The most visible SEO tools in France, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from France in French and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Most cited source

youtube.com

16citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Screaming Frog

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Sistrix DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured 34#23
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  • : Unranked
2% 1% First reading
– Sitechecker UA Unranked Too few answers Not measured 31#24
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  • : Unranked
2% 2% First reading
– Siteimprove DK Unranked Too few answers Not measured 1= #45
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– SpyFu US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 11#35
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  • : Unranked
2% 2% First reading
– Woorank BE Unranked Too few answers Not measured 54#17
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  • : Unranked
4% 4% First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
11 act.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 1 5
12 bloometrics.fr Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 1 4
13 clubic.com Media 3.3% 2 of 4 1 7
14 codeur.com Directory 3.3% 2 of 4 1 20
15 deux.io Consultancy 3.3% 2 of 4 1 8
16 experte.com Review site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
17 fabrique-a-trafic.com Consultancy 3.3% 1 of 4 1 6
18 la-refonte.fr Consultancy 3.3% 1 of 4 1 7
19 littlebigthings.fr Community 3.3% 2 of 4 1 8
20 marketermilk.com Media 3.3% 1 of 4 1 7

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best seo tools for small business websites English Google Search Console
keyword research tool for content marketers English Semrush
how to check why my website is not ranking English Google Search Console
how to track competitor keyword rankings English Ahrefs
all-in-one seo platform vs separate seo tools English Screaming Frog

Each engine's top three

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.

How the leaderboards are measured