theverge.com
Fetched 2026-10-04. Graded C, 74 of 100, 6 findings.
llms.txtagents.mdMedia kitEntity graphAI access policyAgent-callable
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What the fetch found
| Finding | Severity |
|---|---|
| robots.txt rules do not apply to named agents | 3 of 5 |
| Almost nothing a machine receives from this page is readable text | 3 of 5 |
| The HSTS header asks for browser preloading but does not qualify for it | 2 of 5 |
| An answer engine's crawler was refused while a browser was served (unconfirmed from this vantage) | 2 of 5 |
| No llms.txt | 1 of 5 |
| The machine files cost more than the page | 1 of 5 |
Section scores on this fetch
Weakest first. 10 of 22 scored sections at 90 or above.
| Section | Score |
|---|---|
| Machine layer | 20 |
| Payload and render path | 20 |
| AI and search agents | 33 |
| Schema and entity graph | 50 |
| Authorship and trust signals (E-E-A-T proxies) | 50 |
| Agent instruction surface | 50 |
| What each agent receives | 50 |
| Server and hosting | 60 |
| Internal linking | 60 |
| Speed a crawler sees, and field data where it exists | 78 |
| Naming and case consistency | 80 |
| Image signals | 80 |
| Accessibility structure (from the delivered HTML) | 96 |
| RDF and linked-data surface | 100 |
| Entity corroboration | 100 |
| Quotable content | 100 |
| Crawl waste | 100 |
| Page subject, the Webref question | 100 |
| Machine-file trust chain | 100 |
| Claim consistency | 100 |
| Mobile surface | 100 |
| Sitemap coverage | 100 |
Shelves
| Shelf | State | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| llms.txt | not found | What counts, and who has it |
| agents.md | not found | What counts, and who has it |
| Media kit | not found | What counts, and who has it |
| Entity graph | on the shelf | What counts, and who has it |
| AI access policy | on the shelf | What counts, and who has it |
| Agent-callable | not found | What counts, and who has it |
The full report for this fetch
Machine-readable: /api/registry?host=theverge.com. This row states what was served to CrawlCheck at that time. It is not an endorsement, and it says nothing this scan did not measure.