The Direct Index
Report · Ghent · scanned 2026-10-24

BarCast

barcast.be is partly visible to agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.

BookMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach BarCast directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-24. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon 11:30–14:00, 18:00–23:00 · Tue–Wed closed · Thu 17:00–23:00 · Fri 11:30–01:00 · Sat 17:00–01:00 · Sun 11:30–23:00

Burgstraat 2 9000 Gent · +32 469 12 05 59

Its menu mentions: allergens

Cette page en français · Deze pagina in het Nederlands

Read by AI agents 7 times this month (Amazonbot 7). The crawlers behind the assistants read this page when they answer questions about the business.

Nearby, also direct

Places near BarCast that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open BarCast's website. It can read what BarCast offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

69.2%

45 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

2

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored

These don't change the grade.

No English version declared.

Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Ghent, 21% of comparable sites declare one.

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 29 everyday questions about Ghent and named 116 places. BarCast wasn't one of them. See who was named →

Where it stands

How BarCast compares

Where it stands

Not ranked yet in Ghent

The ranking updates every hour. This site joins it at the next update.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain99%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML90%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)100%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours35%no
Have an llms.txt30%yes

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with Wix 50,658 sites51%28%69.2%

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Businesses like yours

Businesses like BarCast in Ghent

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with Wix in Ghent5956%32%69.2%
Findings

What to fix first

  1. No structured data for the business +15 points

    Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it

  2. Almost no text without JavaScript +2 points

    Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Ghent. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

Already right

  • robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
  • AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
  • Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

Builder: wix · contact page /reserveer: nothing new; menu page /menu: nothing new; booking page /reserveer-1: nothing new · What to paste

Owners

Own this business?

Claiming is free and takes one email to confirm. Then you can correct what assistants are told, and you get a message only when the score changes.

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Keep watching this business: the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year. Deep report: ten questions to each assistant, plus the places nearby. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

The direct record agents get for this business, the rails an agent could transact through, and the agent standards the site publishes. Show the details