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When Minneapolis shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names XLfeet. #7 of 10 local running stores; AI names Mill City Running in 30.

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

Leader: Mill City Running, 30 of 30

Asked on 30 October 2026

XLfeet

  • 4.6 · 265 Google reviews
  • 242 E Fillmore Ave, St Paul, MN 55107
  • Running
  • xlfeet.com

More Google reviews than 56% of the running stores in Minneapolis. Yet AI names 7 other running stores here, Mill City Running first, with 875 reviews.

What AI answers instead

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

  1. Mill City Running
  2. Fleet Feet Minneapolis
  3. GEAR Running Store
  4. Fit 1st Running

XLfeet 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 XLfeet or links its site.

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

What AI finds on xlfeet.com

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.txtA plain summary for AI assistants.
  • Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.

Stores like it that AI names

Close in Google rating and reviews.

← All 10 running stores in MinneapolisEvery city

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