# Dawson Salon: Agent-Direct Score B (81.5%)

Site: https://www.dawsonseattle.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/dawsonseattle.com
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Dawson Salon is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.vagaro.com/dawsonsalon/gift-certificates (through vagaro acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.dawsonseattle.com/new-page-1
- Phone: +1-206-324-5274

## What to fix first
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BeautySalon",
  "name": "Dawson Salon",
  "url": "https://www.dawsonseattle.com",
  "telephone": "+1-206-324-5274",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Broadway East 715",
    "postalCode": "98102",
    "addressLocality": "Seattle"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.625479,
    "longitude": -122.3214835
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.vagaro.com/dawsonsalon/gift-certificates",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Dawson Salon

> beauty salon in Broadway East 715 98102 Seattle, Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +1-206-324-5274.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.vagaro.com/dawsonsalon/gift-certificates (through vagaro acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.dawsonseattle.com/new-page-1

## Opening hours

Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00

## About

- Website: https://www.dawsonseattle.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, opening hours
- **Price list of services is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Appointments through vagaro on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Vagaro lets agents act only through its partners.** Vagaro's user agreement (September 2025), section 3, bars robots, data mining and any software that interacts with the services without prior written consent; Google names Vagaro as an AI Mode agentic booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.vagaro.com/pro/user-agreement. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (C then)
- Fixed: No booking or ordering path at all
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
9 of 300 in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 3% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 29% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 16% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 6% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Massage Sanctuary (C, 20 m, https://directindex.org/r/themassagesanctuary.com); Dreamscape Massage (D, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/dreamscapemassage.com); Kismet (C, 223 m, https://directindex.org/r/salonkismet.com); Hardware (F, 312 m, https://directindex.org/r/hardwaresalon.com); Om Threading Salon (D, 317 m, https://directindex.org/r/omthreadingsalons.com); Buckhorn Barbershop (B, 426 m, https://directindex.org/r/buckhorn.love); Industry Salon (D, 501 m, https://directindex.org/r/industry-salon.com); Sankofa Boutique (D, 551 m, https://directindex.org/r/sankofaboutique.com); Apollo Nails & Spa (B, 661 m, https://directindex.org/r/apollonailsandspa.com); ONE Bodyworx (B, 677 m, https://directindex.org/r/onebodyworx.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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 66%, 2026-10-15 82%.

Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); Sites using Vagaro 62% (24% A or B, 59 sites); This site 81.5%.

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

## Businesses like Dawson Salon in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons | 300 | 46% | 17% | 81.5% |
| Built with Squarespace in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons | 81 | 65% | 41% | 81.5% |
| Using Vagaro in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons | 21 | 63% | 29% | 81.5% |
| Built with Squarespace and using Vagaro in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons | 13 | 66% | 38% | 81.5% |

The best of Built with Squarespace and using Vagaro in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons: Opal Nail Studio (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/opalnailstudio.com); Filament (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/salonfilament.com); In Bloom (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/inbloom101.com); Arrow Beauty (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/arrowhairandbeauty.com); Beaüty Crüe (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/beautycrue.com).

With the two fixes above (Almost no text without JavaScript; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 87.7%: first of 300 in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Dawson Salon, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/dawsonseattle.com
- Book: https://www.vagaro.com/dawsonsalon/gift-certificates (vendor on own site: Vagaro; found by the scan of 2026-10-15, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.dawsonseattle.com/new-page-1 (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-206-324-5274
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/dawsonseattle.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/dawsonseattle.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 by AI agents).

## 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, Vagaro: Partners only. Vagaro's user agreement (September 2025), section 3, bars robots, data mining and any software that interacts with the services without prior written consent; Google names Vagaro as an AI Mode agentic booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.vagaro.com/pro/user-agreement

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/dawsonseattle.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- 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/dawsonseattle.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=dawsonseattle.com&force=1