Haymarket
When Boston shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about candles, none of the 30 answers names Haymarket. #13 of 65 local candle shops; AI names Sky Candle Co. in 24.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Sky Candle Co., 24 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026Haymarket
- 4.5 · 4,890 Google reviews
- 100 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02108
- Candles
- haymarketboston.org
More Google reviews than 97% of the candle shops in Boston. Yet AI names 15 other candle shops here, Sky Candle Co. first, with 136 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best candle shop in Boston”. The answer names:
- Sky Candle Co.
- Candlefish
- Lifebloom Perfume & Candle Bar
- Triple Decker Candle Co.
Haymarket is not in it, or in any of the other 29 answers.
The 10 questions we asked
Each asked in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode. A tick: at least one answer to it names Haymarket or links its site.
- best candle shop in Boston
- where to buy handmade candles in Boston
- local candle makers in Boston
- soy candles made in Boston
- candle store in Boston with online ordering
- best place to buy candle gifts in Boston
- luxury candles in Boston
- natural candle shop in Boston
- custom scented candles in Boston
- which local candle shop in Boston do people recommend
What AI finds on haymarketboston.org
Its home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, checked on 3 November 2026: what AI assistants read first.
- Store details in structured dataName, address and hours in a form AI reads directly.
- Products in structured dataNo Product data on the home page: AI cannot see what the store sells or for how much.
- Ratings in structured dataNo rating or review data: AI leans on other sites to judge the store.
- Open to AI assistantsrobots.txt lets the AI crawlers in.
- llms.txtNo llms.txt: no short summary written for AI assistants.
- Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- CandleLux7 of 30 · ★ 5.0 · 878 reviews
- Lifebloom Perfume & Candle Bar19 of 30 · ★ 5.0 · 743 reviews
- Witch City Wicks1 of 30 · ★ 4.6 · 190 reviews
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