How to read your self-check result
In short
The self-check gives a dial of five area scores and one level from 1 to 5. Read the weakest area first, because it caps the level. Treat each not sure as an open question with an owner, and each no as a finding to send. The level describes your answers, not your site, so confirm it with a scanner.
The dial and the level
Each arc of the dial is one area, filled in proportion to its score. The number in the middle is the level. If the weakest area holds the level back, the result says so and names the area.
| Level | What it means | First step |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Hidden | Agents are likely to have trouble finding or reading you at all. | Start with the find and read questions. Ask your web team what your robots.txt and bot protection allow today, and whether key pages show their text without JavaScript. |
| 2, Found | Agents can probably reach you, but much of what they need is missing or unclear. | Agents can get in. Make sure what they find is readable: prices, availability and policies as text, and structured data on product, event or article pages. |
| 3, Readable | Agents can read most of what matters, but completing a task is uncertain. | Look at the act and pay questions. Walk through your main task as a guest and note every step a person has to rescue. |
| 4, Actionable | Agents can read you and complete some tasks; a few gaps remain. | Decide how you treat agents that act for customers: verification, fraud rules and who owns the policy. |
| 5, Prepared | By your own answers, the foundations are in place. Confirm them with a scanner and your web team. | Confirm your answers with an automated scanner and your own analytics, then revisit the self-check when standards change. This site is reviewed monthly. |
Treat answers as work items
- A no is a finding. Send the sentence beside the question to the owner.
- A not sure is also a finding: nobody here knows. Name someone to find out.
- A yes is a claim. Check the important ones with a scanner or by walking the task as a guest.
The result is most useful when several people take it separately and compare. See the 30-minute review. Question 4 counts a deliberate not yet as a yes.
Related
- The self-checkTake it now.
- The what-if calculatorTest a plan.
Sources
- Ora methodology (ora.ai/methodology), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.
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