Audits and measurement
Gemini associated Frontier Rank with local AI-search audits and monitoring whether answer systems recommend a business.
Field study · September 23, 2026
What 25 buyer questions revealed across Google AI and Gemini.
Frontier Rank is being found. It is not being found consistently. This is the current record across five discovery systems—including the gaps.
32%ChatGPT-style mention rate
16%Gemini mention rate
8%Google AI mention rate
0%Meta AI mention rate
The short answer
Frontier Rank led the observed ChatGPT-style comparison set, appeared sixth in Gemini's comparison set, earned two Google AI mentions, and remained absent from Meta AI. The brand is retrievable, but authority is still uneven across systems.
Results by system
One brand. Five different answers.
There is no honest universal rank. Each system retrieved a different set of businesses and sources, so mention rate, citation count, recommendation status, and observed comparison rank remain separate.
| System | Mentions | Citations | Recommendations | Observed competitive position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google and Maps | 6 of 25 | 1 | Not consistently exposed | Not calculated |
| Google AI | 2 of 25 | 1 | 2 | Not calculated |
| ChatGPT-style | 8 of 25 | 8 | 1 | #1 of 55 observed entities |
| Gemini | 4 of 25 | 2 | 0 | #6 of 39 observed entities |
| Meta AI | 0 of 25 | 0 | 0 | Not calculated |
This was a directional provider run completed September 23, 2026. Generated answers can change with location, account state, personalization, model updates, retrieval availability, and provider behavior. A mention is not a permanent rank or proof of revenue.
Where recognition exists
The market understands parts of the offer.
Frontier Rank appeared most often when the question matched the clearest public evidence already on the site.
Cross-platform visibility
Google AI retrieved Frontier Rank for questions about monitoring visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI, and Maps.
Med-spa specialization
Gemini cited Frontier Rank twice for the question about helping Franklin med spas become visible in ChatGPT and Google AI.
Where the evidence breaks
The broad commercial questions remain harder.
Frontier Rank was less consistent for broad “best company,” Nashville AEO, Middle Tennessee GEO, and Google AI Overview questions. Those answers favored businesses with deeper local prominence and more independent corroboration.
01
Independent authority is thin.
Most of the evidence describing Frontier Rank still comes from Frontier Rank. Credible local mentions, associations, interviews, client proof, and partner references are the largest missing layer.
02
The entity is young.
Longer-established agencies have more indexed history, links, reviews, directory presence, and repeated local references for Google and Gemini to retrieve.
03
Visibility is not yet traffic.
Search impressions increased, but the current Search Console record still shows no clicks in the rolling 28-day window. Retrieval must turn into a reason to visit.
04
More content is not the answer by itself.
The next gain should come from clearer proof, stronger corroboration, and useful decision pages—not a larger volume of generic AI articles.
Method
The same questions, recorded separately.
The purpose is not to manufacture one flattering score. It is to see which systems can retrieve the brand, what evidence they use, and where the public record remains too weak.
What was recorded
For each of 25 commercial questions, the system stored provider status, brand mention, citation count, recommendation status, observed position when available, comparison entities, source references, answer excerpt, and evidence URL. The market suffix remained fixed as Franklin, Tennessee.
What would the same questions reveal about your business?
Start with a market-locked preview. We will show what the systems can verify, which competitors they prefer, and what should be fixed first.