01
The numbers
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-10-02 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mentioned — all 9 assistants in both runs | 0% | 9.6% |
| Mentioned — western assistants | 0% | 14.5% |
| Mentioned — Chinese assistants | 0% | 3.4% |
| Own site cited — western assistants | 0% | 12% |
22 buyer questions without the brand name, each asked twice per assistant. Baseline: day after launch; Perplexity answered 19 of 44 (rate-limited).
Per assistant, and what to discount
Starting from zero on a one-day-old domain, so any mention is a gain. It has not moved since mid-September (9.9% → 9.6%), and Gemini dropped from 18.2% to 0 in October.
| Assistant | 2026-08-12 | 2026-10-02 |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0% | 50% |
| Perplexity | 0% | 22.7% |
| Claude | 0% | 0% |
| Gemini | 0% | 0% |
| Grok | 0% | 0% |
| 豆包 Doubao | 0% | 0% |
| 通义千问 Qwen | 0% | 0% |
| DeepSeek | 0% | 0% |
| Kimi | 0% | 13.6% |
Rates are the plain average of per-assistant rates over assistants measured in both runs; assistants added later are left out on both sides. Citation counts western assistants only — the Chinese APIs return no source list.
02
What we did
- Trilingual site (简中 / 繁中 / English), 24 pages, built from the tutor's own cases and records.
- Service, Course and OfferCatalog structured data, one organisation name across all three languages.
- Search Console verified with sitemap, Bing import, IndexNow, www → apex 301.
03
Still weak
Claude, Grok and every Chinese assistant except Kimi still name it 0 times; there is no third-party listing yet (tutor directories are next).