# Van Loc: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%)

Site: https://vanloc.ca
Report: https://directindex.org/r/vanloc.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Van Loc is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Van Loc's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Uber Eats Storefront.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.order.store/ca/store/van-loc-submarine/02ZLbHtZQOGQnZdQKkPfyA (through ubereats_storefront acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-780-413-8887
- Address: 98 Street NW 10648 T5H 2N7 Edmonton
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon 11:00–17:00; Tue closed; Wed–Fri 11:00–17:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–17:00
- Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)
- Prices: 5 prices on the site, the middle one CA$7.99

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Van Loc that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Delicious Pho (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/deliciouspho.ca
- Seitans (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/seitans.com
- Quiznos (2.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/quiznos.ca
- Phơbulous (3.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/phobulous.ca

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **5 prices on the landing page, the middle one CA$7.99.** 

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Van Loc",
  "url": "https://vanloc.ca",
  "telephone": "+1-780-413-8887",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "98 Street NW 10648",
    "postalCode": "T5H 2N7",
    "addressLocality": "Edmonton"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.5511538,
    "longitude": -113.4906991
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo 11:00-17:00; We-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "sandwich",
    "vietnamese"
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.order.store/ca/store/van-loc-submarine/02ZLbHtZQOGQnZdQKkPfyA",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Ordering through ubereats_storefront on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
106 of 210 in Edmonton. Top 50% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 68% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 45% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Delicious Pho (C, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/deliciouspho.ca); Thanh Thanh Oriental Noodle House (D, 230 m, https://directindex.org/r/thanhthanh.ca); Seitans (A, 1953 m, https://directindex.org/r/seitans.com); Quiznos (B, 2572 m, https://directindex.org/r/quiznos.ca); Coliseum Steak & Pizza (C, 2721 m, https://directindex.org/r/coliseumsteak.com); Phơbulous (F, 3428 m, https://directindex.org/r/phobulous.ca).

## 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 Edmonton and named 95 places. Van Loc wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/edmonton/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 48% (24% A or B, 13925 sites); Sites using Uber Eats Storefront 72% (60% A or B, 793 sites); This site 66.2%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/vanloc.ca/agent-view

## Businesses like Van Loc in Edmonton

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Edmonton | 210 | 61% | 43% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Edmonton | 4 | 55% | 50% | 66.2% |
| Sites using Uber Eats Storefront in Edmonton | 8 | 78% | 63% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with Shopify and using Uber Eats Storefront in Edmonton | 1 | 66% | 0% | 66.2% |

The best of the sites using Uber Eats Storefront in Edmonton: White Rabbit Ice Cream (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/whiterabbiticecream.com); NARA Katsu (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/narakatsu.com); Pho King (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/phokingedmonton.com); Sepp's Pizza (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/seppspizza.com); Japonais (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/japonais.ca).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 34th of 210 in Edmonton, up from 106th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Van Loc, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/vanloc.ca
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.order.store/ca/store/van-loc-submarine/02ZLbHtZQOGQnZdQKkPfyA (vendor on own site: Uber Eats Storefront; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo 11:00-17:00; We-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-780-413-8887
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/vanloc.ca/order

## 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): yes
- 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
- Vendor terms for agents, Uber Eats Storefront: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/vanloc.ca
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/vanloc.ca/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/vanloc.ca/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=vanloc.ca&force=1