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CandlesbyMarine

When Chicago shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about candles, none of the 30 answers names CandlesbyMarine. #64 of 71 local candle shops; AI names Edgewater Candles in 22.

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

Leader: Edgewater Candles, 22 of 30

Asked on 29 October 2026

CandlesbyMarine

  • 5.0 · 1 Google review
  • 8820 Bronx Ave, Skokie, IL 60077
  • Candles
  • patternbyetsy.com

More Google reviews than 6% of the candle shops in Chicago. Yet AI names 21 other candle shops here, Edgewater Candles first, with 238 reviews.

What AI answers instead

A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best candle shop in Chicago”. The answer names:

  1. Edgewater Candles
  2. Black Luxe Candle Co.
  3. AURA Candle Bar
  4. The Scent Queens Candle Company & Apothecary Shoppe

CandlesbyMarine 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 CandlesbyMarine or links its site.

  1. best candle shop in Chicago
  2. where to buy handmade candles in Chicago
  3. local candle makers in Chicago
  4. soy candles made in Chicago
  5. candle store in Chicago with online ordering
  6. best place to buy candle gifts in Chicago
  7. luxury candles in Chicago
  8. natural candle shop in Chicago
  9. custom scented candles in Chicago
  10. which local candle shop in Chicago do people recommend

What AI finds on patternbyetsy.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.txtA plain summary for AI assistants.
  • Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.

Stores like it that AI names

Close in Google rating and reviews.

Nearby, in 60077

Other candle shops with the same ZIP code.

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