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title: Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons: what changed · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/city/chicago-salons/changes
---

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 What changed · [Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-salons), US

# Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons: what changed in the last 30 days

In the last 30 days, 26 sites in the Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons index changed something the scanner or the assistants can see: 28 findings fixed, 21 grades up and 2 down, 3 started turning an AI crawler away and 2 let them in again, 0 assistant answers changed.

26

sites with a change in the last 30 days

28

findings fixed

21 / 2

grades up / down

3

started turning a crawler away

0

assistant answers that changed

Each line links the site's report. [Atom feed](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-salons/changes.xml) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/api/city/chicago-salons/changes?days=30) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-salons/changes.md) · [every city](https://directindex.org/changes) · [the index](https://directindex.org/city/chicago-salons).

Summary

## What kind of change

By kind

| findings fixed | 28 |
| new findings | 9 |
| grades up | 21 |
| grades down | 2 |
| started turning crawlers away | 3 |
| let crawlers in again | 2 |
| direct channel changed | 25 |
| vendor changed | 6 |

Fixes verified most often

| No booking or ordering path at all | 25 |
| The server turned AI crawlers away at the door | 2 |
| No llms.txt | 1 |

 Week of 12 October 2026

## 26 changes

| Day | Business | What changed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 15 October 2026 | [Madison Reed](https://directindex.org/r/madison-reed.com)
madison-reed.com | direct channel: none to own site
now turns an AI crawler away at the edge
grade D to C (56%)
new finding: the server turned AI crawlers away at the door
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 15 October 2026 | [Top Shop Chicago](https://directindex.org/r/ajtopshop.com)
ajtopshop.com | vendor: none to Squire
direct channel: none to vendor on own site
grade F to D (51%)
new finding: no llms.txt
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 15 October 2026 | [EMerge Beauty & Wellness](https://directindex.org/r/emergemedspa.com)
emergemedspa.com | direct channel: none to own site
lets AI crawlers in again
grade D to B (85%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all
fixed: the server turned AI crawlers away at the door |
| 15 October 2026 | [Chrome Beauty Lounge](https://directindex.org/r/booksy.com)
booksy.com | direct channel: none to third party
now turns an AI crawler away at the edge
grade D to F (22%)
new finding: booking through an unrecognised third party
new finding: the site turned every visitor without a browser away
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 15 October 2026 | [Rare Bird Beauties Studio](https://directindex.org/r/rarebirdbeauties.com)
rarebirdbeauties.com | direct channel: none to own site
now turns an AI crawler away at the edge
grade D to F (35%)
new finding: the site turned every visitor without a browser away
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [SS Threading Studio](https://directindex.org/r/ssthreadingstudio.com)
ssthreadingstudio.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade D to C (63%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [L.A. Tan](https://directindex.org/r/latan.com)
latan.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade C to B (75%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Kuma Health and Wellness](https://directindex.org/r/kumahealthandwellness.com)
kumahealthandwellness.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade F to C (62%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Salon 811](https://directindex.org/r/salon811.com)
salon811.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade F to C (62%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [NewU MedSpa](https://directindex.org/r/thenewumedspa.com)
thenewumedspa.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade F to C (58%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Palm Beach Tan](https://directindex.org/r/palmbeachtan.com)
palmbeachtan.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade C to B (85%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Image Studios](https://directindex.org/r/imagestudios.co)
imagestudios.co | direct channel: none to own site
grade D to C (69%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Lincoln Park Massage Spa](https://directindex.org/r/lincolnparkmassage.com)
lincolnparkmassage.com | direct channel: none to third party
new finding: booking through an unrecognised third party
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [a.salon](https://directindex.org/r/asalonchicago.com)
asalonchicago.com | vendor: none to Phorest
direct channel: none to vendor on own site
grade F to D (54%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Caroline's Hair Design](https://directindex.org/r/carolineshairdesign.com)
carolineshairdesign.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade C to B (75%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Royalty Spa](https://directindex.org/r/royaltyspaone.com)
royaltyspaone.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade D to C (65%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [deka lash](https://directindex.org/r/dekalash.com)
dekalash.com | vendor: none to Mindbody
direct channel: none to vendor on own site
grade D to C (66%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [edit Salon](https://directindex.org/r/editsalons.com)
editsalons.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade C to B (83%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Salon 1800](https://directindex.org/r/salon1800lp.com)
salon1800lp.com | vendor: none to Meevo
direct channel: none to vendor on own site
grade D to C (66%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [ZaZaZoo Nail Salon](https://directindex.org/r/zazazoonailsalon.com)
zazazoonailsalon.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade C to B (82%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Milan Laser Hair Removal](https://directindex.org/r/milanlaser.com)
milanlaser.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade D to C (63%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [H Med Spa](https://directindex.org/r/hmedicalspa.com)
hmedicalspa.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade C to B (82%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Trianon](https://directindex.org/r/trianonsalon.com)
trianonsalon.com | vendor: none to Zenoti
direct channel: none to vendor on own site
lets AI crawlers in again
grade F to C (55%)
fixed: no llms.txt
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all
fixed: the server turned AI crawlers away at the door |
| 14 October 2026 | [GoodxTimes](https://directindex.org/r/goodxtimesbarbershop.com)
goodxtimesbarbershop.com | vendor: none to Vagaro
direct channel: none to vendor on own site
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Broadway Massage](https://directindex.org/r/wixsite.com)
wixsite.com | direct channel: none to own site
grade D to C (59%)
fixed: no booking or ordering path at all |
| 14 October 2026 | [Paradise Unisex Spa](https://directindex.org/r/paradiseunisex.com)
paradiseunisex.com | new finding: no llms.txt
new finding: almost no text without JavaScript
new finding: robots.txt blocked AI crawlers |

 Method

## How a change is recorded

Every full scan of a site is compared with the site's previous full scan, the hour it lands: findings that are gone count as fixed, new ones as new, a grade that moved as up or down, AI crawlers turned away or let in at the edge, and a change of direct booking or ordering channel or of the vendor behind it. A scan that could not reach the site is not compared: it says nothing about the site. Every answer an assistant gives to one of the three questions about a business is compared with its previous answer to the same question. [Methodology](https://directindex.org/methodology).

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