Title tag, 15–65 charactersThe blue headline in Google results and the text in the browser tab.
Meta description, 70–165 charactersThe grey line Google prints under your title. Without one, Google picks a sentence off your page at random.
Mobile viewport declaredWithout this line phones render your site zoomed out and unreadable. Most of your customers are on a phone.
Structured data (JSON-LD or microdata)Machine-readable facts - address, phone, hours. This is what puts a business in a map card instead of a plain link.
At least 300 words on the pageA page with almost no words gives search engines nothing to match a search against.
What’s already working
Site responds
Served over HTTPS
One clear H1 heading
llms.txt or AGENTS.md for AI search
Every Austin financial planners business is scored on the same nine checks — can it be reached, is it secure, does it say who it is, can a phone read it, can an AI answer engine cite it. See the full financial planners ranking →