BrightLocal
Rankings by industry
A rank of 1 to 3 earns that leaderboard's badge for the month.
Rank and score by month
- SEO tools, Global8
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Every leaderboard has one reading so far, from October 2026, so each line is a single dot for now. The next point arrives on 1 November 2026, when the new month's leaderboards publish. Chart up to 5 leaderboards at once.
Every leaderboard it is on
| Leaderboard | Market | All rank (AI and Search combined) | Heralded Score | AI and Search | Change | On chart |
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| SEO tools, Global | Global | 13 | 8 , range 3–32 |
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| SEO tools, Germany | Germany | – | Too few answers |
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| SEO tools, Spain | Spain | – | Too few answers |
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| SEO tools, France | France | – | Too few answers |
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| SEO tools, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 19 | 5 , range 1–30 |
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| SEO tools, Italy | Italy | – | Too few answers |
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| SEO tools, Netherlands | Netherlands | – | Too few answers |
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| SEO tools, Romania | Romania | – | Too few answers |
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By engine
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Google AI Mode
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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Gemini
#9average rank
Best #7 · ranks on 2 leaderboards
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Google AI Overviews
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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ChatGPT
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
Questions it answers
| # | Question | Leaderboard | Its place | Also named |
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| 11 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 12 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 13 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 14 | SEO-software voor kleine bedrijven | SEO tools in Netherlands | 7 | |
| 15 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 16 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 17 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 18 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 19 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 20 | Doing SEO in-house with software vs. hiring an SEO agency for small businesses | SEO tools | Not named | |
How engines describe it
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ChatGPT
Best for: Contractors, home-service companies, restaurants, and other businesses that depend on customers in a specific geographic area.
Asked: “Search engine optimization software for small businesses” · The most visible SEO tools
Sources that mention it
| # | Source | Type | Mentions it | Recommends it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | consulting | Yes | Yes |
Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.