Served over HTTPSBrowsers mark plain http:// pages as Not Secure. Most hosts turn on a free certificate with one switch.
Meta description, 70–165 charactersThe grey line Google prints under your title. Without one, Google picks a sentence off your page at random.
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.
llms.txt or AGENTS.md for AI searchPlain text files that tell ChatGPT and Perplexity what your business does. Almost nobody in Austin has one yet.
What’s already working
Site responds
Title tag, 15–65 characters
Mobile viewport declared
One clear H1 heading
Every Austin craft beverage 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 craft beverage ranking →