# Elie Tanous: Agent-Direct Score B (83.1%)

Site: https://www.elietanous.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elietanous.com
Scanned: 2026-10-20 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Elie Tanous is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Elie Tanous's website. What Elie Tanous offers is on another site. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.elietanous.com/book-now (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +1-212-804-8864
- Address: West 79th Street 226 New York
- Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one $38.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Elie Tanous that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Tmbarbershopofficial (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/topmanbarbershop.com
- Laura Braunstein Hair Studio (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/laurabraunstein.com
- The House of Beauty (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/thehouseofbeautynyc.com
- Smith and Morgan Salon (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/smithandmorgansalon.com

## What to fix first
- **Price list of services is on another site.** (+5 points) The link goes to booker.com, so that site gets the credit and the visits. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows 2014897300, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +1-212-804-8864. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **3 prices on the landing page, the middle one $38.00.** In New York, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $79.00.

## 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": "HairSalon",
  "name": "Elie Tanous",
  "url": "https://www.elietanous.com",
  "telephone": "+1-212-804-8864",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "West 79th Street 226",
    "addressLocality": "New York"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7834093,
    "longitude": -73.9795424
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.elietanous.com/book-now",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
150 of 5003 in New York hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 3% 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 | 20% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 18% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 48% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Devachan Salon (C, 12 m, https://directindex.org/r/devacurl.com); Mai Hair Salon (C, 33 m, https://directindex.org/r/maisalonnyc.com); COLORVAT NYC - Exclusive Nail Studio (F, 43 m, https://directindex.org/r/colorvat.com); City Brows (F, 57 m, https://directindex.org/r/citybrows.com); Tmbarbershopofficial (D, 61 m, https://directindex.org/r/topmanbarbershop.com); Laura Braunstein Hair Studio (A, 100 m, https://directindex.org/r/laurabraunstein.com); The House of Beauty (F, 112 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehouseofbeautynyc.com); Beauty Life Hair Color Studio (D, 133 m, https://directindex.org/r/beautylifehair.com); PHS (D, 134 m, https://directindex.org/r/phs.hair); Smith and Morgan Salon (C, 134 m, https://directindex.org/r/smithandmorgansalon.com).

## 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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 54% (31% A or B, 42583 sites); This site 83.1%.

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

## Businesses like Elie Tanous in New York hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 5003 | 48% | 19% | 83.1% |
| Sites built with Wix in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 542 | 63% | 40% | 83.1% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in New York hairdressers and beauty salons: Honey Dipped Nail Designs Llc (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/honeydippednaildesigns.com); LING Spa NYC (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/lingspa.com); LaVeli Salon (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/lavelisalon.com); Massage Therapy by Eddie (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/therapybyeddie.com); Simply Therapeutic (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/stmassages.com).

With the two fixes above (Price list of services is on another site; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 5,003 in New York hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Elie Tanous, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elietanous.com
- Book: https://www.elietanous.com/book-now (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-20, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://go.booker.com/location/ElieTanoussalon/service-menu (external; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-212-804-8864
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elietanous.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/elietanous.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): yes
- 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 14 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/elietanous.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: yes
- 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

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