CaliKites

When San Francisco shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names CaliKites. #12 of 25 local running stores; AI names A Runner's Mind in 25.

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

Leader: A Runner's Mind, 25 of 30

Asked on 30 October 2026

CaliKites

  • 4.9 · 216 Google reviews
  • 350 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102
  • Running
  • calikites.com

More Google reviews than 63% of the running stores in San Francisco. Yet AI names 9 other running stores here, A Runner's Mind first, with 295 reviews.

What AI answers instead

A shopper asks Google AI Mode: “best running store in San Francisco”. The answer names:

  1. A Runner's Mind
  2. On The Run Shoes
  3. Running Wylder
  4. Sports Basement

CaliKites 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 CaliKites or links its site.

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

What AI finds on calikites.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.

Nearby, in 94102

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