# Hershesons Blow Dry Bar: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.hershesons.com/blow-dry-bars/harvey-nichols-london-blow-dry-bar/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hershesons.com
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Hershesons Blow Dry Bar is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Hershesons Blow Dry Bar's website. It can read what Hershesons Blow Dry Bar offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.hershesons.com/pages/stores (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.hershesons.com/pages/blow-dry-bar-menu
- Phone: 020 7259 4410
- Address: 109-125 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7RJ, London
- Prices: 11 prices on the site, the middle one £60.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Hershesons Blow Dry Bar that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Knightsbridge Advanced Beauty (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/knightsbridgeadvancedbeauty.co.uk
- Pietro Simone Skincare (390 m): https://directindex.org/r/pietrosimone.com
- Omniya Clinic (520 m): https://directindex.org/r/omniya.co.uk
- Neville (520 m): https://directindex.org/r/nevillehairandbeauty.net
- Sanrizz (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/sanrizz.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **11 prices on the landing page, the middle one £60.00.** In London, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £47.00.

## 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": "Organization",
  "name": "Hershesons Blow Dry Bar",
  "url": "https://www.hershesons.com/blow-dry-bars/harvey-nichols-london-blow-dry-bar/",
  "telephone": "020 7259 4410",
  "address": "109-125 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7RJ, London",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.501662816251795,
    "longitude": -0.15977242004488523
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.hershesons.com/pages/stores",
        "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 (Organization).** address
- **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
35 of 6060 in London hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 1% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 11% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 22% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 58% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: London Tanning & Beauty (F, 166 m, https://directindex.org/r/londontanningandbeauty.co.uk); Knightsbridge Advanced Beauty (C, 217 m, https://directindex.org/r/knightsbridgeadvancedbeauty.co.uk); Urban Retreat (F, 271 m, https://directindex.org/r/urbanretreat.co.uk); Pietro Simone Skincare (C, 390 m, https://directindex.org/r/pietrosimone.com); Omniya Clinic (A, 519 m, https://directindex.org/r/omniya.co.uk); Neville (A, 522 m, https://directindex.org/r/nevillehairandbeauty.net); Sanrizz (C, 533 m, https://directindex.org/r/sanrizz.co.uk); Hair Science Institute (B, 534 m, https://directindex.org/r/hasci.com); Derma Medica (D, 546 m, https://directindex.org/r/dermamedica.co.uk); EMK London Clinic (D, 561 m, https://directindex.org/r/emkcare.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 Shopify 48% (26% A or B, 7656 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Hershesons Blow Dry Bar in London hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in London hairdressers and beauty salons | 6060 | 51% | 26% | 87.7% |
| Sites built with Shopify in London hairdressers and beauty salons | 242 | 58% | 42% | 87.7% |

The best of the sites built with Shopify in London hairdressers and beauty salons: Cosmetics a la Carte Beauty Boutique (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/cosmeticsalacarte.com); Beauty Forever Cosmetics (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/bfcosmetics.co.uk); Centini Blowdry Bar (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/myblowdrybar.co.uk); Elemental Herbology (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/elementalherbology.com); Enry Iggins (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/salonshelf.co.uk).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 6,060 in London hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hershesons Blow Dry Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hershesons.com
- Book: https://www.hershesons.com/pages/stores (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.hershesons.com/pages/blow-dry-bar-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 020 7259 4410
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hershesons.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/hershesons.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 | 17 | 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/hershesons.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: yes
- 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: 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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