mad-works

mad-works describes itself simply: "mad works architecture + is an Austin, TX firm specializing in custom homes, multi-family development, ADUs, commercial and mixed-use projects. 24 years of experience." When AI engines look at it, they find little to work with. It scores 4.9 out of 10.

On its own pages the site does well on crawler access and the files AI engines look for. It is passable on a workable page structure, a partly stated business identity, a few credibility markers and partial sitemap and link coverage. What holds it back is structured data describing the business.

Off the page, other sites link to it. Beyond that, the domain does not yet read as established, AI engines do not yet recognise it as a distinct business, there is no press coverage to draw on, nobody is discussing it where AI engines look and it does not come up on Reddit. None of that can be fixed on the page: it has to be earned.

AI crawlers have visited once in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic). It does link out to several social profiles, which helps engines tie the brand together.