Naperville Running Company
When Chicago shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names Naperville Running Company. #15 of 45 local running stores; AI names Fleet Feet in 28.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Fleet Feet, 28 of 30
Asked on 29 October 2026Naperville Running Company
- 4.9 · 461 Google reviews
- 34 W Jefferson Ave, Naperville, IL 60540 · 4 locations
- Running
- runningcompany.com
More Google reviews than 80% of the running stores in Chicago. Yet AI names 12 other running stores here, Fleet Feet first, with 562 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks Perplexity: “best running store in Chicago”. The answer names:
- Fleet Feet
- Running Excels
- Heartbreak Hill Running Company
Naperville Running Company 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 Naperville Running Company or links its site.
- best running store in Chicago
- where to buy running shoes in Chicago
- running shoe store in Chicago with gait analysis
- trail running shoe store in Chicago
- where to buy Hoka shoes in Chicago
- local running shop in Chicago with group runs
- best place to buy running gear in Chicago
- running store in Chicago with online ordering
- affordable running shoes in Chicago, where should I buy them
- which local shop in Chicago has the best running shoe selection
What AI finds on runningcompany.com
A free check of the store's home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, on 3 November 2026. These are the signals 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.
- Dick Pond Athletics2 of 30 · ★ 4.9 · 242 reviews
- Fleet Feet28 of 30 · ★ 4.5 · 562 reviews
- Road Runner Sports9 of 30 · ★ 4.7 · 968 reviews
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