Meta description, 70–165 characters The grey line Google prints under your title. Without one, Google picks a sentence off your page at random.
Mobile viewport declared Without 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.
llms.txt or AGENTS.md for AI search Plain text files that tell ChatGPT and Perplexity what your business does. Almost nobody in Austin has one yet.
What’s already working
Site responds
Served over HTTPS
Title tag, 15–65 characters
One clear H1 heading
At least 300 words on the page
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