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title: "Waymark report for indexnow.org"
canonical: "https://waymark.genedai.me/score/indexnow.org"
last-updated: "2026-09-09T10:43:03.677Z"
---

# Waymark report for indexnow.org

Waymark scored indexnow.org 54.3/100 (C) on 9 Sep 2026.
Score: 54.3/100 — Blockers remain
Scanned: 2026-09-09T10:43:03.677Z
Canonical report: https://waymark.genedai.me/score/indexnow.org

## Layer breakdown

- Discovery: 16.6/20 (15 of 20 eligible checks passed)
- Access: 19/30 (14 of 25 eligible checks passed)
- Usability: 13.3/40 (1 of 3 eligible checks passed)
- Payments: N/A (excluded from the denominator)

## Findings

### 1. Well-known AI catalog

- Layer: discovery
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No ai-plugin.json or ai-catalog.json.
- Recommended fix: Add /.well-known/ai-plugin.json or /.well-known/ai-catalog.json.

### 2. JSON-LD structured data

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No JSON-LD on the homepage.
- Recommended fix: Add JSON-LD (Organization, WebSite, or SoftwareApplication).

### 3. RSS or Atom feed

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No RSS/Atom link.
- Recommended fix: Expose an RSS or Atom feed for machine subscribers.

### 4. CSP or X-Frame-Options

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: Neither CSP nor X-Frame-Options on homepage.
- Recommended fix: Send Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options.

### 5. CORS / API hint

- Layer: access
- Result: partial
- Evidence: No CORS header or obvious API path.
- Recommended fix: If you expose an API, send Access-Control-Allow-Origin for intended clients.

### 6. OAuth / OIDC well-known

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No oauth-authorization-server or openid-configuration.
- Recommended fix: Publish /.well-known/openid-configuration or oauth-authorization-server if you authenticate agents.

### 7. Webhook or API docs

- Layer: usability
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No webhook/API docs mention.
- Recommended fix: Document webhooks and REST/RPC APIs for agents.

### 8. robots.txt AI policy

- Layer: discovery
- Result: partial
- Evidence: robots.txt present but no named AI crawlers.
- Recommended fix: Name GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and state allow or deny.

### 9. HTTP Link header

- Layer: discovery
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No rel=sitemap|describedby|api-catalog|alternate on homepage.
- Recommended fix: Send RFC 8288 Link headers for related machine resources.

### 10. JSON-LD entities

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No JSON-LD.
- Recommended fix: Embed Organization, Product, Offer, SoftwareApplication, or FAQPage.

### 11. ai-plugin.json

- Layer: discovery
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No /.well-known/ai-plugin.json.
- Recommended fix: Optionally publish a plugin-style capability manifest.

### 12. security.txt

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No /.well-known/security.txt Contact.
- Recommended fix: Publish /.well-known/security.txt with a Contact field.

### 13. Trust pages

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No about/privacy/contact link.
- Recommended fix: Link about or privacy from the homepage.

### 14. Package homepage match

- Layer: discovery
- Result: failed
- Evidence: No npm package homepage matching indexnow.org.
- Recommended fix: Publish an official package whose homepage is this domain.

### 15. Agent instruction / when-to-use

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: Agent file exists without when-to-use guidance.
- Recommended fix: Tell agents when to reach for you: add a 'when to use this' section to your llms.txt (or a dedicated agent-instructions file) that names your best-fit use cases.

### 16. llms.txt links resolve

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: Sampled llms.txt links look dead or homepage-shell (1 shell, 0 dead).
- Recommended fix: Make every link your llms.txt declares resolve to real content, not a homepage shell 200.

### 17. Accessible document structure

- Layer: usability
- Result: partial
- Evidence: Landmarks partial (main=true nav=false h1=true skip=false).
- Recommended fix: Give the homepage a main region, nav, H1, and a heading order that does not skip levels.

### 18. Agent-UA markdown docs

- Layer: access
- Result: failed
- Evidence: Docs host did not serve markdown to GPTBot (HTTP 530, text/plain; charset=utf-8).
- Recommended fix: Serve text/markdown to GPTBot (and similar agent UAs) on your docs host.

## Interpretation

Public technical snapshot; not a guarantee of task completion. Private and authenticated workflows are outside this scan. Cite scanned_at and the canonical report URL; the URL serves the latest completed snapshot and can change after a rescan.

The official Waymark score is Discovery 20 / Access 30 / Usability 40 / Payments 10. N/A and scanner-error checks drop out of the denominator; they are not scored as failures. An observed agent journey is supporting evidence and does not change the numeric score.