# Ottawa Tours: Agent-Direct Score F (35.4%)

Site: https://ottawa-tours.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ottawa-tours.com
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.)
Ottawa Tours is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Ottawa Tours's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.ottawa-tours.com/pages/ottawa-tourist-discounts-golden-pass (on the business's own site)

## What to fix first
- Prices: 5 prices on the site, the middle one CA$80.50
- Languages: English, French

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **5 prices on the landing page, the middle one CA$80.50.** 

- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). 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 tickets and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what does it cost and when?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with tickets, times 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": "Ottawa Tours",
  "url": "https://ottawa-tours.com/",
  "address": "74 George St, K1N 5W1, Ottawa",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 45.42638919392852,
    "longitude": -75.68880645615178
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.ottawa-tours.com/pages/ottawa-tourist-discounts-golden-pass",
        "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.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Tickets on your own site.** Agents can buy tickets without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
161 of 239 in Ottawa tours, attractions and museums. Top 67% 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 | 88% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 20% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 12% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 24% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Arthaus (F, 69 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafescent.net); Iberica Travel (F, 195 m, https://directindex.org/r/ibericatravel.com); UTracks (C, 291 m, https://directindex.org/r/utracks.com); King Edward Avenue (C, 298 m, https://directindex.org/r/nouvellescene.com); Byward Market Building (D, 313 m, https://directindex.org/r/bywardmarketsquare.com); Ottawa Tasting Tours (C, 323 m, https://directindex.org/r/ottawatastingtours.com); Ottawa Hot Air (C, 376 m, https://directindex.org/r/ottawahotair.ca); THEO Ottawa (C, 404 m, https://directindex.org/r/canadianstudentliving.com); Escape Manor 41 York Street (A, 446 m, https://directindex.org/r/escapemanor.com); Rideau Canal Cruises (F, 450 m, https://directindex.org/r/rideaucanalcruises.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 46% (24% A or B, 3402 sites); This site 35.4%.

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

## Businesses like Ottawa Tours in Ottawa tours, attractions and museums

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Ottawa tours, attractions and museums | 239 | 42% | 10% | 35.4% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Ottawa tours, attractions and museums | 3 | 45% | 0% | 35.4% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Ottawa tours, attractions and museums: Escape Manor 41 York Street (A 96.9%, https://directindex.org/r/escapemanor.com); Musée de la Banque du Canada (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/museedelabanqueducanada.ca); CAA Stittsville (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/caaneo.ca); Maritime Travel (B 81.3%, https://directindex.org/r/maritimetravel.ca); Ottawa Travel and Cruise Center (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/ottawatravel-cruise.ca).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete; No tickets and prices found), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 2nd of 239 in Ottawa tours, attractions and museums, up from 161st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ottawa Tours, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ottawa-tours.com
- Book: https://www.ottawa-tours.com/pages/ottawa-tourist-discounts-golden-pass (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ottawa-tours.com/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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); 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/ottawa-tours.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/ottawa-tours.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=ottawa-tours.com&force=1