# Carter Barnes On Paces: Agent-Direct Score F (35.4%)

Site: http://www.carterbarnes.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/carterbarnes.com
Scanned: 2026-10-22 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Carter Barnes On Paces is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Carter Barnes On Paces's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://carterbarnes.com/contact/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://carterbarnes.com/contact/
- Phone: +14048480047
- Address: 3220 Paces Ferry Pl NW, 30305, Atlanta

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Carter Barnes On Paces that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Hair Simulation Company (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/hairsimulation.com
- Sante Salon on Paces (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/santeatl.com
- Posh Petite Spa (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/poshpetitespa.com
- Permanent Makeup of Atlanta (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/permanentmakeupofatlanta.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+21.3 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:checking your browser). 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.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (HairSalon, BeautySalon or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.** (no points, but worth doing) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Carter Barnes On Paces",
  "url": "http://www.carterbarnes.com/",
  "telephone": "+14048480047",
  "address": "3220 Paces Ferry Pl NW, 30305, Atlanta",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 33.84262982,
    "longitude": -84.38212384
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://carterbarnes.com/contact/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

## Already right
- **Price list of services is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
624 of 906 in Atlanta hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 69% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 13% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 99% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 8% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 56% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Bella Medspa (F, 23 m, https://directindex.org/r/bellamedspaatl.com); The Hair Simulation Company (B, 32 m, https://directindex.org/r/hairsimulation.com); Sante Salon on Paces (B, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/santeatl.com); Flawless Skin Boutique (D, 40 m, https://directindex.org/r/flawless-skin-boutique.com); Zapien's Salon - Atlanta (D, 44 m, https://directindex.org/r/zapiensalons.com); Maria Heckscher Salon (F, 46 m, https://directindex.org/r/mhsalon.com); Posh Petite Spa (B, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/poshpetitespa.com); Kbarone Salon (F, 71 m, https://directindex.org/r/rt30autoinsurance.com); Permanent Makeup of Atlanta (B, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/permanentmakeupofatlanta.com); Hair By Lauren (C, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/hairbylauren.net).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "A haircut this Saturday afternoon, book it." (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (28% A or B, 145483 sites); This site 35.4%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "A haircut this Saturday afternoon, book it" in Atlanta hairdressers and beauty salons, October 2026
- "A haircut this Saturday afternoon, book it." (2026-10-18): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/atlanta-salons/recommended/haircut-saturday
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/carterbarnes.com.svg

## Businesses like Carter Barnes On Paces in Atlanta hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Atlanta hairdressers and beauty salons | 906 | 47% | 22% | 35.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Atlanta hairdressers and beauty salons | 185 | 58% | 23% | 35.4% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Atlanta hairdressers and beauty salons: Inspire Wellness & Aesthetics (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/inspirewellnessaesthetics.com); Lavish Nail Bar Buckhead (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/lavishnailbaratbuckhead.com); Allure Nail Spa (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/allurenailswestmidtown.com); La Nails (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/lalanailsknoxville.com); Midtown Nails (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/midtownnailatlanta.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business), the score would be about 89.7%. That would be 3rd of 906 in Atlanta hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 624th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Carter Barnes On Paces, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/carterbarnes.com
- Book: https://carterbarnes.com/contact/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-22, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://carterbarnes.com/contact/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +14048480047
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/carterbarnes.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/carterbarnes.com/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 challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/carterbarnes.com/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/carterbarnes.com/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=carterbarnes.com&force=1