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title: What an AI agent reads on Banh Mi Aha · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/thetimes.com/agent-view?format=md
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# What an AI agent reads on Banh Mi Aha

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. Below is what it gets from [thetimes.com](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/want-the-best-table-in-town-ask-the-instagram-critics-cwdl8x2t2), taken from the copy the scanner kept.

2,472

characters of text without JavaScript

Organization

structured data for the business

0

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge

 Text

## The words an agent gets

Title: Want the best table in town? Ask Instagram critics, the Taste Cadets · language en-GB. First 1,800 of 2,472 characters:

```
Want the best table in town? Ask Instagram critics, the Taste Cadets Accessibility Links Skip to content Home UK World Comment Life & Style Business Money Sport Culture Travel LUXX Obituaries Puzzles Magazines Times+ My account Start trial Upgrade Manage account Change password My newsletters My articles Help Contact us Log out Log in Start trial Sections My account Home UK Top stories Politics Data London Scotland Royal family Healthcare Education Crime Defence Science Environment Law World Top stories US Middle East Russia-Ukraine war Europe Ireland Asia Latin America Africa Australasia Comment Today’s columns Columnists Times view Letters Cartoons Universal Register Life & Style Top stories Property & Home Health & Fitness Sex & Relationships Parenting Recipes Latest Easy & Everyday Entertaining Healthy Baking & Desserts Christmas Food & Drink Fashion Beauty Driving Business Top stories Economics Companies & Markets Entrepreneurs Technology Money Top stories Tax Pensions Mortgages Saving & Investing Family Finances Ask Times Money Sport Top stories Football Latest Premier League Fixtures & Results Premier League stats Cricket Rugby union Formula 1 Tennis Golf Other sports Culture Top stories TV & Radio Film Books Music Theatre & Dance Classical & Opera Art Travel Top stories Destinations Cruise Inspiration Hotels Advice Book a holiday LUXX Obituaries Puzzles All puzzles Crosswords Sudokus Word puzzles Numbers & Logic Board & Card games Quizzes & Teasers Printable puzzles Magazines Cover stories The Times Magazine The Sunday Times Magazine Culture Magazine Style Magazine LUXX Magazine More Browse by day TV guide Times+ Times Events Times Radio Podcasts Schools Guide Good University Guide Best Places to Live Best Places to Stay Best Places to Work The Sunday Times Rich
```

 Facts

## What it can say about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | Organization |
| Name | The Times |
| Telephone | no |
| Address | no |
| Opening hours | no |
| Menu or price list | nothing |
| Cuisine in structured data | no |
| JSON-LD blocks | 2 (BreadcrumbList, CreativeWork, ImageObject, ListItem, NewsArticle, Organization) |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [appointments.thetimes.com/?_gl=1*vvnrk3*_gcl_au*MTQ2NTEwOTY5MS4xNzQ3Mj](https://appointments.thetimes.com/?_gl=1*vvnrk3*_gcl_au*MTQ2NTEwOTY5MS4xNzQ3MjE4MDcz*_ga*MTA3ODM0NzI5My4xNzQ3MjE4MDcz*_ga_X7E6ERDZVV*czE3NDcyMTgwNzIkbzEkZzEkdDE3NDcyMTg4MzkkajAkbDAkaDA.) | booking | the business's own site |

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```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://directindex.org/#org","name":"The Direct Index","url":"https://directindex.org/","logo":"https://directindex.org/favicon.svg","email":"hello@directindex.org","founder":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https://directindex.org/#antonio","name":"Antonio Curado","sameAs":["https://x.com/ab_curado"]},"description":"Independent measurement of whether AI agents can find, read and act on a business's own website."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://directindex.org/#site","url":"https://directindex.org/","name":"The Direct Index","publisher":{"@id":"https://directindex.org/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://directindex.org/scan?url={url}"},"query-input":"required name=url"}},{"@type":"WebAPI","name":"The Direct Index API","url":"https://directindex.org/openapi.json","documentation":"https://directindex.org/llms-full.txt","provider":{"@id":"https://directindex.org/#org"}}]}
```