Showing Massachusetts county sites. All U.S. county sites
C 72
Average botability score of 7 fully scanned Massachusetts county sites
13th
of 49 states, ranked by average botability score
7 of 8
Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
C 76
U.S. county average botability score, 2467 fully scanned sites
Massachusetts's state site, mass.gov, could not be fully scanned. State rankings.
How Massachusetts county botability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 7 fully scanned Massachusetts county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 7 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Massachusetts average
- U.S. county average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 3 |
| 70 to 79 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 3 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Massachusetts counties by botability grade
Each county with a site on our list is colored by that site's grade. Select a county to open its report. The table lists every site.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
- Not fully scanned
- No site on our list
Massachusetts counties by botability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Massachusetts: 7 sites. U.S.: 2467 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 0% (0) | 57% (4) | 43% (3) |
| All U.S. counties | 18% (445) | 48% (1,184) | 34% (838) |
Top 3 Massachusetts county sites by botability score
#1 in Massachusetts · U.S. rank 7
Barnstable County, MA
B 81 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security B
- Usability C
- Readability A
#1 in Massachusetts · U.S. rank 7
Essex County, MA
B 81 botability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability F
#1 in Massachusetts · U.S. rank 7
Plymouth County, MA
B 81 botability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability A
What each check means
- GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type. Homepage is marked up as an official government organization. Systems cannot verify you are an official government site.
- Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
- Robots valid. The site's robots.txt file is written correctly so search engines can follow it. Search engines ignore crawling rules they cannot read.
- Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
- Sitemap XML. The sitemap file uses the required XML format. Search engines cannot read your sitemap.
All Massachusetts county sites by botability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
capecod.gov
Barnstable County, MA U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
essexma.org
Essex County, MA U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
plymouthcountyma.gov
Plymouth County, MA U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
nantucket-ma.gov
Nantucket, MA U.S. rank 10 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
countyofbristol.net
Bristol County, MA U.S. rank 13 |
6 of 9 checks pass | D |
| 4 |
dukescounty.gov
Dukes County, MA U.S. rank 14 |
7 of 11 checks pass | D |
| 4 |
norfolkcounty.org
Norfolk County, MA U.S. rank 14 |
7 of 11 checks pass | D |
|
frcog.org
Franklin County, MA |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - |
About botability
Help AI and search engines discover, crawl, and index your website.
Why it's important
Smart technology can better process and share public information, making services faster and more efficient for users.
Risks
- AI tools cannot find or understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade botability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- The Web Robots Pages
- Schema.org
- sitemaps.org
- Google Search Central
Standards
- Crawlable
- Content available in document
- GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type
- Sitemap status
- Sitemap XML
- Robots valid
- Robots allowed
- Sitemap in robots.txt
- Canonical
- Link text
- hreflang
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each county site on our county list in Massachusetts. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/27/2026 and 11/7/2026. Each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage loaded and sent us its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We could not fully scan 1 sites. They did not respond, blocked the scanner, or sent no page content. They appear in the table without grades, with their scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale. Rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, with every county's raw results, is in the ScanGov data repository.