# The Back Page: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: https://the-back-page.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/onthebackpage.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Back Page is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.onthebackpage.com/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.onthebackpage.com/menu
- Phone: +353 1 535 5941

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (no points, still worth doing) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Back Page",
  "url": "https://the-back-page.com/",
  "telephone": "+353 1 535 5941",
  "email": "info@the-back-page.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Phibsborough Road 199",
    "postalCode": "D07 A0X2",
    "addressLocality": "Dublin"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.3585193,
    "longitude": -6.2729595
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 12:00-01:00; Sa,Su 10:00-00:00; PH off",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "01:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "00:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "pizza",
    "burger"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.onthebackpage.com/bookings",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.onthebackpage.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.onthebackpage.com/bookings",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Back Page

> bar or pub (pizza, burger) in Phibsborough Road 199 D07 A0X2 Dublin, Dublin cafes and bars. Phone +353 1 535 5941.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.onthebackpage.com/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.onthebackpage.com/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 12:00-01:00; Sa,Su 10:00-00:00; PH off

## About

- Website: https://the-back-page.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
63 of 365 in Dublin cafes and bars. Top 17% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 97% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 86% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 92% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 35% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: The Bakehouse (A, 1467 m, https://directindex.org/r/bakehousedublin.ie); Lundy Foot’s (A, 1547 m, https://directindex.org/r/lundyfoots.ie); Bad Bob's (B, 1569 m, https://directindex.org/r/badbobs.ie); The Cat and Cage (A, 1927 m, https://directindex.org/r/catandcage.ie); Tapped (A, 1960 m, https://directindex.org/r/tappeddublin.com); The Hairy Lemon (B, 2010 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehairylemon.ie); Kennedy's (B, 2342 m, https://directindex.org/r/kennedyspub.ie).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); This site 73.8%.

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

## Businesses like The Back Page in Dublin cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Dublin cafes and bars | 365 | 50% | 26% | 73.8% |
| Built with Squarespace in Dublin cafes and bars | 48 | 67% | 40% | 73.8% |

The best of Built with Squarespace in Dublin cafes and bars: Urban Brewing (A 97.5%, https://directindex.org/r/urbanbrewing.ie); Molloy’s (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/molloysdublin.com); Horse Show House (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/horseshowhouse.ie); Tapped (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/tappeddublin.com); The Porterhouse (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theporterhouse.ie).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business) the score would be about 95.4%: 6th of 365 in Dublin cafes and bars, up from 63rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Back Page, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/onthebackpage.com
- Book: https://www.onthebackpage.com/bookings (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.onthebackpage.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-01:00; Sa,Su 10:00-00:00; PH off (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +353 1 535 5941
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/onthebackpage.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/onthebackpage.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 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/onthebackpage.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: 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: 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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/onthebackpage.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=onthebackpage.com&force=1