Trudon

When New York shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about candles, none of the 30 answers names Trudon. #50 of 73 local candle shops; AI names Brooklyn Candle Studio in 20.

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

Leader: Brooklyn Candle Studio, 20 of 30

Asked on 30 October 2026

Trudon

  • 4.3 · 66 Google reviews
  • 146 Spring St, New York, NY 10012
  • Candles
  • trudon.com

More Google reviews than 39% of the candle shops in New York. Yet AI names 21 other candle shops here, Brooklyn Candle Studio first, with 101 reviews.

What AI answers instead

A shopper asks ChatGPT: “where to buy handmade candles in New York”. The answer names:

  1. Brooklyn Candle Studio
  2. Blueme Fragrances
  3. Glow To Grow
  4. MBur Candle Co

Trudon 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 Trudon or links its site.

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

What AI finds on trudon.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 10012

Other candle shops with the same ZIP code.

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