# Dr. Paul Markel, Dds: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%) Site: http://www.paulmarkeldds.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/paulmarkeldds.com Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Dr. Paul Markel, Dds is hard for agents to use. An AI assistant can open Dr. Paul Markel, Dds'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, through Zocdoc. ## Direct links - Book directly: https://www.zocdoc.com/practice/downtown-dental-2552?lock=true&iframedReferrer=NONE-(iFramed)&host=paulmarkeldds.com (through zocdoc acting for the business) - Phone: 17183825757 - Address: 2121 Avenue Z, 11235-2811, Brooklyn ## Nearby, also direct Places near Dr. Paul Markel, Dds that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Lice Free Noggins - Lice Removal (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/licefreenoggins.com - New York Institute of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/nyioms.com - Ophthalmology Associates of Bay Ridge (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/bayridgeeyes.com - Empire Retina Consultants (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/empireretina.com - The Brooklyn Dental Center (200 m): https://directindex.org/r/ismilebrooklyn.com ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Dentist, MedicalClinic, Physiotherapy or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **No list of services and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they treat and what does it cost?' from 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 - **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript - **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 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Dr. Paul Markel, Dds > local business in 2121 Avenue Z, 11235-2811, Brooklyn, New York dentists, clinics and vets. Phone 17183825757. ## Book or order directly - Book: https://www.zocdoc.com/practice/downtown-dental-2552?lock=true&iframedReferrer=NONE-(iFramed)&host=paulmarkeldds.com (through zocdoc acting for the business) ## About - Website: http://www.paulmarkeldds.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. - **Appointments through zocdoc on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours. ## Where it stands 3325 of 6404 in New York dentists, clinics and vets. Top 52% 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 | 98% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 5% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 31% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 37% | no | Nearest places in the index: Lice Free Noggins - Lice Removal (B, 129 m, https://directindex.org/r/licefreenoggins.com); New York Institute of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (B, 139 m, https://directindex.org/r/nyioms.com); Ophthalmology Associates of Bay Ridge (C, 190 m, https://directindex.org/r/bayridgeeyes.com); Empire Retina Consultants (C, 192 m, https://directindex.org/r/empireretina.com); The Brooklyn Dental Center (C, 204 m, https://directindex.org/r/ismilebrooklyn.com); Inessa Safarov DMD (C, 238 m, https://directindex.org/r/renewdentalspa.com); Liberty Hearing Centers (B, 284 m, https://directindex.org/r/libertyhearingcenters.com); NY Center (C, 293 m, https://directindex.org/r/nycent.com); Luxury Dental PC - Dentist in Brooklyn (C, 344 m, https://directindex.org/r/luxurydentalny.com); Children's Dental Clinic Brooklyn (D, 400 m, https://directindex.org/r/luxden.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 using Zocdoc 48% (2% A or B, 627 sites); This site 50.8%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/paulmarkeldds.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Dr. Paul Markel, Dds in New York dentists, clinics and vets | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in New York dentists, clinics and vets | 6404 | 49% | 19% | 50.8% | | Sites using Zocdoc in New York dentists, clinics and vets | 323 | 48% | 2% | 50.8% | The best of the sites using Zocdoc in New York dentists, clinics and vets: Cosmetic Dentistry NY- Dr. Viviane Trinh - Dentist (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/cosmeticdentistryny.com); London Terrace Psychiatry (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/londonterracepsychiatry.com); Smile Cafe Dental Spa (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/smilecafeny.com); Dr. Shawn Yunayev - OB-GYN (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/belladonnamd.com); Carroll Gardens Pediatric Dentistry (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/carrollgardenspediatricdentistry.com). With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; No list of services and prices found; Almost no text without JavaScript), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 12th of 6,404 in New York dentists, clinics and vets, up from 3325th. ## The direct record What agents get for Dr. Paul Markel, Dds, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/paulmarkeldds.com - Book: https://www.zocdoc.com/practice/downtown-dental-2552?lock=true&iframedReferrer=NONE-(iFramed)&host=paulmarkeldds.com (vendor on own site: Zocdoc; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested) - Order: none on record - Menu: none on record - Hours: none on record - Phone: 17183825757 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/paulmarkeldds.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 - Vendor terms for agents, Zocdoc: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 23 | 25 | | Readable | 0 | 25 | | Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/paulmarkeldds.com - Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md) - sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md) - AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md) - 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: yes - WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md) - JSON-LD for the business: no Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/paulmarkeldds.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/paulmarkeldds.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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=paulmarkeldds.com&force=1