# The Paper Duck: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: https://www.thepaperduck.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thepaperduck.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Paper Duck's website could not be reached by the scanner on 2026-10-14 (challenge:attention required). Rescans are free.
AI assistants cannot open the website of The Paper Duck, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## What to fix first
- **The site could not be read at all.** A bot challenge stands in front of the site (challenge:attention required); a plain fetch never reaches the page.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (D then)
- Fixed: The server turned AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data was incomplete; No booking or ordering path at all
- New: The site could not be read at all

## Where it stands
186 of 190 in Birmingham cafes and bars. Top 98% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 95% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 84% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 84% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 5% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Plough Harborne (B, 345 m, https://directindex.org/r/theploughharborne.co.uk); The Old House At Home (A, 1310 m, https://directindex.org/r/greeneking.co.uk); Seattle's Best Coffee (C, 1510 m, https://directindex.org/r/birmingham.ac.uk); Hey Brew Espresso (B, 1818 m, https://directindex.org/r/heybrew.co.uk); The Highfield (C, 2015 m, https://directindex.org/r/peachpubs.com); Village Kitchen (F, 2124 m, https://directindex.org/r/villagekitchen.online); 1000 Trades On The Park (C, 2131 m, https://directindex.org/r/1000tradesonthepark.org.uk); The Bear and Staff (F, 2324 m, https://directindex.org/r/marstonspubs.co.uk); Sliced 'n' Diced (D, 2340 m, https://directindex.org/r/slicedndiced.uk); Cafe Craft (C, 2373 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafecraft.co.uk).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

## Businesses like The Paper Duck in Birmingham cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars | 190 | 49% | 22% | 0% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars: Vagabond Wines (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/vagabondwines.co.uk); Centenary Coffee & Co (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/centenarylounge.com); Be at One (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/beatone.co.uk); Dirty Martini (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/dirtymartini.co.uk); Nortons (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/nortonsdigbeth.com).

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| 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/thepaperduck.co.uk/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thepaperduck.co.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=thepaperduck.co.uk&force=1