Midwest Cards

When Columbus shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names Midwest Cards. #8 of 39 local running stores; AI names Fleet Feet in 23.

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

Leader: Fleet Feet, 23 of 30

Asked on 30 October 2026

Midwest Cards

  • 4.9 · 2,164 Google reviews
  • 401 N Front St #95, Columbus, OH 43215
  • Running
  • midwestcards.com

More Google reviews than any other running store in Columbus. Yet AI names 8 other running stores here, Fleet Feet first, with 694 reviews.

What AI answers instead

A shopper asks Perplexity: “best running store in Columbus”. The answer names:

  1. Columbus Running Company
  2. Fleet Feet
  3. Road Runner Sports

Midwest Cards 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 Midwest Cards or links its site.

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

What AI finds on midwestcards.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.

Nearby, in 43215

Other running stores with the same ZIP code.

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