Payotte news · June 2026

June 2026: Payotte grows from 3 to 41 cities, and Copilot starts citing it

What Payotte built this month, in numbers and dates, and what it changes for the professionals it recommends.

Published · Grégory Payotte

In short

In June 2026, Payotte grew from 130 to 566 verified experts, from 3 to 41 cities and from 2 to 8 provinces. The site opened up to AI engines on June 3, and Copilot, Microsoft's AI, cited it for the first time: 15 citations from mid-June. The month also saw the Badge program, the "Recommended" status (47 profiles confirmed by their professional), the first data study and the Payotte Index.

This month's headlines

1From 3 to 41 cities in one month

Payotte started June with 130 experts in 3 cities. It ended it with 566 experts in 41 cities and 8 provinces: Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Halifax, Laval, Gatineau, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Alberta, British Columbia. Every profile is checked against its public sources, and 26 profiles that could not be were removed.

For you: The more cities Payotte covers, the more it shows up in your future clients' searches. And in each sector, there is one spot per profession.

2AI engines read Payotte, and cite it

On June 3, Payotte opened up to AI engines: crawlers allowed, an llms.txt file, structured data on every profile, update dates. On June 24, IndexNow started notifying Bing as soon as a page changes. The result: from June 12, Copilot cites Payotte in its answers, 15 times before month-end.

For you: When a client asks an AI "which inspector should I pick in Laval?", it looks for a verifiable source. Your Payotte profile is written to be that source.

3A badge, and a "Recommended" status

On June 8, Payotte launched its Badge program: a selected professional can show on their website that Payotte recommends them, with a reciprocal link to their profile from June 16. On June 28, two distinct statuses: "Verified" by Payotte against public sources, and "Recommended" when the professional has also confirmed their details. 47 profiles were confirmed this way in June.

For you: Confirming your details by email takes five minutes, and your profile moves to "Recommended". The badge on your website shows it to your visitors, and to AI engines.

Growth, month after month

Experts published on Payotte, at month-end
May 2026 : 130 130 May June 2026 : 566 566 Jun

Payotte's register.

Payotte this month, in numbers

IndicatorStart of monthEnd of month
Published experts 130 566
Sectors covered 26 115
Cities with at least one expert 3 41
Provinces 2 8
Profiles confirmed by the professional 0 47
Professional websites showing the badge 0 2
Google: impressions in the month — 1,893
Bing: impressions in the month — 94
Citations by Copilot (Microsoft's AI) 0 15 · first citations

Measured on June 1 and June 30, 2026. Profiles: Payotte's register. Google: Search Console, monthly total. Bing: Webmaster Tools. Copilot citations are counted from June 12, the first measured day.

The people moving Payotte forward

In June 2026, 47 profiles were confirmed by the professional, and 2 pros put the Payotte badge on their website. Real people, in real sectors.

Put the badge on their website

Confirmed their profile

and 21 more — see all recommended professionals

Everything Payotte launched this month

  1. June 1New design, instant search and a bilingual home page.
  2. June 3Payotte opens up to AI: AI crawlers allowed, an llms.txt file, update dates on every page. 26 profiles that could not be verified were removed.
  3. June 4–10Edmonton, Vancouver, Mississauga, Winnipeg, Halifax, Brampton, Hamilton and Surrey, then Laval, Gatineau, Longueuil, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Saskatchewan (5 cities), New Brunswick (3 cities) and 5 Ontario cities join.
  4. June 8Badge program launched: a selected professional can show on their own website that Payotte recommends them.
  5. June 9First column signed by a professional: financing in Chomedey, by Nazar Tarpinian.
  6. June 10"Recommended by Payotte" seal on profiles, and a citable summary at the top of each profile.
  7. June 12–13A full verification pass: Montreal rebuilt expert by expert (28 sectors of 28), and every profile re-read against its public sources.
  8. June 16Reciprocal link: the profile of a professional who shows the badge links back to their website.
  9. June 17British Columbia: Richmond, Abbotsford, Coquitlam and Kelowna.
  10. June 23First data study (the Google-reviews blind spot among appraisers) and a tool to verify a real estate licence anywhere in Canada.
  11. June 24IndexNow connected: Bing is notified as soon as a page changes.
  12. June 26The Payotte Index 2026 is published, our first open data report (CSV). Same day: six Alberta cities, closing costs and land transfer tax by province, first-time buyer programs, the Data & press page and expert search by spoken language.
  13. June 28Two distinct statuses across the site: "Verified" (by Payotte, against public sources) and "Recommended" (also confirmed by the professional).

What it means for you

An AI only recommends what it can verify. In June, Payotte built that verifiable layer for 566 professionals: a licence the reader can check at the official registry, a precise sector, and structured data that AI engines can read.

Your profile is free and your rank is not for sale. If you are on Payotte, confirm your details: a profile confirmed by the professional moves to "Recommended" status.

Is your spot still open?

As of today, 58 of the 750 sector × profession spots still have no expert. One spot per profession and per sector: once it is taken, it is taken.

  • Confirm your details: your profile moves to "Recommended" status.
  • Put the badge on your website: your Payotte profile then links back to your site.
  • Payotte is read by AI assistants: through its MCP server, and in Copilot's answers.
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