# Bloom Dental: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%)

Site: https://www.bloomdentalofarlington.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bloomdentalofarlington.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Bloom Dental is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Phone: (703) 243-3600

## What to fix first
- **Appointments only through zocdoc.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No list of services and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they treat and what does it cost' from directories instead. Add a page with services and prices as text and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Bloom Dental

> dentist in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets. Phone (703) 243-3600.

## About

- Website: https://www.bloomdentalofarlington.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours

## Where it stands
14 of 145 in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets. Top 10% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 80% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 7% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 87% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 60% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 27% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Gentle Care Dentists (D, 107 m, https://directindex.org/r/gentlecaredentists.com); Virginia Dental Care (D, 233 m, https://directindex.org/r/vadentalcare.com); Inova General Internal Medicine Group - Ballston (D, 351 m, https://directindex.org/r/inova.org); Fairfax Radiology Center of Ballston (C, 357 m, https://directindex.org/r/fairfaxradiology.com); Allergy Partners of Metro DC (C, 375 m, https://directindex.org/r/allergypartners.com); Airrosti Ballston Muscle & Joint Pain Clinic (C, 375 m, https://directindex.org/r/airrosti.com); Northern Virginia Endodontic Associates (D, 379 m, https://directindex.org/r/northernvirginiaendo.com); Metropolitan Pediatrics (C, 495 m, https://directindex.org/r/metropolitanpeds.com); Washington Radiology (D, 498 m, https://directindex.org/r/washingtonradiology.com); Arlington Dental Excellence (D, 499 m, https://directindex.org/r/arlingtondentistva.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); Sites using Zocdoc 55% (7% A or B, 27 sites); This site 66.2%.

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

## Businesses like Bloom Dental in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets | 145 | 37% | 8% | 66.2% |
| Built with WordPress in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets | 48 | 53% | 8% | 66.2% |
| Using Zocdoc in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets | 2 | 68% | 0% | 66.2% |
| Built with WordPress and using Zocdoc in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets | 2 | 68% | 0% | 66.2% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets: Children's Dentistry of Arlington (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/smilezdoc.com); The West Institute Chevy Chase (B 73.4%, https://directindex.org/r/westskinlaser.com); Capitol Hill Dental Arts (B 70%, https://directindex.org/r/capitolhilldentalarts.com); Ever/Body Logan Circle (B 70%, https://directindex.org/r/everbody.com); Sunshine Smiles Dental Care (C 69.2%, https://directindex.org/r/sunshinesmilesdentalcare.com).

With the two fixes above (Appointments only through zocdoc; No list of services and prices found) the score would be about 95.4%: first of 145 in Washington, DC dentists, clinics and vets.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bloom Dental, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bloomdentalofarlington.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (703) 243-3600

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

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/bloomdentalofarlington.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/bloomdentalofarlington.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=bloomdentalofarlington.com&force=1