Overall AI readiness score
A combined result across all audit signals.
Average
AI readiness audit: 7/21/2026Public technical data
Overall AI readiness assessment
How ready dreamhost.com is for AI systems
DreamHost was independently audited by llmsmap. dreamhost.com currently scores 66/100 for AI readiness. The result combines AI-specific files, crawler policy, sitemap discovery, structured homepage data, and—when available—the mobile Google Lighthouse technical profile.
Audit context
llms.txt is accessible and contains 4,635 tokens. No accessible llms-full.txt was detected, so deeper context still has to be assembled from regular pages. No separate ai.txt policy was detected; it is optional, but can clarify training, retrieval, and attribution preferences.
robots.txt is available. 11 of 11 tracked AI bots are not blocked. Declared sitemaps: 3. No Schema.org type was detected on the homepage. 0 OpenGraph tags were found and markup completeness is 0%, leaving more entity interpretation to crawlers.
The mobile Lighthouse profile adds Performance 49/100, Accessibility 97/100, Best Practices 96/100, SEO 92/100, and experimental Agentic Browsing 100/100. These signals have a limited weight: they complement rather than replace llms.txt, robots.txt, and structured-data checks.
Confirmed strengths
- Accessible llms.txt
- 3 sitemap declarations
- Strong Google agentic signals
Priority improvements
- 1Add llms-full.txt for richer first-party context.
- 2Add JSON-LD for the organisation, website, and core entities.
- 3Complete OpenGraph and canonical homepage metadata.
- 4Reduce mobile rendering delay and main-thread work.
llms.txt tokens4,635
llms-full.txt tokens—
ai.txt
sitemap.xml
Google Lighthouse technical profile
A mobile Lighthouse measurement. Google’s experimental Agentic Browsing category is explained separately and does not replace the broader llmsmap AI-readiness score.
49
Performance
97
Accessibility
96
Best Practices
92
Technical SEO
100
Agentic Browsing
What these results mean
Mobile performance is 49/100, with the largest visible content block appearing in 5.7 s and the browser main thread blocked for 820 ms. Layout shift was 0.041. The main thread is where the browser runs JavaScript, calculates layout, and paints the page; long work there delays both user input and browser-agent actions.
Accessibility scored 97/100, Best Practices 96/100, and technical SEO 92/100. The experimental Agentic Browsing category scored 100/100. It measures signals Google currently tests for software agents and is shown separately from the llmsmap AI-readiness score.
1
Free the main thread and accelerate the first view
Split long JavaScript tasks, defer non-critical scripts and styles, and shorten blocking request chains. This helps the primary content appear sooner and makes controls usable earlier.
2
Optimise images and their loading order
Serve correctly sized modern formats, prioritise the primary visual, and lazy-load content below the first viewport.
3
Reduce network delay
Improve server response time, remove unnecessary redirects and repeat downloads, and use compression, caching, and selective preconnect hints.
4
Clarify search and canonical signals
Verify unique titles and descriptions, crawlability, canonicals, descriptive link text, and language relationships. This reduces ambiguity for search engines and AI systems selecting a page.
FCP3.1 s
First content
LCP5.7 s
Main content
CLS0.041
Layout stability
TBT820 ms
Blocking time
SI5.8 s
Visual speed
Metric glossary
- FCP · First content
- When the first text or image appeared on screen.
- LCP · Main content
- When the largest visible element in the first viewport rendered.
- CLS · Layout stability
- How much content shifted unexpectedly while loading; lower is better.
- TBT · Blocking time
- How long the browser main thread could not respond quickly to input.
- SI · Visual speed
- How quickly the visible viewport filled with content.
7/21/2026Lighthouse 13.4.0Mobile profile
AI readiness checks
Machine-readable files, crawler policy, discovery, and homepage markup.
llms-full.txt
Full version was not found
ai.txt
ai.txt file was not found
Sitemap in robots.txt3
3 sitemaps found
Schema.org (JSON-LD)
Schema.org markup was not found on the homepage
OpenGraph
OpenGraph tags were not found on the homepage
AI bot access
Based on robots.txt analysis
GPTBotNot mentioned
OAI-SearchBotNot mentioned
ChatGPT-UserNot mentioned
Google-ExtendedNot mentioned
ClaudeBotNot mentioned
Claude-SearchBotNot mentioned
Claude-UserNot mentioned
BytespiderNot mentioned
CCBotNot mentioned
PerplexityBotNot mentioned
Perplexity-UserNot mentioned
Sitemaps
Declared discovery routes for crawlers and agents.
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