David's Shoes On First

When Boston shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names David's Shoes On First. #25 of 63 local running stores; AI names Marathon Sports in 30.

AI answers that name it0 of 30
  • ChatGPT0 of 10
  • Perplexity0 of 10
  • Google AI Mode0 of 10

Leader: Marathon Sports, 30 of 30

Asked on 30 October 2026

David's Shoes On First

  • 4.7 · 118 Google reviews
  • 117 First St, Cambridge, MA 02141
  • Running
  • davids-shoesonfirst.com

More Google reviews than 63% of the running stores in Boston. Yet AI names 9 other running stores here, Marathon Sports first, with 434 reviews.

What AI answers instead

A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best running store in Boston”. The answer names:

  1. Marathon Sports
  2. Heartbreak Hill Running Company
  3. Tracksmith Trackhouse

David's Shoes On First 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 David's Shoes On First or links its site.

  1. best running store in Boston
  2. where to buy running shoes in Boston
  3. running shoe store in Boston with gait analysis
  4. trail running shoe store in Boston
  5. where to buy Hoka shoes in Boston
  6. local running shop in Boston with group runs
  7. best place to buy running gear in Boston
  8. running store in Boston with online ordering
  9. affordable running shoes in Boston, where should I buy them
  10. which local shop in Boston has the best running shoe selection

What AI finds on davids-shoesonfirst.com

Its home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, checked on 3 November 2026: what AI assistants read first.

  • Store details in structured dataNo Organization or LocalBusiness data on the home page: AI has to guess who and where the store is.
  • 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.

Nearby, in 02141

Other running stores with the same ZIP code.

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