assistant at the door. These belong on forms and logins, not on pages anyone can read.

AIR-1.4 Have you stated what AI may do with your content?No Content-Signal line in robots.txt. Missing: search, ai-input, ai-train. PROBLEM +3
What's wrong

No Content-Signal line in robots.txt. Missing: search, ai-input, ai-train.

There is now a machine-readable way to say whether AI may search, quote or train on your material. Having a position — any position — is the point.

AIR-1.5 Can a person read your AI policy?robots.txt carries a 244-character comment, too thin to read as a policy statement. NEEDS WORK +0
What's half-done

robots.txt carries a 244-character comment, too thin to read as a policy statement.

A few plain sentences in robots.txt saying what you permit. Journalists and lawyers read this file, and right now most sites say nothing.

AIR-1.6 Are you allowing assistants to quote you? PASS 1 pt
Why we test this

No noarchive, nosnippet or max-snippet:0 directives found.

Some sites carry old settings that tell search engines not to show excerpts. Those same settings stop an assistant quoting your page in an answer.

AIR-1.7 Does this page declare its real address? PASS 2 pt
Why we test this

100% of sampled pages emit a valid, self-consistent canonical.

A canonical link tells a machine which URL is the true one. Without it the same content can be treated as several competing pages.

AIR-1.8 Is your page structured so a machine can follow it?0% of sampled pages carry one main element, a wrapping article or section, and a nav. 27 exceed 12 divs per semantic element. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

0% of sampled pages carry one main element, a wrapping article or section, and a nav. 27 exceed 12 divs per semantic element.

Meaningful sections rather than an undifferentiated wall of containers. It is the difference between a document and a soup of boxes.

AIR-1.9 Do your headings tell a clear story? PASS 2 pt
Why we test this

97% of sampled pages have exactly one non-empty h1 and no skipped heading levels. 1 skip a level.

One main heading, then sub-headings in order. Assistants use headings to work out what a page is about and which part answers a question.

AIR-1.10 Do you publish a guide for AI assistants?/llms.txt returns HTTP 404. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

/llms.txt returns HTTP 404.

A file at /llms.txt listing your most important pages. It is early and cheap, and it forces a useful conversation about what actually matters on your site.

AIR-1.11 Can a machine tell what your organization is?2 of 183 entity nodes carry an @id (1%). The WebPage to WebSite to Organization chain is broken at WebPage->WebSite, WebSite->Organization. PROBLEM +1
What's wrong

2 of 183 entity nodes carry an @id (1%). The WebPage to WebSite to Organization chain is broken at WebPage->WebSite, WebSite->Organization.

Structured data that links together — your organization, your site, this page — rather than a scattering of disconnected labels.

AIR-1.12 Can a machine be certain it is you?No sameAs links were found on Organization or Person nodes. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

No sameAs links were found on Organization or Person nodes.

Links from your markup to authoritative records like Wikidata or ROR. Without one, an assistant is guessing which organization of your name it has found.

AIR-1.13 Can a machine find out who you are?0 of 7 organizational facts are present in the Organization markup: none. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

0 of 7 organizational facts are present in the Organization markup: none.

Founding date, leadership, address, contact details, legal identifiers. Thin About pages are the most common weakness we see.

AIR-2.1 Primary content is present without JavaScript PASS 6 pt
Why we test this

Raw HTML contains 96% of rendered text on average across 32 URLs. The worst template is /articles/*: 95% across 23 pages.

AIR-2.2 Progressive disclosure content ships in the initial HTML0 of 32 pages ship every disclosure panel populated in the raw HTML. 8 pages load more content on scroll with no paginated fallback. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

0 of 32 pages ship every disclosure panel populated in the raw HTML. 8 pages load more content on scroll with no paginated fallback.

AIR-2.3 Real data tables with header cells12 tables: 0 complete, 0 without scope on header cells, 5 with no header cells, 3 used for layout. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

12 tables: 0 complete, 0 without scope on header cells, 5 with no header cells, 3 used for layout.

AIR-2.4 Stable, human-readable anchor IDs on section headings0 of 361 subheadings carry a slug-like id (0%); 50 have generated or unstable ids. NEEDS WORK +1
What's half-done

0 of 361 subheadings carry a slug-like id (0%); 50 have generated or unstable ids.

AIR-2.5 Alt text on content images, empty alt on decorative7 of 110 images carry appropriate alt text: 0 have no alt attribute, 9 use the filename. PROBLEM +1
What's wrong

7 of 110 images carry appropriate alt text: 0 have no alt attribute, 9 use the filename.

AIR-2.6 Key facts exist as HTML text, not only in images or PDFs PASS 1 pt
Why we test this

No page in the sample looks like its facts live only in an image or a document.

AIR-3.1 JSON-LD is generated from mapped fields, not hardcoded PASS 2 pt
Why we test this

Schema values track visible content across 2 templates.

AIR-3.2 BreadcrumbList on every page below the homepage0% of pages below the homepage carry a BreadcrumbList with at least two steps. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

0% of pages below the homepage carry a BreadcrumbList with at least two steps.

AIR-3.3 Vertical-specific schema types NOT SCORED —
AIR-3.4 FAQPage and QAPage on genuine question-and-answer content4 pages carry FAQ or QA markup; 19 pages show visible question-and-answer content. NEEDS WORK +1
What's half-done

4 pages carry FAQ or QA markup; 19 pages show visible question-and-answer content.

AIR-3.5 isAccessibleForFree, about, and mentions with entity references0 of 32 substantive pages declare isAccessibleForFree; 0 reference subject entities by identifier. PROBLEM +1
What's wrong

0 of 32 substantive pages declare isAccessibleForFree; 0 reference subject entities by identifier.

AIR-3.6 Product, Offer, and Service with real prices PASS 1 pt
Why we test this

4 Offer nodes: 4 complete and matching the page, 0 drifting from visible values, 0 past priceValidUntil.

AIR-3.7 SearchAction on the WebSite node NOT SCORED —
AIR-3.8 Schema validation of the structured data on the pageEverything parses, but nodes on 31 of 32 pages are missing properties their declared type needs. NEEDS WORK +1
What's half-done

Everything parses, but nodes on 31 of 32 pages are missing properties their declared type needs.

AIR-4.1 RSL licensing document published and referenced NOT SCORED —
AIR-4.2 RSL terms propagated to feeds and schema NOT SCORED —
AIR-4.3 Web Bot Auth verification configured NOT SCORED —
AIR-4.4 Correct X-Robots-Tag on non-HTML resources0 of 4 non-HTML resources carry an X-Robots-Tag. PROBLEM +1
What's wrong

0 of 4 non-HTML resources carry an X-Robots-Tag.

AIR-4.5 Missing pages return 404 or 410 PASS 1 pt
Why we test this

0 of 2 deliberately invalid URLs returned HTTP 200.

AIR-4.6 Redirects resolve in a single hop PASS 1 pt
Why we test this

0 of 32 sampled URLs redirect.

AIR-4.7 Faceted, calendar, and parameterized URLs are controlled NOT SCORED —
AIR-4.8 Sitemap lastmod reflects real content changes0 of 28094 sitemap URLs carry a lastmod across 0 distinct dates. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

0 of 28094 sitemap URLs carry a lastmod across 0 distinct dates.

AIR-4.9 Sitemap index split by type, with media sitemaps PASS 1 pt
Why we test this

An index with 2 child sitemaps covering 28094 URLs, with no image or video sitemap.

AIR-4.10 Paginated series are coherently signaled NOT SCORED —
AIR-5.1 Author entity pages with credentials0 of 35 Person entities carry a canonical @id plus at least two of jobTitle, affiliation, knowsAbout or sameAs. PROBLEM +1
What's wrong

0 of 35 Person entities carry a canonical @id plus at least two of jobTitle, affiliation, knowsAbout or sameAs.

AIR-5.2 Bylines linked to author entities0 of 32 substantive pages reference an author by @id; 31 carry a bare string; 1 are unsigned. NEEDS WORK +1
What's half-done

0 of 32 substantive pages reference an author by @id; 31 carry a bare string; 1 are unsigned.

AIR-5.3 reviewedBy on YMYL content NOT SCORED —
AIR-5.4 datePublished and dateModified are accurate PASS 2 pt
Why we test this

31 of 32 pages carry a publication or modification date across 23 distinct dateModified values.

AIR-5.5 citation markup on primary-source references NOT SCORED —
AIR-5.6 C2PA Content Credentials on original assets NOT SCORED —
AIR-6.1 OpenAPI specification for public APIs NOT SCORED —
AIR-6.2 /.well-known/ discovery entries for agent capabilities2 of 4 agent-capability descriptors are discoverable at /.well-known/: nlweb, http-message-signatures-directory. NEEDS WORK +1
What's half-done

2 of 4 agent-capability descriptors are discoverable at /.well-known/: nlweb, http-message-signatures-directory.

AIR-6.3 Form fields carry label, name, and autocomplete NOT SCORED —
AIR-6.4 No captchas on browse, search, or filter interactions PASS 2 pt
Why we test this

No search or filter surface in the sample returned a challenge.

AIR-7.1 Markdown companion for every canonical page0 of 24 sampled pages have a Markdown companion at {path}.md returning a Markdown content type. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

0 of 24 sampled pages have a Markdown companion at {path}.md returning a Markdown content type.

AIR-7.2 link rel=alternate advertises the Markdown version NOT SCORED —
AIR-7.3 Accept: text/markdown content negotiation0 of 25 URLs serve Markdown for Accept: text/markdown. PROBLEM +2
What's wrong

0 of 25 URLs serve Markdown for Accept: text/markdown.

AIR-7.4 Alternate representations are edge-cached NOT SCORED —
LI-1 HowTo on procedural content0 of 4 procedural pages carry HowTo with ordered HowToStep. NOT SCORED —
What's wrong

0 of 4 procedural pages carry HowTo with ordered HowToStep.

LI-2 speakable on summaries and ledesNo speakable specification found on any sampled page. NOT SCORED —
What's wrong

No speakable specification found on any sampled page.

LI-3 IndexNow fires on publish and updateNo IndexNow key file was discoverable. The file is named after the key, which is not published, so this is 'not discoverable' rather than proof of absence. NOT SCORED —
What's wrong

No IndexNow key file was discoverable. The file is named after the key, which is not published, so this is 'not discoverable' rather than proof of absence.

LI-4 Editorial policy page referenced via publishingPrinciples0 of 31 Organization nodes reference publishingPrinciples. NOT SCORED —
What's wrong

0 of 31 Organization nodes reference publishingPrinciples.

LI-5 NLWeb endpoint exposed as an MCP server with an ask methodAn NLWeb descriptor is published at /.well-known/nlweb.json; whether it answers questions correctly needs a conversation with it. NOT SCORED —
What's half-done

An NLWeb descriptor is published at /.well-known/nlweb.json; whether it answers questions correctly needs a conversation with it.

LI-6 Domain MCP server over real content APIs1 agent descriptors were discoverable at /.well-known/. NOT SCORED —
What's half-done

1 agent descriptors were discoverable at /.well-known/.

LI-7 /llms-full.txt where full-text inclusion is appropriate NOT SCORED —
BP-1 Critical flows complete without JS-only interactions NOT SCORED —
BP-2 Stable selectors on critical-flow elements NOT SCORED —
BP-3 GA4 channel group for AI assistant referrersWhether a channel group exists for AI assistant referrers is not visible from outside. Analytics presence is; the grouping is not. NOT SCORED —
What we're measuring

Whether a channel group exists for AI assistant referrers is not visible from outside. Analytics presence is; the grouping is not.

BP-4 Server-side tagging captures stripped referrersReconciliation between server-side and client-side numbers has to be attested. NOT SCORED —
What we're measuring

Reconciliation between server-side and client-side numbers has to be attested.

BP-5 Access log retention with a queryable storeLog retention and queryability are not observable from outside the site. NOT SCORED —
What we're measuring

Log retention and queryability are not observable from outside the site.

BP-6 Scheduled AI crawler activity report NOT SCORED —
BP-7 Fixed prompt panel run monthly across modelsAnswer-share tracking happens outside the site and must be attested. NOT SCORED —
What we're measuring

Answer-share tracking happens outside the site and must be attested.

BP-8 Extraction-fidelity baseline capturedNo extraction-fidelity baseline is captured by this version of the scanner, which makes no live model calls. NOT SCORED —
What we're measuring

No extraction-fidelity baseline is captured by this version of the scanner, which makes no live model calls.

BP-9 Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools verifiedNeither Search Console nor Bing Webmaster Tools verification was found. NOT SCORED —
What's wrong

Neither Search Console nor Bing Webmaster Tools verification was found.

Not applicable — 23 tests answered with a dash, excluded from the score: AIR-3.3, AIR-3.7, AIR-4.1, AIR-4.2, AIR-4.3, AIR-4.7, AIR-4.10, AIR-5.3, AIR-5.5, AIR-5.6, AIR-6.1, AIR-6.3, AIR-7.2, AIR-7.4, LI-7, BP-1, BP-2, BP-3, BP-4, BP-5, BP-6, BP-7, BP-8.

By dimension

Where medicalnewstoday.com's 46 came from. Open a line to see its tests, worst first.

DimensionShare earnedEarnedScore
1 · Primary Indicators 12 40
Scored zero — 6 problems
AIR-1.4 Have you stated what AI may do with your content?No Content-Signal line in robots.txt. Missing: search, ai-input, ai-train. PROBLEM
What's wrong

No Content-Signal line in robots.txt. Missing: search, ai-input, ai-train.

There is now a machine-readable way to say whether AI may search, quote or train on your material. Having a position — any position — is the point.

AIR-1.8 Is your page structured so a machine can follow it?0% of sampled pages carry one main element, a wrapping article or section, and a nav. 27 exceed 12 divs per semantic element. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0% of sampled pages carry one main element, a wrapping article or section, and a nav. 27 exceed 12 divs per semantic element.

Meaningful sections rather than an undifferentiated wall of containers. It is the difference between a document and a soup of boxes.

AIR-1.10 Do you publish a guide for AI assistants?/llms.txt returns HTTP 404. PROBLEM
What's wrong

/llms.txt returns HTTP 404.

A file at /llms.txt listing your most important pages. It is early and cheap, and it forces a useful conversation about what actually matters on your site.

AIR-1.11 Can a machine tell what your organization is?2 of 183 entity nodes carry an @id (1%). The WebPage to WebSite to Organization chain is broken at WebPage->WebSite, WebSite->Organization. PROBLEM
What's wrong

2 of 183 entity nodes carry an @id (1%). The WebPage to WebSite to Organization chain is broken at WebPage->WebSite, WebSite->Organization.

Structured data that links together — your organization, your site, this page — rather than a scattering of disconnected labels.

AIR-1.12 Can a machine be certain it is you?No sameAs links were found on Organization or Person nodes. PROBLEM
What's wrong

No sameAs links were found on Organization or Person nodes.

Links from your markup to authoritative records like Wikidata or ROR. Without one, an assistant is guessing which organization of your name it has found.

AIR-1.13 Can a machine find out who you are?0 of 7 organizational facts are present in the Organization markup: none. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0 of 7 organizational facts are present in the Organization markup: none.

Founding date, leadership, address, contact details, legal identifiers. Thin About pages are the most common weakness we see.

Partly scored — 3 need work
AIR-1.1 Can AI crawlers reach your site?Every answer engine may fetch content paths. 5 training or opt-out agents are blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, Bytespider, Applebot-Extended. NEEDS WORK
What's half-done

Every answer engine may fetch content paths. 5 training or opt-out agents are blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, Bytespider, Applebot-Extended.

Your robots.txt file tells crawlers what they may read. A line left behind by a previous site or a copied template can quietly shut out the assistants people now use to find you.

AIR-1.2 Does your CDN let AI crawlers through?1 of 8 AI user-agents are rejected or challenged at the edge. NEEDS WORK
What's half-done

1 of 8 AI user-agents are rejected or challenged at the edge.

Even when robots.txt says yes, a firewall or bot-protection rule can turn assistants away before they reach your pages. We sent a request as each one and recorded what came back.

AIR-1.5 Can a person read your AI policy?robots.txt carries a 244-character comment, too thin to read as a policy statement. NEEDS WORK
What's half-done

robots.txt carries a 244-character comment, too thin to read as a policy statement.

A few plain sentences in robots.txt saying what you permit. Journalists and lawyers read this file, and right now most sites say nothing.

Full marks — 4 pass
AIR-1.3 Is your page readable without a security challenge? PASS
Why we test this

No interactive challenges on 32 sampled read-only pages.

A CAPTCHA or bot check on an ordinary page stops an assistant at the door. These belong on forms and logins, not on pages anyone can read.

AIR-1.6 Are you allowing assistants to quote you? PASS
Why we test this

No noarchive, nosnippet or max-snippet:0 directives found.

Some sites carry old settings that tell search engines not to show excerpts. Those same settings stop an assistant quoting your page in an answer.

AIR-1.7 Does this page declare its real address? PASS
Why we test this

100% of sampled pages emit a valid, self-consistent canonical.

A canonical link tells a machine which URL is the true one. Without it the same content can be treated as several competing pages.

AIR-1.9 Do your headings tell a clear story? PASS
Why we test this

97% of sampled pages have exactly one non-empty h1 and no skipped heading levels. 1 skip a level.

One main heading, then sub-headings in order. Assistants use headings to work out what a page is about and which part answers a question.

2 · Rendering and Extraction 9 60
Scored zero — 3 problems
AIR-2.2 Progressive disclosure content ships in the initial HTML0 of 32 pages ship every disclosure panel populated in the raw HTML. 8 pages load more content on scroll with no paginated fallback. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0 of 32 pages ship every disclosure panel populated in the raw HTML. 8 pages load more content on scroll with no paginated fallback.

AIR-2.3 Real data tables with header cells12 tables: 0 complete, 0 without scope on header cells, 5 with no header cells, 3 used for layout. PROBLEM
What's wrong

12 tables: 0 complete, 0 without scope on header cells, 5 with no header cells, 3 used for layout.

AIR-2.5 Alt text on content images, empty alt on decorative7 of 110 images carry appropriate alt text: 0 have no alt attribute, 9 use the filename. PROBLEM
What's wrong

7 of 110 images carry appropriate alt text: 0 have no alt attribute, 9 use the filename.

Partly scored — 1 needs work
AIR-2.4 Stable, human-readable anchor IDs on section headings0 of 361 subheadings carry a slug-like id (0%); 50 have generated or unstable ids. NEEDS WORK
What's half-done

0 of 361 subheadings carry a slug-like id (0%); 50 have generated or unstable ids.

Full marks — 2 pass
AIR-2.1 Primary content is present without JavaScript PASS
Why we test this

Raw HTML contains 96% of rendered text on average across 32 URLs. The worst template is /articles/*: 95% across 23 pages.

AIR-2.6 Key facts exist as HTML text, not only in images or PDFs PASS
Why we test this

No page in the sample looks like its facts live only in an image or a document.

3 · Structured Data and the Entity Graph 5 33
Scored zero — 2 problems
AIR-3.2 BreadcrumbList on every page below the homepage0% of pages below the homepage carry a BreadcrumbList with at least two steps. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0% of pages below the homepage carry a BreadcrumbList with at least two steps.

AIR-3.5 isAccessibleForFree, about, and mentions with entity references0 of 32 substantive pages declare isAccessibleForFree; 0 reference subject entities by identifier. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0 of 32 substantive pages declare isAccessibleForFree; 0 reference subject entities by identifier.

Partly scored — 2 need work
AIR-3.4 FAQPage and QAPage on genuine question-and-answer content4 pages carry FAQ or QA markup; 19 pages show visible question-and-answer content. NEEDS WORK
What's half-done

4 pages carry FAQ or QA markup; 19 pages show visible question-and-answer content.

AIR-3.8 Schema validation of the structured data on the pageEverything parses, but nodes on 31 of 32 pages are missing properties their declared type needs. NEEDS WORK
What's half-done

Everything parses, but nodes on 31 of 32 pages are missing properties their declared type needs.

Full marks — 2 pass
AIR-3.1 JSON-LD is generated from mapped fields, not hardcoded PASS
Why we test this

Schema values track visible content across 2 templates.

AIR-3.6 Product, Offer, and Service with real prices PASS
Why we test this

4 Offer nodes: 4 complete and matching the page, 0 drifting from visible values, 0 past priceValidUntil.

4 · Crawl, Index and Licensing Hygiene 3 25
Scored zero — 2 problems
AIR-4.4 Correct X-Robots-Tag on non-HTML resources0 of 4 non-HTML resources carry an X-Robots-Tag. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0 of 4 non-HTML resources carry an X-Robots-Tag.

AIR-4.8 Sitemap lastmod reflects real content changes0 of 28094 sitemap URLs carry a lastmod across 0 distinct dates. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0 of 28094 sitemap URLs carry a lastmod across 0 distinct dates.

Full marks — 3 pass
AIR-4.5 Missing pages return 404 or 410 PASS
Why we test this

0 of 2 deliberately invalid URLs returned HTTP 200.

AIR-4.6 Redirects resolve in a single hop PASS
Why we test this

0 of 32 sampled URLs redirect.

AIR-4.9 Sitemap index split by type, with media sitemaps PASS
Why we test this

An index with 2 child sitemaps covering 28094 URLs, with no image or video sitemap.

5 · Authorship, Provenance, Freshness 3 25
Scored zero — 1 problem
AIR-5.1 Author entity pages with credentials0 of 35 Person entities carry a canonical @id plus at least two of jobTitle, affiliation, knowsAbout or sameAs. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0 of 35 Person entities carry a canonical @id plus at least two of jobTitle, affiliation, knowsAbout or sameAs.

Partly scored — 1 needs work
AIR-5.2 Bylines linked to author entities0 of 32 substantive pages reference an author by @id; 31 carry a bare string; 1 are unsigned. NEEDS WORK
What's half-done

0 of 32 substantive pages reference an author by @id; 31 carry a bare string; 1 are unsigned.

Full marks — 1 pass
AIR-5.4 datePublished and dateModified are accurate PASS
Why we test this

31 of 32 pages carry a publication or modification date across 23 distinct dateModified values.

6 · Agent Interfaces 3 38
Partly scored — 1 needs work
AIR-6.2 /.well-known/ discovery entries for agent capabilities2 of 4 agent-capability descriptors are discoverable at /.well-known/: nlweb, http-message-signatures-directory. NEEDS WORK
What's half-done

2 of 4 agent-capability descriptors are discoverable at /.well-known/: nlweb, http-message-signatures-directory.

Full marks — 1 pass
AIR-6.4 No captchas on browse, search, or filter interactions PASS
Why we test this

No search or filter surface in the sample returned a challenge.

7 · Alternate Representations 0 0
Scored zero — 2 problems
AIR-7.1 Markdown companion for every canonical page0 of 24 sampled pages have a Markdown companion at {path}.md returning a Markdown content type. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0 of 24 sampled pages have a Markdown companion at {path}.md returning a Markdown content type.

AIR-7.3 Accept: text/markdown content negotiation0 of 25 URLs serve Markdown for Accept: text/markdown. PROBLEM
What's wrong

0 of 25 URLs serve Markdown for Accept: text/markdown.

What was read

32 pages, sampled from this site's own sitemap and internal links. The cap is 32 — a ceiling, not a certainty: a site with fewer reachable pages yields fewer.

32 other pages, all 200, by template
1× / https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/
23× /articles/* https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/drugs-crexont-side-effects-and-interactions
8× /articles/es/* https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/es/10-problemas-comunes-en-los-pies

The receipt

Cohort
wordpress-100
Source
Tranco top sites list (Tranco (Le Pochat et al., NDSS 2019), 2026-09-06)
Index
11.0, in effect 2026-09-24
Scanner
0.1.0
Scanned
2026-09-20T07:32:41.567748+00:00
Result hash
b2799a16ca55a3874075de9fada5168893daeef3f8af2e6bec458d462e44a503
Basis
public-interest census: a declared bot with a published policy at https://readinessindex.io/bot, honoring robots.txt addressed to AIRBot, reading public pages only. No per-site permission was sought or given.

The hash is the SHA-256 of the full result.json, recorded when the scan finished rather than computed now. The raw evidence behind every line above — every response, cached — is retained and is a median 1.5 MB per site, so it is not served from here. Ask us for it if you want to check a number against the bytes it came from.

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