# Shan Shan: Agent-Direct Score D (45.1%)

Site: http://www.shanshan.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shanshan.co.uk
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.)
Shan Shan is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Shan Shan's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Phone: 01617907255
- Address: 79 Sale Lane, Tyldesley, M29 8NQ, Manchester

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Shan Shan that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Mayhap Coffee (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/mayhapcoffee.co.uk
- Boundary Stone (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/boundarystonepub.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows +1 781-281-9475, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists 01617907255. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## 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": "Shan Shan",
  "url": "http://www.shanshan.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "01617907255",
  "address": "79 Sale Lane, Tyldesley, M29 8NQ, Manchester",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.5140536,
    "longitude": -2.4427507
  }
}
</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

## Where it stands
738 of 1311 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 56% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 87% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 28% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: The Gatehouse Tyldesley (C, 578 m, https://directindex.org/r/gatehousetyldesley.co.uk); Rosso Bianco (C, 966 m, https://directindex.org/r/rossobianco.co.uk); Inspire Cafe (F, 1345 m, https://directindex.org/r/tkjtutoracademy.co.uk); The Real Bean Coffee Co (F, 1420 m, https://directindex.org/r/realbean.co.uk); Merly's Tearoom (D, 1450 m, https://directindex.org/r/damhouse.net); The Bull's Head (C, 1524 m, https://directindex.org/r/emberinns.co.uk); Mayhap Coffee (B, 1659 m, https://directindex.org/r/mayhapcoffee.co.uk); Hop and Hazlewood (F, 1736 m, https://directindex.org/r/hopandhazlewood.com); The Half Moon (F, 1835 m, https://directindex.org/r/halfmooncuxham.co.uk); Boundary Stone (A, 1838 m, https://directindex.org/r/boundarystonepub.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.


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/shanshan.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like Shan Shan in Manchester cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1311 | 49% | 23% | 45.1% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars: Pink Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pinkcafe.co.uk); Popworld (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/popworldparty.co.uk); The Waldorf (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/greatlocalpubs.co.uk); Stamford Arms (A 98.5%, https://directindex.org/r/stamfordarmsstalybridge.co.uk); Darts 59 (A 96.9%, https://directindex.org/r/bar59ashton.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; No menu or price list found; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 86.2%. That would be 50th of 1,311 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 738th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Shan Shan, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/shanshan.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 01617907255

## 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 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/shanshan.co.uk
- 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: yes
- 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/shanshan.co.uk/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/shanshan.co.uk/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=shanshan.co.uk&force=1