Showing Maryland county sites. All U.S. county sites
C 77
Average botability score of 19 fully scanned Maryland county sites
8th
of 49 states, ranked by average botability score
19 of 24
Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 5, so they're listed without grades
C 76
U.S. county average botability score, 2467 fully scanned sites
Maryland's state site, maryland.gov, ranks 3rd of 51 state sites with an A. State rankings.
How Maryland county botability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 19 fully scanned Maryland county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 19 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Maryland 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 | 2 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 3 |
| 80 to 89 | 14 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Maryland 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
Maryland counties by botability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Maryland: 19 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 0% (0) | 89% (17) | 11% (2) |
| All U.S. counties | 18% (445) | 48% (1,184) | 34% (838) |
Top 3 Maryland county sites by botability score
#1 in Maryland · U.S. rank 7
Allegany County, MD
B 81 botability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Maryland · U.S. rank 7
Baltimore, MD
B 81 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Maryland · U.S. rank 7
Caroline County, MD
B 81 botability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security B
- 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.
- Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
- Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
All Maryland county sites by botability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
gov.allconet.org
Allegany County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
baltimorecity.gov
Baltimore, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
carolinemd.org
Caroline County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
cecilcountymd.gov
Cecil County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
frederickcountymd.gov
Frederick County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
garrettcountymd.gov
Garrett County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
harfordcountymd.gov
Harford County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
howardcountymd.gov
Howard County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
montgomerycountymd.gov
Montgomery County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
qac.org
Queen Anne's County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
stmaryscountymd.gov
Saint Mary's County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
talbotcountymd.gov
Talbot County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
wicomicocounty.org
Wicomico County, MD U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
calvertcountymd.gov
Calvert County, MD U.S. rank 8 |
8 of 10 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
aacounty.org
Anne Arundel County, MD U.S. rank 10 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
washco-md.net
Washington County, MD U.S. rank 10 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
dorchestermd.gov
Dorchester County, MD U.S. rank 12 |
7 of 10 checks pass | C |
| 5 |
kentcounty.com
Kent County, MD U.S. rank 17 |
5 of 9 checks pass | F |
| 6 |
worcestermd.gov
Worcester County, MD U.S. rank 18 |
6 of 11 checks pass | F |
|
baltimorecountymd.gov
Baltimore County, MD |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - | |
|
carrollcountymd.gov
Carroll County, MD |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 | - | |
|
charlescountymd.gov
Charles County, MD |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - | |
|
princegeorgescountymd.gov
Prince George's County, MD |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - | |
|
somersetmd.us
Somerset County, MD |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 | - |
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 Maryland. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/24/2026 and 11/4/2026. 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 5 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.