# Ben Cotta: Agent-Direct Score C (57.5%)

Site: https://www.bencotta.it/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bencotta.it
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Ben Cotta is partly visible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Ben Cotta's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.bencotta.it/ordina/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.bencotta.it/menu/
- Phone: +05128017580
- Address: Via Benedetto Marcello 7 40141 Bologna
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mo-Sa 12:00-14:30,19:00-23:00 Su 19:00-23:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Ben Cotta that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Pizza Vera (890 m): https://directindex.org/r/pizzavera.it
- Lunetta Bistrot (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/lunettabistrot.it
- Na Pizz Pop (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/napizz.it
- La Latteria - Pizza al taglio (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/leberbere.fr
- Ororosso (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/pizzeriaororosso.it

## 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 (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). 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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Bologna, 20% 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": "FastFoodRestaurant",
  "name": "Ben Cotta",
  "url": "https://www.bencotta.it/",
  "telephone": "+05128017580",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Via Benedetto Marcello 7",
    "postalCode": "40141",
    "addressLocality": "Bologna"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 44.4677682,
    "longitude": 11.3768577
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Sa 12:00-14:30,19:00-23:00 Su 19:00-23:00",
  "servesCuisine": [
    "pizza"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.bencotta.it/menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.bencotta.it/ordina/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
244 of 569 in Bologna. Top 43% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 88% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 41% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Pizzeria Puccini (D, 464 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzeriabeppe.com); Pizza Vera (A, 894 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzavera.it); Lunetta Bistrot (A, 1402 m, https://directindex.org/r/lunettabistrot.it); Pizza Express Mpk (C, 1496 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzaexpressmpk.it); Na Pizz Pop (B, 1641 m, https://directindex.org/r/napizz.it); Pizzeria La Pantera Rosa (C, 1665 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzerialapanterarosamenu.it); La Latteria - Pizza al taglio (C, 1677 m, https://directindex.org/r/leberbere.fr); Ororosso (B, 1704 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzeriaororosso.it); Pinterré (A, 1939 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzeriaristorantepinterre.com); Storiedipinte San Lazzaro (C, 1960 m, https://directindex.org/r/storiedipinte.eu).

## 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 12 everyday questions about Bologna and named 58 places. Ben Cotta wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/bologna/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (28% A or B, 145483 sites); This site 57.5%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/bencotta.it/agent-view

## Businesses like Ben Cotta in Bologna

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Bologna | 569 | 51% | 23% | 57.5% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Bologna | 275 | 58% | 27% | 57.5% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Bologna: Osteria Black Bay (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/caberna.it); Osteria Cannone (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/osteriailcannone.it); Parlor (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/parlorbologna.it); Pizzeria Berberé (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/berberepizza.it); Il Saraceno (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/saracenobologna.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 96.3%. That would be 4th of 569 in Bologna, up from 244th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ben Cotta, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bencotta.it
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.bencotta.it/ordina/ (own site; verified direct, 2026-10-16)
- Menu: https://www.bencotta.it/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-14:30,19:00-23:00 Su 19:00-23:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +05128017580
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bencotta.it/order, https://directindex.org/go/bencotta.it/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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 25 |
| Actionable | 30 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/bencotta.it/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/bencotta.it/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=bencotta.it&force=1