The Direct Index
Report · Ghent · scanned 2026-10-28

Ponton

pontongent.be is mostly ready for agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.

BookMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Ponton directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-28. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Tue closed · Wed–Sun 11:00–23:00

+32472852732

Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one €35.00 · Languages: English, French, Dutch

Cette page en français · Deze pagina in het Nederlands

Nearby, also direct

Places near Ponton 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 Ponton's website. It can read what Ponton offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

73.8%

48 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

1

thing 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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-16: 74% → 74%

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Since the scan of 2026-10-16: fixed No llms.txt.

What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored

These don't change the grade.

3 prices on the landing page, the middle one €35.00.

In Ghent, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is €13.95.

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Named by assistants

Named by ChatGPT for "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week" in Ghent, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Ghent and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week.ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-11-01

Every place named in Ghent, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 1 of 2 assistants, Direct Index

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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.

Recommended when people ask:
“Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week.” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Ponton 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%73.8%

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Businesses like yours

Businesses like Ponton in Ghent

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with Wix in Ghent5956%32%73.8%
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

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 · menu page /menu: 39 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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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

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