Showing Massachusetts county sites. All U.S. county sites
C 70
Average botability score of 7 fully scanned Massachusetts county sites
15th
of 48 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, 2435 fully scanned sites
Massachusetts's state site, mass.gov, ranks 4th of 51 state sites with an A. 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 | 4 |
| 70 to 79 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 2 |
| 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.: 2435 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) | 43% (3) | 57% (4) |
| All U.S. counties | 20% (488) | 47% (1,135) | 33% (812) |
Top 3 Massachusetts county sites by botability score
#1 in Massachusetts · U.S. rank 3
Bristol County, MA
B 87 botability
- Accessibility C
- Botability B
- Security C
- Usability F
#2 in Massachusetts · U.S. rank 4
Barnstable County, MA
B 81 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security A
- Usability C
#3 in Massachusetts · U.S. rank 7
Dukes County, MA
C 72 botability
- Accessibility B
- Botability C
- Security B
- Usability F
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 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.
- Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
- Robots valid. The site has a robots.txt file that guides search engines. Search engines ignore your instructions.
All Massachusetts county sites by botability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
countyofbristol.net
Bristol County, MA U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
capecod.gov
Barnstable County, MA U.S. rank 4 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
dukescounty.gov
Dukes County, MA U.S. rank 7 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
essexma.org
Essex County, MA U.S. rank 9 |
7 of 11 checks pass | D |
| 4 |
nantucket-ma.gov
Nantucket, MA U.S. rank 9 |
7 of 11 checks pass | D |
| 4 |
norfolkcounty.org
Norfolk County, MA U.S. rank 9 |
7 of 11 checks pass | D |
| 4 |
plymouthcountyma.gov
Plymouth County, MA U.S. rank 9 |
7 of 11 checks pass | D |
|
frcog.org
Franklin County, MA |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 | - |
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 data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in Massachusetts. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 9/8/2026 and 9/17/2026; each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage returned successfully and sent the scanner its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We weren't able to fully scan 1 sites because they did not respond, blocked the scanner, or returned no page content. They appear in the table without grades, each with its scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale, and rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, including every county's raw results, is published in the ScanGov data repository.