The Direct Index
Report · Hamilton · scanned 2026-11-12

Saltlick Smokehouse

saltlick.ca is partly visible to agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.

MenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Saltlick Smokehouse directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-12. Report a mistake

282 James Street North · +13659250175

Its menu mentions: a lunch or set menu · Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

Nearby, also direct

Places near Saltlick Smokehouse that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Saltlick Smokehouse's website. It can read what Saltlick Smokehouse offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through tbdine.com.

60%

39 of 65 points available

0/5

agent-readiness level, Not Ready

4

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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 22 everyday questions about Hamilton and named 85 places. Saltlick Smokehouse wasn't one of them. See who was named →

Where it stands

How Saltlick Smokehouse compares

Where it stands

274 of 548 in Hamilton

Top 50% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Momo Chowmein C, Mr. Dumpling Express C. Just below: The Brown Barrel Eatery C, Swiss Chalet C.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%no
Publish the menu or price list as HTML96%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)98%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours52%no
Have an llms.txt43%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites using Uber Eats 2,452 sites61%32%60%

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Chicken Plus korean, fried_chicken454 mAyes
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Businesses like yours

Businesses like Saltlick Smokehouse in Hamilton

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Hamilton54856%35%60%
Sites using Uber Eats in Hamilton1261%25%60%

After the top fixes

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party; Ordering only through ubereats), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 548 in Hamilton.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. No structured data for the business +14 points

    Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it

  2. Booking through an unrecognised third party +9 points

    Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. How to fix it

  3. Ordering only through ubereats +9 points

    Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. How to fix it About this vendor

  4. 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. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Hamilton. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

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.
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.

Builder: unknown · menu page /menu/: nothing new · What to paste

Owners

Own this business?

Claiming is free and takes one email to confirm. Then you can correct what assistants are told, and you get a message only when the score changes.

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

The direct record agents get for this business, the rails an agent could transact through, and the agent standards the site publishes. Show the details