# Marla's: Agent-Direct Score C (68.6%)

Site: https://www.marlashairstudio.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/marlashairstudio.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-19 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Marla's is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Marla's's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.marlashairstudio.ca/book-a-reservation/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +1-604-685-5610
- Address: 1212 Homer Street, Vancouver
- Hours, from marlashairstudio.ca: Mon 09:30–12:00, 12:00–17:00; Tue closed; Wed 09:30–12:00, 12:00–17:00; Thu–Fri 09:30–12:00, 12:00–18:30; Sat 09:00–12:00, 12:00–17:00; Sun closed
- Open on Saturday

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Marla's that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Beauty Vault Vancouver (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/beautyvaultvancouver.com
- Olecranon Registered Massage Therapy (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/janeapp.com
- DES Curl Spa Salon (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/descurlspasalon.ca
- MASC (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/shopmasc.com
- Top Knot (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/topknotbeautyroom.com

## What to fix first
- **No price list of services found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer and what does it cost?' from marketplaces and directories instead. Add a page that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.** (+3.7 points) 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
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

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: /
```

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

```
# Marla's

> hair salon in 1212 Homer Street, Vancouver, Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +1-604-685-5610.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.marlashairstudio.ca/book-a-reservation/ (on the business's own site)

## Opening hours

Mo,We 09:30-12:00,12:00-17:00; Th,Fr 09:30-12:00,12:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-12:00,12:00-17:00

## About

- Website: https://www.marlashairstudio.ca/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons.

| 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 | 24% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 12% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 44% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Yaletown Hair Studio (F, 12 m, https://directindex.org/r/yaletownhair.com); Farzad's Barber Shop (C, 13 m, https://directindex.org/r/farzadsbarbershop.com); Beauty Vault Vancouver (B, 15 m, https://directindex.org/r/beautyvaultvancouver.com); Olecranon Registered Massage Therapy (D, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/janeapp.com); DES Curl Spa Salon (C, 47 m, https://directindex.org/r/descurlspasalon.ca); MASC (F, 49 m, https://directindex.org/r/shopmasc.com); The Glamoury (C, 51 m, https://directindex.org/r/theglamoury.com); Opus Salon (C, 55 m, https://directindex.org/r/opussalon.com); Top Knot (B, 56 m, https://directindex.org/r/topknotbeautyroom.com); All4One Barbershop & Beauty Salon (D, 60 m, https://directindex.org/r/all4onebarbershops.ca).

## 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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons and named 61 places. Marla's wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/vancouver-salons/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236086 sites); This site 68.6%.

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

## Businesses like Marla's in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 311 | 58% | 22% | 68.6% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons: Sassy Nails (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/sassynails.ca); Girlfriends Brow Bar (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/gfbrowbar.ca); Hype Hair Studio (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/hypehairstudio.com); Spice Beauty Bar (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/spicebeautybar.com); Vida Spa (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/vidaspas.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Marla's, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/marlashairstudio.ca
- Book: https://www.marlashairstudio.ca/book-a-reservation/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo,We 09:30-12:00,12:00-17:00; Th,Fr 09:30-12:00,12:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-12:00,12:00-17:00 (closed now) (from marlashairstudio.ca)
- Phone: +1-604-685-5610
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/marlashairstudio.ca/book

## 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 14.6 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 2 of 5, Bot-Aware. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/marlashairstudio.ca
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- 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/marlashairstudio.ca/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/marlashairstudio.ca/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=marlashairstudio.ca&force=1