# Melanie's Beauty: Agent-Direct Score F (35.4%)

Site: http://www.melaniesbeauty.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/melaniesbeauty.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.)
Melanie's Beauty is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Melanie's Beauty's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://melaniesbeauty.com/book-now/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +447827806928
- Address: 13 Hamilton Pl, EH3 5BA, Edinburgh

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Melanie's Beauty that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Jasmin French (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/jasminfrench.co.uk
- Lisa V (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/lisav.co.uk
- Row66 (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/beyondbond.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:checking your browser). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

## 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": "Melanie's Beauty",
  "url": "http://www.melaniesbeauty.com/",
  "telephone": "+447827806928",
  "address": "13 Hamilton Pl, EH3 5BA, Edinburgh",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.95900991,
    "longitude": -3.20756414
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://melaniesbeauty.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

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

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 96% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 8% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 19% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 47% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Fior Health & Beauty (D, 1 m, https://directindex.org/r/fiorhealthandbeauty.co.uk); Jasmin French (C, 40 m, https://directindex.org/r/jasminfrench.co.uk); Lisa V (D, 86 m, https://directindex.org/r/lisav.co.uk); Vagabond (F, 129 m, https://directindex.org/r/vagabondmenshair.co.uk); The Salon on Glanville (D, 133 m, https://directindex.org/r/salonglanville.com); Row66 (D, 136 m, https://directindex.org/r/beyondbond.co.uk); Wave Hair Studio (F, 151 m, https://directindex.org/r/wavehairstudio.co.uk); Blank Barbershop (C, 153 m, https://directindex.org/r/blankbarbershop.co.uk); The Method (F, 161 m, https://directindex.org/r/themethodonline.com); Floatarium (F, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/edinburghfloatarium.co.uk).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "Eyebrow shaping and lashes before a wedding on Friday, book online." (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236086 sites); This site 35.4%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "Eyebrow shaping and lashes before a wedding on Friday, book online" in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons, October 2026
- "Eyebrow shaping and lashes before a wedding on Friday, book online." (2026-10-20): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/edinburgh-salons/recommended/brows-lashes
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/melaniesbeauty.com.svg

## Businesses like Melanie's Beauty in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons | 150 | 55% | 15% | 35.4% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons: Tanz Tanning (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/tanztanning.co.uk); Castle Thai Spa (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/castlethaispa.com); All About You (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/allaboutyouhealthandbeauty.com); Hair Transplant Edinburgh (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/hairtransplantedinburgh.org); Christina Mclean (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/christinamcleanpmu.co.uk).

## The direct record
What agents get for Melanie's Beauty, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/melaniesbeauty.com
- Book: https://melaniesbeauty.com/book-now/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +447827806928
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/melaniesbeauty.com/book
- 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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