Google Search Console
Rankings by industry
A rank of 1 to 3 earns that leaderboard's badge for the month.
Rank and score by month
- SEO tools, France77
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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 | 1 | 75 , range 55–84 |
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| SEO tools, France | France | 1 | 77 , range 69–86 |
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| SEO tools, Italy | Italy | 1 | 74 , range 49–82 |
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| SEO tools, Romania | Romania | 1 | 73 , range 59–81 |
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By engine
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Google AI Mode
#1average rank
Best #1 · ranks on 2 leaderboards
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Gemini
#2average rank
Best #1 · ranks on 4 leaderboards
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Google AI Overviews
#1.5average rank
Best #1 · ranks on 4 leaderboards
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ChatGPT
#1average rank
Best #1 · ranks on 4 leaderboards
Questions it answers
| # | Question | Leaderboard | Its place | Also named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Search engine optimization software for small businesses | SEO tools | 1 | |
| 2 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 3 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 4 | Doing SEO in-house with software vs. hiring an SEO agency for small businesses | SEO tools | 1 | |
| 5 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 6 | Alternatives to manual website audits for SEO | SEO tools | 4 | |
| 7 | I run marketing at a 20-person company. What tool should I use to improve our search rankings? | SEO tools | 1 | |
| 8 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 9 | best seo tools for small business websites | SEO tools | 1 | |
| 10 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
How engines describe it
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ChatGPT
My recommendation: start with Google Search Console, use Google Analytics for traffic tracking, and choose one paid SEO tool based on your business goals.
Asked: “best seo tools for small business websites” · The most visible SEO tools
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Gemini
Many growing small businesses start with In-House + Software to lay a baseline foundation (setting up Google Search Console, optimizing core pages, and publishing core blogs).
Asked: “Doing SEO in-house with software vs. hiring an SEO agency for small businesses” · The most visible SEO tools
Sources that mention it
| # | Source | Type | Mentions it | Recommends it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vendor | Yes | Yes | |
| 2 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 3 | vendor | Yes | Yes | |
| 4 | directory | Yes | Yes | |
| 5 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 6 | vendor | Yes | Yes | |
| 7 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 8 | vendor | Yes | Yes | |
| 9 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 10 | 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.