The French
thefrench.ca is hard for agents to use.
Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.
Ways to reach The French directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-12. Report a mistake
37 King William Street, Hamilton L8P 1A2 · +1 (519) 622-6351
Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
Places near The French that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
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The website's grade
An AI assistant can open The French's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.
34 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
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.
Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 4 questions, including "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic" in Hamilton, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Hamilton and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 4 answers, by 2 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic. | ChatGPT with a link to this site Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-12 |
| Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-12 |
| Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve? | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-12 |
| A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-12 |
Every place named in Hamilton, 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.
<a href="https://directindex.org/r/thefrench.ca"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/thefrench.ca.svg" alt="Named by 2 of 2 assistants, Direct Index" width="300" height="40"></a>
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:
“I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve?” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
How The French compares
327 of 548 in Hamilton
Top 60% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Apllada Greek Fusion Restaurant D, Pizza Bell D. Just below: The Mule D, Domino's D.
| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 43% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Squarespace 34,188 sites | 61% | 41% | 52.3% |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undefined | 10 m | B | no |
| The Diplomat | 30 m | B | no |
| Sagarmatha Curry Palace indian | 36 m | C | yes |
| Piccolo sandwich | 52 m | F | no |
| Electric Diner burger | 89 m | B | yes |
| Burrito Boyz mexican | 182 m | B | yes |
| Genki ya sushi sushi | 211 m | F | yes |
| August 8 sushi, dim_sum, buffet | 235 m | B | yes |
| Szechuan Noodle Bowl chinese, noodle | 239 m | D | no |
| Chicken Plus korean, fried_chicken | 244 m | A | yes |
Businesses like The French in Hamilton
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Hamilton | 548 | 56% | 35% | 52.3% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Hamilton | 46 | 74% | 67% | 52.3% |
After the top fixes
With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; No menu or price list found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 92.3%. That would be 33rd of 548 in Hamilton, up from 327th.
What to fix first
- No booking or ordering link on the website +13 points
There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. How to fix it
- No menu or price list found +7 points
Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. How to fix it
- Structured data is incomplete +6 points
Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. How to fix it
- 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
- 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
No one is listed yet to fix this in Hamilton. 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.
- Structured data found (LocalBusiness) no address, phone or hours in it
Builder: squarespace · What to paste
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