# The Albany: Agent-Direct Score F (21.5%)

Site: http://www.thealbanypub.co.nz/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thealbanypub.co.nz
Scanned: 2026-10-22 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Albany is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open The Albany's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://thealbanypub.co.nz/menu
- Phone: +6494159515
- Address: 276 Dairy Flat Hwy, 0632, Auckland

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Albany that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Thai Rainforest Restaurant (430 m): https://directindex.org/r/thairainforest.co.nz
- Indian Valley Restaurant (580 m): https://directindex.org/r/indianvalleyrestaurant.co.nz
- Brazilian Café & Bistro (690 m): https://directindex.org/r/braziliancafe.co.nz
- Gao Asian Fusion (690 m): https://directindex.org/r/gao.restaurant
- The Flying Burrito Brothers (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/flyingburritobrothers.co.nz

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). 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
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "The Albany",
  "url": "http://www.thealbanypub.co.nz/",
  "telephone": "+6494159515",
  "address": "276 Dairy Flat Hwy, 0632, Auckland",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -36.72224534,
    "longitude": 174.69196975
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
1077 of 1155 in Auckland. Top 93% 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 | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 43% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Thai Rainforest Restaurant (B, 426 m, https://directindex.org/r/thairainforest.co.nz); Indian Valley Restaurant (C, 580 m, https://directindex.org/r/indianvalleyrestaurant.co.nz); Brazilian Café & Bistro (A, 689 m, https://directindex.org/r/braziliancafe.co.nz); Gao Asian Fusion (B, 694 m, https://directindex.org/r/gao.restaurant); The Flying Burrito Brothers (A, 1144 m, https://directindex.org/r/flyingburritobrothers.co.nz); Daikoku Albany (B, 1165 m, https://directindex.org/r/daikoku.co.nz); LITTLE SHEEP (D, 1174 m, https://directindex.org/r/littlesheep.com); Katsubi (A, 1639 m, https://directindex.org/r/katsubi.co.nz); The Merchant Pub Co. (A, 1668 m, https://directindex.org/r/merchantpub.co.nz); Mama Loco (A, 1693 m, https://directindex.org/r/mamaloco.co.nz).

## 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.

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about Auckland and named 103 places. The Albany wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/auckland/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 35% (9% A or B, 7569 sites); This site 21.5%.

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

## Businesses like The Albany in Auckland

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Auckland | 1155 | 59% | 38% | 21.5% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Auckland | 13 | 39% | 0% | 21.5% |

The best of the sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Auckland: Pizza Twist (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/pizzatwist.com); Taco Amaiz (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/tacoamaiz.com); Bombay Spice Star Takeaway (D 52.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bombayspice.co.nz); Namaste Delhi (D 47.7%, https://directindex.org/r/namastedelhinz.com); Queen's Kebabs (D 46.2%, https://directindex.org/r/queenskebabs.co.nz).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 20th of 1,155 in Auckland, up from 1077th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Albany, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thealbanypub.co.nz
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thealbanypub.co.nz/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +6494159515
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thealbanypub.co.nz/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): 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 TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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: no

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