The Red Lion
theredlionbirmingham.com is hard for agents to use.
Menu: theredlionbirmingham.com/
Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 46% → 46%
See what an AI agent reads on this site →
30 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things to fix
Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.
Since the scan of 2026-10-14: no change in the findings.
What to fix first
- No booking or ordering path at all +15 points
Agents have nothing to act on. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. How to fix it
- The server turns AI crawlers away at the door +10 points
Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. How to fix it
- Structured data is incomplete +7 points
Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. How to fix it
No one is listed yet to fix this in Birmingham cafes and bars. List your agency or yourself: free, reviewed by hand.
Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- Structured data present (Organization) but without address, phone or hours
- Menu or price list with prices on the page Agents can read items and prices directly.
Builder: unknown · Front: cloudflare · Cloudflare in front; AI crawlers blocked at the edge
What to paste
Filled from the business's own record and this scan. Check every line before it goes live; where it goes on your builder is in the guides.
Structured data (JSON-LD)
One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong. Guide.
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "BarOrPub",
"name": "The Red Lion",
"url": "http://www.theredlionbirmingham.com/",
"address": {
"@type": "PostalAddress",
"streetAddress": "Warstone Lane 95",
"postalCode": "B18 6NG",
"addressLocality": "Birmingham"
},
"geo": {
"@type": "GeoCoordinates",
"latitude": 52.4868798,
"longitude": -1.9158187
},
"hasMenu": "https://theredlionbirmingham.com/"
}
</script>
119 of 228 in Birmingham cafes and bars
Top 52% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Gorilla Coffee Cafe D, The Paper Duck D. Just below: Tim Hortons D, O'Neill's New Street D.
| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 96% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 74% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 87% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 43% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | yes |
The top tenth is the 23 best-scoring reachable sites of the index at the last refresh.
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Coffee Company coffee_shop | 290 m | F | no |
| The Jewellers Arms | 425 m | D | no |
| The Rolling Mill | 516 m | B | yes |
| grounded. St Paul's coffee_shop | 714 m | C | yes |
| Queens Arms | 720 m | C | no |
| Saint Kitchen | 755 m | B | yes |
| The Flapper | 760 m | C | no |
| Hen & Chickens curry, indian | 919 m | C | yes |
| All Bar One | 968 m | D | no |
| Pitcher & Piano british | 991 m | F | no |
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence
The standards an agent looks for before it reads a page, on the same criteria as Cloudflare's Agent Readiness scan. Not part of the score; each missing item links to a how-to. Cloudflare's report.
| Link headers on the homepage | no how |
| sitemap.xml | yes |
| AI bot rules in robots.txt | yes |
| Content Signals in robots.txt | no how |
| Markdown on Accept: text/markdown | no how |
| llms.txt | yes |
| API catalog (RFC 9727) | no how |
| MCP server card | no how |
| A2A agent card | no how |
| Agent Skills index | no how |
| OAuth or OIDC discovery | no how |
| OAuth protected resource metadata | no how |
| auth.md | no how |
| Web Bot Auth key directory | no how |
| ARD capability manifest | no how |
| DNS-AID records | no how |
| WebMCP tools on the page | no how |
| JSON-LD for the business | yes |
What assistants answer
Each assistant is asked three questions about this business: the official website, where to book, where to order. The cell says where the answer sent people.
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.
Show the score
Owners who score well embed the badge; it links back here and updates with every scan.
<a href="https://directindex.org/r/theredlionbirmingham.com"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/theredlionbirmingham.com.svg" alt="Agent-Direct Score D" width="236" height="40"></a>
Own this business?
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