Abhord Product Guide (2026 Refresh): From Setup to Action
What’s new in this edition
- Broader model mix: We now recommend surveying a balanced “panel” of general, search‑integrated, and cost‑efficient LLMs rather than anchoring on a single flagship model.
- Stronger sampling practice: Run multiple replicates per query/model and include paraphrase variants to reduce volatility and detect pattern stability.
- Updated scoring: Weight share of voice by answer position and query importance; separate explicit vs implicit mentions for a clearer picture.
- Faster loops: Use scheduled surveys, alerts, and Slack/email/webhook outputs to move from insight to action in days, not weeks.
1) Initial setup and configuration
Goal: Configure Abhord to recognize your brand and competitors, and to run consistent, comparable surveys.
- Create your workspace
- Add your organization name, time zone, and notification channels (email, Slack, webhook).
- Set your reporting week start (Monday is typical) to align with internal dashboards.
- Define entities (critical)
- Brand entity: List official brand name, products, and common misspellings/aliases.
- Competitors: Add top 5–10 competitive entities with their aliases.
- Canonicalization rules: Map variants (e.g., “ACME Inc.”, “Acme”) to a single entity; add disambiguation rules for ambiguous names.
- Build your keyword taxonomy
- Core intents: brand, category, “best of,” comparison (“X vs Y”), and “alternatives to X.”
- Negative keywords: Terms to ignore (e.g., similarly named people/places).
- Locales/languages: Start with your primary market; add secondary locales once your baseline stabilizes.
- Connect model providers (optional)
- If you use your own API keys, add them with role-based access and usage caps.
- Otherwise, use Abhord-managed access with built-in cost controls.
- Set measurement defaults
- Temperature: 0.0–0.2 for reproducibility.
- Replicates: 3–5 runs per query per model.
- Max tokens: Enough to capture full list-style answers (often 512–1024).
- Scheduling: Weekly baseline