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The Start, according to AI (October 2026)

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When a buyer in Perth asked ChatGPT, Gemini or Google AI Mode for web design and development agencies, The Start came up in 19 of 240 answers. That puts it #3 of the 277 companies AI named in Perth.

In 18 of those 19 answers AI recommended it. In the other one it only mentioned it.

  • 80 buyer questions
  • 240 answers read
  • 3 engines

Where you stand

Your totals across all 3 engines first, then the same numbers engine by engine. Rank is your place among the companies that engine named in Perth. Mention rate is the share of that engine’s answers that name you. Recommendation rate is the share of your mentions where you are put forward as a recommendation, not just named. Average position is the place you take in an answer that names you, 1 means first. Questions you appear in is how many of the 80 buyer questions named you at least once.

EngineRankMention rateRecommendation rateAverage positionQuestions you appear in
All 3 engines#3of 2778%95%2.813 of 80
ChatGPT#3of 1988%83%3.06 of 80
Gemini#2of 10711%Most recommended100%2.79 of 80
Google AI Mode#7of 1095%100%3.04 of 80

Gemini names The Start most often, Google AI Mode least. The Web Shop leads on ChatGPT. Dilate leads on Gemini. PWD Digital Agency leads on Google AI Mode.

Named instead of you

Those named above you, you, and the three named right below you. Share of answers that name each one, overall and on each engine.

RankcompanyMention rateChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Mode
1PWD Digital Agency3 answers ahead of you9%10%4%14%
2Dilatelevel with you8%4%16%4%
3The Startyou8%8%11%5%
4The Web Shop2 answers behind you7%14%5%3%
5Lethal Digital4 answers behind you6%6%6%6%
6PerthWeb6 answers behind you5%6%6%4%

Dilate is level with you, The Web Shop 2 behind, Lethal Digital 4 behind.

See, question by question, who took the spot →

In AI’s own words

How the engines described The Start when they named it, word for word, from the October 2026 answers.

…east-coast agency selling into Perth, I’d put these on the shortlist: The Start — Perth studio with an in-house team of 16

ChatGPT

Perth studio with an in-house team of 16

ChatGPT

They explicitly say the same team you brief does the design/development, with no offshoring

ChatGPT

AI states 33 facts about The Start

In the October 2026 answers, AI describes your company in 33 statements: 14 about the service, 7 about address, 4 about award, 3 about hours, 2 about other things, 2 about history and 1 about team.

Findrix checks each one against your own facts, statement by statement, and writes the correction email for you.

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Your “Top 3 in AI answers” badge

Gemini puts The Start in its top 3 for Perth. That earns the badge for your website: it names the engine, links to the ranking and updates itself.

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