The Direct Index
Report · Ghent · scanned 2026-10-16

KAROOT

karoot.gent is partly visible to agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.

MenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach KAROOT directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-16. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed · Tue–Thu 17:00–22:00 · Fri–Sun 15:00–22:00

Phoenixstraat 77 9000 Gent · +32 490 46 02 68

Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)

Cette page en français · Deze pagina in het Nederlands

Nearby, also direct

Places near KAROOT 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 KAROOT's website. It can read what KAROOT offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through formdesigner.pro.

60%

39 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

3

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. KAROOT wasn't one of them. See who was named →

Where it stands

How KAROOT 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%no
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%no

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Findings

What to fix first

  1. No structured data for the business +14 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. Booking through an unrecognised third party +9 points

    Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. How to fix it

  3. No llms.txt no points, but worth doing

    Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. 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.

Builder: unknown · menu page /dorst: 141 prices · What to paste

Owners

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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