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It came up empty on 4 other checks too. 1 check could not be measured; see the report limitations."},"observations":[{"url":"https://app.mercury.com/signup","step":1,"detail":"Primary entry is \"Open account\". 2 steps from the homepage. 2 fields, 0 marked required in the visible form. 0 of 2 visible entry-form inputs carry validation attributes; submission was not tested.","moment":"Entry observation","verdict":"observed"}],"dimensions":[{"key":"machine_discoverability","audience":"agent","score":100,"summary":"No restriction on the tested crawler names was found in robots.txt. On its first visit, our browser read the homepage. 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