The Direct Index
Report · Victoria · scanned 2026-11-14

Wind Cries Mary

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Ways to reach Wind Cries Mary directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from windcriesmary.ca: Mon–Fri 16:00–01:00 · Sat–Sun 15:00–01:00

45 Bastion Square, Victoria V8W 1J1 · +12505908989

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Places near Wind Cries Mary that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Wind Cries Mary's website. It can read what Wind Cries Mary offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

93.8%

61 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

2

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored

These don't change the grade.

The footer says © 2019.

Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site.

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Named by assistants

Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 3 questions, including "Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online" in Victoria, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Victoria and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 3 answers, by 2 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-13
A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-11-13
Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-13

Every place named in Victoria, question by question.

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Named by 2 of 2 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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.

Recommended when people ask:
“Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
“Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Wind Cries Mary compares

Where it stands

30 of 348 in Victoria

Top 9% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Original Pho A, Thunderbird A. Just below: Ferris' Burger & Oyster Bar A, Milestones A.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML100%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)100%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours71%no
Have an llms.txt40%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with Squarespace 37,558 sites61%42%93.8%

Nearest places in the index

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
The Churchill54 mFno
Koto Japanese Restaurant japanese68 mDno
Siam Thai Cuisine thai76 mByes
Earls american79 mCyes
Cera Korean Tapas korean82 mAyes
Bard & Banker98 mAyes
The Keg steak_house102 mAno
The Local106 mFno
Curry Lounge Restaurant indian110 mByes
Mr. Pretzels pretzel111 mByes
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Wind Cries Mary in Victoria

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Victoria34862%41%93.8%
Sites built with Squarespace in Victoria5272%60%93.8%

After the top fixes

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 17th of 348 in Victoria, up from 30th.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. Structured data is incomplete +1 points

    Missing: telephone. How to fix it

  2. No llms.txt no points, but worth doing

    Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it

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One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Victoria. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

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 (LocalBusiness) address, opening hours
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
  • Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

Builder: squarespace · contact page /contact: nothing new; menu page /menus: nothing new; booking page /group-reservations: nothing new · What to paste

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