# Ali Baba: Agent-Direct Score F (15.4%)

Site: https://www.alibaba-ka.de/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/alibaba-ka.de
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Ali Baba is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Ali Baba's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.alibaba-ka.de/speisekarte/
- Phone: +49 721 386493
- Address: Kreuzstraße 25 76133 Karlsruhe
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Tue 17:00–23:00; Wed 12:00–14:00, 17:00–23:00; Thu–Sat 17:00–23:00; Sun closed

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Ali Baba that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- My Heart Beats Vegan (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/myheartbeatsvegan.de
- Zum Kleinen Ketterer (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/ketterer-restaurant.de
- House of Jayden (170 m): https://directindex.org/r/jayden-karlsruhe.de
- dean&david (200 m): https://directindex.org/r/deananddavid.com
- bratar (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/bratar.de

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_503). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2018.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site.
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Karlsruhe, 15% of comparable sites declare one.

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Ali Baba",
  "url": "https://www.alibaba-ka.de/",
  "telephone": "+49 721 386493",
  "email": "info@alibaba-ka.de",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Kreuzstraße 25",
    "postalCode": "76133",
    "addressLocality": "Karlsruhe",
    "addressCountry": "DE"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 49.0065886,
    "longitude": 8.406082
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo,Tu,Th-Sa 17:00-23:00; We 12:00-14:00,17:00-23:00; Su off",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "14:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "arab"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.alibaba-ka.de/speisekarte/"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
289 of 316 in Karlsruhe. Top 91% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 88% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 82% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 41% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Cilantro (F, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/cilantrobistrodelarte.de); Café Palaver (D, 76 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafepalaver.de); My Heart Beats Vegan (B, 98 m, https://directindex.org/r/myheartbeatsvegan.de); Zum Kleinen Ketterer (D, 153 m, https://directindex.org/r/ketterer-restaurant.de); House of Jayden (B, 166 m, https://directindex.org/r/jayden-karlsruhe.de); dean&david (C, 199 m, https://directindex.org/r/deananddavid.com); Das Nudel Ding (C, 202 m, https://directindex.org/r/dasnudelding.de); Ma'loa (C, 208 m, https://directindex.org/r/maloa.com); bratar (B, 221 m, https://directindex.org/r/bratar.de); KFC (D, 230 m, https://directindex.org/r/ettlinger-tor.de).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about Karlsruhe and named 94 places. Ali Baba wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/karlsruhe/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6152 sites); This site 15.4%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/alibaba-ka.de/agent-view

## Businesses like Ali Baba in Karlsruhe

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Karlsruhe | 316 | 55% | 28% | 15.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Karlsruhe | 106 | 61% | 36% | 15.4% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Karlsruhe | 18 | 69% | 56% | 15.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Karlsruhe | 12 | 68% | 50% | 15.4% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Karlsruhe: Carls Wirtshaus (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/carls-wirtshaus.de); Mediterrane (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/mediterrane.eu); Gatto Nero (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/mygattonero.de); 9|65 (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/965.de); Dom (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/dom-grill.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Booking only through opentable), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 5th of 316 in Karlsruhe, up from 289th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ali Baba, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/alibaba-ka.de
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.alibaba-ka.de/speisekarte/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo,Tu,Th-Sa 17:00-23:00; We 12:00-14:00,17:00-23:00; Su off (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +49 721 386493
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/alibaba-ka.de/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_503); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/alibaba-ka.de/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/alibaba-ka.de/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=alibaba-ka.de&force=1