How we count

How does BeFound AI count?

We count answers, one at a time. Every figure on this site is a number of answers out of the number we asked, with the date it was checked. There is no score.

How is a business counted as named?

A business counts as named when the answer names it, cites its website as a source, or lists it among the businesses it shows (for example in a map listing).

A business is cited when the answer links to the business's own website as a source. Cited is also counted on its own, so you can see how many answers used your website.

The answers shown on this site are short excerpts, chosen to leave out addresses and people's names. Named or Not named is decided from the whole answer, not from the excerpt.

Each answer is counted once, as it came back, and never weighted. An answer that lists ten firms counts the same as an answer that lists one.

How often is each question asked?

Checks run monthly, weekly or daily, depending on the plan. On monthly and weekly plans each question is asked three times per check on each of five AI surfaces, and on daily plans once a day.

ChatGPT
Gemini
Google AI Mode
Google AI Overviews
Perplexity

We ask more than once because the same question can get a different answer each time.

The figures on this page are from befound.ie's check on 12 November 2026.

What do our own results look like?

They look like this: we run the tool on our own agency site and show the result as it came back, including the questions we lose.

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befound.ie · Check of 12 November 2026

Named in 34 of 83 answers

Likely range for named if asked again: 26 to 43 of 83

Cited in 24 of 83 answers

Questions we lost in this check

my website gets traffic but no leads, who can help in Ireland
how do I get my business mentioned in ChatGPT answers
how do I show up in Google AI Overviews in Ireland
why is my website getting no traffic

The honest part

What can BeFound AI not tell you?

It cannot tell you how many people asked a question. Nobody outside the AI companies can.
It cannot promise an answer will name you. Answers change from one day to the next, which is why we ask more than once.
It cannot see what an AI says to a signed-in person with a chat history. We ask as a new visitor in your country.
It does not track every question a customer might ask, only the ones set up for the business.
A firm being named is not the same as a firm being recommended, and the page shows the answer so you can read which it was.

Who is behind BeFound AI?

Built by the team at BeFound, a Dublin SEO agency since 2009.

Inspect this page

What does our own page check say about this page?

2 of 2 rated checks passed, 0 failed, 7 more shown for information, checked on 13 November 2026.

Is the content clear?

Passed Page title
A page title was found.
Information Content structure
These headings were found in the page content.

Does it answer directly?

Unknown Does the opening meet the reader's need?
The opening is available for review. Whether it answers the right question depends on this page's purpose; question headings are not universally required.

Does it say who is behind it?

Unknown Business and source details
Links and structured-data types were recorded, but their accuracy and sufficiency have not been verified. Linked pages were not opened.
Information Structured data
Recorded types describe the page's markup, not verified facts or a requirement for citations.

Can AI reach and read it?

Information Page directives
No restrictive indexing or snippet directive was identified in the inspected tags and headers. This does not establish crawler access.
Information Fragment snippet directives
No data-nosnippet fragments were found.
Passed Content available in fetched HTML
Main content was extracted from the successful HTML response. Rendered content and real crawler access were not tested.
Information robots.txt rules
The inspected rules do not disallow this URL for the listed agents. Real crawler access was not tested.