SEO report for modelcontextprotocol.io

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Authority & backlinks

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Indexing & crawling 100%

Can search engines reach, read and index this page?

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  Status codecritical

  The page returned HTTP 200.

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  Indexablecritical

  No noindex instruction – the page can appear in search.

• ✓

  robots.txthigh

  robots.txt found.

  Googlebot is allowed to crawl this page.

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  XML sitemaphigh

  Sitemap found at https://modelcontextprotocol.io/sitemap.xml with 359 URLs.

  Declared in robots.txt.

  This page is listed in it.

  Most recent lastmod: 2026-11-11T15:17:37.895Z.

• ✓

  Canonical URLhigh

  Canonical: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/2026-07-28/getting-started/intro

  Points to this page (self-referencing).

• ✓

  Redirectshigh

  1 redirect before the page loaded.

  https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ → https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/2026-07-28/getting-started/intro

  A single redirect to your preferred address is normal; just make sure your own links use the final address.

• ✓

  www / non-wwwmedium

  www.modelcontextprotocol.io isn't in use (HTTP 530).

Search snippet & sharing 46%

How the page looks in Google results and when shared.

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  Title tagcritical

  “What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)? - Model Context Protocol”

  About 614px of Google's ~580px desktop width – it will probably be cut off.

  Repeated words: model, context, protocol.

  Fix: Write a unique title of roughly 50–60 characters with the main search phrase first.

  Preview and measure your title with the free title tag checker

  Read the guide: how to write title tags

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  Meta descriptionhigh

  No meta description – Google will pick text from the page.

  Fix: Write a 140–155 character description that answers the searcher's question and invites the click.

  Write one free with the AI title & description writer

  Read the guide: how to write meta descriptions

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  Open Graph & social cardsmedium

  Open Graph title and image set.

  No og:description.

  Twitter/X card: summary_large_image.

  Fix: Add og:title, og:description, og:image (1200×630 PNG/JPG, absolute URL) and twitter:card=summary_large_image.

  Make the tags with the free Open Graph generator

  Read the guide: does social media help SEO?

• ✓

  Faviconlow

  Favicon linked (Google shows it next to results).

• ✓

  Languagelow

  lang="en"

Content quality 73%

Is there enough clear, useful text that matches what the page targets?

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  Word countmedium

  392 words of main content (inside <main>).

  Google has no minimum word count – this is a rough guide to whether the page answers the question in full.

  Fix: Add genuinely useful content: key service pages usually need 400+ words to answer what customers ask.

  Count words and keywords with the free word counter

  Read the guide: how to write SEO content

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  Readabilitymedium

  Flesch reading ease 45 (fairly difficult), about 14 words per sentence.

  Fix: Use shorter sentences and everyday words – aim for a score of 50+ for customer-facing pages.

  Read the guide: how to write SEO content

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  Topic focushigh

  4 of 4 title keywords appear in the main content.

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  H1 headingcritical

  “What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?”

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  Heading structuremedium

  20 headings for 392 words – a lot for the amount of text.

  Levels are in order.

  Fix: Use H2s for main sections and H3s inside them, without skipping levels.

  Read the guide: the on-page SEO checklist

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  Text-to-code ratiolow

  2% of the HTML is visible text.

  Fix: Trim unused markup, inline scripts and builder bloat.

AI search readiness 72%

Can ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews read, understand and cite this site?

• ✓

  AI crawler accesshigh

  Search and AI-search crawlers (Googlebot, Bingbot, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot…) can read this page.

• ✓

  Snippet controlshigh

  No snippet restrictions – search and AI answers can quote this page.

• ✓

  llms.txtlow

  /llms.txt found.

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  Question-led contentmedium

  2 heading(s) phrased as questions, e.g. “​ What can MCP enable?”.

  Fix: Add headings that match real questions ("How much does…?") followed by a direct one- or two-sentence answer – an easy format for search and AI answers to quote.

  Read the guide: how to write SEO content

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  Entity clarityhigh

  Identified as: Organization.

  No sameAs links to official profiles (Google Business Profile, LinkedIn, Facebook, Companies House…).

  Fix: Add Organization or LocalBusiness JSON-LD with name, url, logo, contact details and sameAs links to your official profiles.

  Make the code with the free local business schema generator

  Read the guide: schema markup

• ✓

  Freshness signalsmedium

  The page shows when it was published or last updated.

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  Trust pages (E-E-A-T)medium

  Links found to about; missing contact and privacy.

  Fix: Link to About, Contact and Privacy pages from every page – they help visitors, Google and AI tools see who stands behind the content.

Structured data 100%

Machine-readable facts for rich results and AI.

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  JSON-LD present & validhigh

  1 JSON-LD block(s): Organization, ImageObject, WebSite, WebPage, BreadcrumbList, ListItem, Article, TechArticle.

  All blocks parse correctly.

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  Required propertiesmedium

  Key types include Google's required properties.

  Recommended but missing: Article.datePublished, Article.author.

• ✓

  Breadcrumbslow

  BreadcrumbList markup present.

Links 100%

Internal linking, anchor text and broken links.

• ✓

  Internal linkinghigh

  21 internal and 10 external links.

• ✓

  Anchor text qualitymedium

  No link text points to two different pages.

• ✓

  Broken links (sample)high

  Checked 12 internal link(s).

  No broken links found.

  1 link(s) point to a redirect – link to the final address instead.

Performance 77%

Speed signals from the HTML and server. Real-user Core Web Vitals load below.

• ✓

  Server response (TTFB)high

  52 ms until the first response from our checker, including connection setup (Google rates TTFB good under 0.8 s, poor over 1.8 s).

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  HTML sizemedium

  160 kB of HTML.

  Fix: Remove inline bloat, base64 images and unused markup.

• ✓

  Compressionmedium

  Compressed with br.

• ✓

  Render-blocking resourceshigh

  0 blocking script(s) and 1 stylesheet(s) in <head>.

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  Scripts & third partiesmedium

  17 script tag(s); files loaded from 1 other domain(s): mintcdn.com.

  Fix: Remove unused tracking and widget scripts; every third party adds connection time.

  Read the guide: Core Web Vitals

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  Imagesmedium

  3 image(s).

  2 without width/height – can cause layout shift (CLS).

  1 use WebP/AVIF or responsive srcset.

  Fix: Give every image width and height, lazy-load images below the fold (but not the main image) and serve WebP/AVIF.

  Read the guide: image SEO

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  Cachinglow

  Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate, max-age=0

  Fix: Set Cache-Control so browsers and CDNs can reuse the page.

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  HTTP/3low

  Couldn't be confirmed from our server – the alt-svc header that advertises HTTP/3 isn't always visible to it. Your site is on Cloudflare, which offers HTTP/3 under Network settings.

Security 92%

Visitor safety signals that browsers and Google check.

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  HTTPScritical

  Secure HTTPS with no mixed content.

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  HTTP → HTTPS redirecthigh

  http:// redirects to https://.

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  HSTSmedium

  HSTS: max-age=63072000

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  Security headerslow

  Present: CSP, clickjacking protection.

  Fix: Add X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy and X-Frame-Options (or a CSP).

  Read the guide: the technical SEO checklist

• ✓

  Server fingerprintlow

  No X-Powered-By header (server: cloudflare).

Mobile & accessibility 58%

Usable on phones and by everyone – Google indexes the mobile version.

• ✓

  Mobile viewportcritical

  viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover

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  Image alt textmedium

  1 of 3 images have no alt attribute.

  Fix: Describe each meaningful image in its alt attribute (use alt="" for decorative ones).

  Read the guide: image SEO

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  Form labelsmedium

  1 of 3 form field(s) have no label.

  Fix: Give every form field a <label> or aria-label (a placeholder isn't a label).

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  Link nameslow

  Every link has a readable name.

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  Tap-to-contactmedium

  No tel: or mailto: links.

  Fix: Add a tap-to-call or tap-to-email button so phone visitors can contact you instantly.

  Read the guide: mobile-friendly websites

Local SEO not scored

This site doesn't look like a local business, so these checks are shown for information and not scored.

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  LocalBusiness markuphigh

  No LocalBusiness structured data.

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  Contact details on pagemedium

  No phone number found.

  No postcode found (fine for service-area businesses).

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  Map & directionslow

  No map or directions link.