# Headlines: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: http://www.hm.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hm.com
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The scanner couldn't reach Headlines's website on 2026-10-21 (challenge:access denied). Rescans are free.
AI assistants can't open Headlines's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: +441613366251
- Address: 235 Ashton Road, M34 3LR, Manchester

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Headlines that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Route 8 barbers in Asda Eastbourne Superstore. (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/route8barbershop.co.uk
- Derma Desire (610 m): https://directindex.org/r/dermadesire.co.uk
- Premier Aesthetic Clinic & Academy (890 m): https://directindex.org/r/booksolo.co
- Reborn Holistics and Beauty (1.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/rebornholistics.com

## What to fix first
- **The site couldn't be read at all.** There's a bot challenge in front of the site (challenge:access denied), so a plain fetch never gets to the page. A real browser tried too and got challenge:title.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
1503 of 1587 in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 95% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 9% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 99% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 14% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 61% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Stamford House (F, 144 m, https://directindex.org/r/stamfordhouse.com); Route 8 barbers in Asda Eastbourne Superstore. (C, 183 m, https://directindex.org/r/route8barbershop.co.uk); Derma Desire (B, 609 m, https://directindex.org/r/dermadesire.co.uk); Courtyard Care Limited (F, 693 m, https://directindex.org/r/swantoncare.com); Esteem Perfect Hair World (F, 705 m, https://directindex.org/r/rbs.co.uk); Studio 23 (D, 708 m, https://directindex.org/r/ents24.com); Tan Inn (C, 771 m, https://directindex.org/r/taninnaudenshaw.co.uk); Premier Aesthetic Clinic & Academy (C, 888 m, https://directindex.org/r/booksolo.co); Adore Beauty (D, 1307 m, https://directindex.org/r/adorebeauty.co.uk); Reborn Holistics and Beauty (D, 1916 m, https://directindex.org/r/rebornholistics.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.


## Businesses like Headlines in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons | 1587 | 50% | 22% | 0% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Manchester hairdressers and beauty salons: Dr Ed Robinson Aesthetics (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/dredrobinson.co.uk); MyAesthetics. (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/myaestheticsclinics.com); Body Contour Beauty (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bodycontouronline.com); Gladstone Barber & Bistro (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/gladstonebistro.co.uk); La Parisienne Beauty (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/laparisiennebeauty.uk).

This site appears in 2 cities (2 places on hm.com). https://directindex.org/brand/hm.com

## The direct record
What agents get for Headlines, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hm.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441613366251

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| 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/hm.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/hm.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=hm.com&force=1
