Capitol Smoke Raleigh
When Raleigh shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names Capitol Smoke Raleigh. #17 of 42 local running stores; AI names Fleet Feet in 30.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Fleet Feet, 30 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026Capitol Smoke Raleigh
- 4.3 · 300 Google reviews
- 215 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Running
- capitolsmokeraleigh.com
More Google reviews than 76% of the running stores in Raleigh. Yet AI names 14 other running stores here, Fleet Feet first, with 984 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks Google AI Mode: “where to buy running shoes in Raleigh”. The answer names:
- Fleet Feet
- REI
- Inside-Out Sports
- The Athlete's Foot
Capitol Smoke Raleigh 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 Capitol Smoke Raleigh or links its site.
- best running store in Raleigh
- where to buy running shoes in Raleigh
- running shoe store in Raleigh with gait analysis
- trail running shoe store in Raleigh
- where to buy Hoka shoes in Raleigh
- local running shop in Raleigh with group runs
- best place to buy running gear in Raleigh
- running store in Raleigh with online ordering
- affordable running shoes in Raleigh, where should I buy them
- which local shop in Raleigh has the best running shoe selection
What AI finds on capitolsmokeraleigh.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 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.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.
- Foot Locker4 of 30 · ★ 4.2 · 262 reviews
- Rack Room Shoes2 of 30 · ★ 4.2 · 233 reviews
- Great Outdoor Provision Co.2 of 30 · ★ 4.5 · 347 reviews
Nearby, in 27601
Other running stores with the same ZIP code.
- lucettegrace0 of 30 AI answers
- The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop0 of 30 AI answers
- eyecarecenter0 of 30 AI answers
- Unleashed at City Market0 of 30 AI answers
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