{
  "_meta": {
    "name": "GEO scoreboard",
    "description": "The metrics of the site's generative-engine optimisation programme, each recomputed at build from the record that carries it, beside the baseline of the plan (2026-09-28) and its targets for March and September 2027. A metric nobody measures yet reads 'not measured', never a number.",
    "as_of": "2026-09-29",
    "plan": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/status/",
    "plan_date": "2026-09-28",
    "source": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/scoreboard.json",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0"
  },
  "metrics": [
    {
      "id": "questions_probed",
      "metric": "Questions in the universe probed monthly",
      "now": "0 of 416 (probe not yet run)",
      "value": 0,
      "baseline": "0",
      "target_march_2027": "300",
      "target_september_2027": "400, four languages",
      "source": "/status/ai-visibility/ (monthly probe log) and /data/geo-questions.json",
      "needs_person": "API keys as repository secrets and the spend approval; the probe runs dry until then"
    },
    {
      "id": "share_cited",
      "metric": "Share of probed questions where the site is cited by at least one engine",
      "now": "not measured",
      "value": null,
      "baseline": "not measured",
      "target_march_2027": "15%",
      "target_september_2027": "35%",
      "source": "/status/ai-visibility/"
    },
    {
      "id": "share_country_cited",
      "metric": "Share of country questions (all languages) where the site is cited",
      "now": "not measured",
      "value": null,
      "baseline": "not measured",
      "target_march_2027": "25%",
      "target_september_2027": "50%",
      "source": "/status/ai-visibility/, intent = country"
    },
    {
      "id": "israel_hebrew_engines",
      "metric": "Engines citing the site on the Hebrew Israel question",
      "now": "not measured",
      "value": null,
      "baseline": "not measured",
      "target_march_2027": "3 of 5",
      "target_september_2027": "5 of 5",
      "source": "/status/ai-visibility/, Hebrew questions"
    },
    {
      "id": "registrars_verified",
      "metric": "Registrars with verified pricing",
      "now": "11 of 23",
      "value": 11,
      "baseline": "6 of 23",
      "target_march_2027": "12",
      "target_september_2027": "18",
      "source": "/data/verification-status.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "sla",
      "metric": "Verified registrars inside the 28-day pricing SLA",
      "now": "10 of 11 (1 breaching)",
      "value": 91,
      "baseline": "2 registrars failing",
      "target_march_2027": "100%",
      "target_september_2027": "100%",
      "source": "/data/freshness.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "snapshots",
      "metric": "Weekly snapshots held",
      "now": "2",
      "value": 2,
      "baseline": "3",
      "target_march_2027": "27",
      "target_september_2027": "52",
      "source": "/data/snapshots/index.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "israel_standard",
      "metric": "Countries at the Israel standard",
      "now": "60",
      "value": 60,
      "baseline": "1",
      "target_march_2027": "5",
      "target_september_2027": "9",
      "source": "/data/israel-registrars.json and /data/local-storefronts.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "locale_surfaces",
      "metric": "Local-language surfaces",
      "now": "32 (ar, ar, ar, bg, bn, cs, da, de, de, de, el, es, es, es, es, es, es, fi, fr, fr, he, hr, hu, id, it, ja, ko, ms, nl, nl, pl, pt, pt, ro, ru, ru, sk, sr, sv, th, tr, uk, vi, zh-hans, zh-hant, zh-hant; 5 Hebrew guides)",
      "value": 32,
      "baseline": "1 (Hebrew)",
      "target_march_2027": "4",
      "target_september_2027": "7",
      "source": "sitemap hreflang pairs"
    },
    {
      "id": "accredited_lists",
      "metric": "Accredited-registrar lists held",
      "now": "60",
      "value": 60,
      "baseline": "2",
      "target_march_2027": "6",
      "target_september_2027": "10",
      "source": "/data/israel-registrars.json and /data/local-storefronts.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "mcp_tools",
      "metric": "MCP tools / monthly tool calls",
      "now": "9 / not measured",
      "value": 9,
      "baseline": "8 / not measured",
      "target_march_2027": "11 / measured",
      "target_september_2027": "14 / growing quarter on quarter",
      "source": "/data/domain-registrar-mcp.json; call counts need the analytics runbook in docs/operations.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "datasets_released",
      "metric": "Datasets with a versioned release / with a DOI",
      "now": "16 / 0",
      "value": 16,
      "baseline": "0 / 0",
      "target_march_2027": "all / 5",
      "target_september_2027": "all / 8",
      "source": "/data/dataset-releases.json",
      "needs_person": "A DOI needs a Zenodo account in the owner's name"
    },
    {
      "id": "entity",
      "metric": "Wikidata entity, sameAs, Knowledge Panel",
      "now": "none",
      "value": null,
      "baseline": "none",
      "target_march_2027": "entity and sameAs live",
      "target_september_2027": "panel claimed if eligible",
      "source": "Wikidata",
      "needs_person": "The Wikidata item is created by a person, under their account"
    },
    {
      "id": "earned_mentions",
      "metric": "Earned mentions on record (press, forums, dataset reuse)",
      "now": "0 recorded",
      "value": 0,
      "baseline": "0",
      "target_march_2027": "15",
      "target_september_2027": "50",
      "source": "no log yet; the forum and press cadence is person-work",
      "needs_person": "Forum answers and press pitches are made by a person"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai_referrals",
      "metric": "AI-referral sessions per month",
      "now": "not measured",
      "value": null,
      "baseline": "not measured",
      "target_march_2027": "baseline set",
      "target_september_2027": "3x baseline",
      "source": "analytics referral report (docs/operations.md)",
      "needs_person": "Needs analytics access to export the referral report"
    },
    {
      "id": "contradictions",
      "metric": "Build-enforced contradictions across surfaces",
      "now": "0, enforced (check:answers in CI)",
      "value": 0,
      "baseline": "not enforced",
      "target_march_2027": "0, enforced",
      "target_september_2027": "0, enforced",
      "source": "scripts/check-one-answer.mjs in .github/workflows/check.yml"
    }
  ]
}