New Balance in Next Step Athletics
When Tampa shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names New Balance in Next Step Athletics. #22 of 38 local running stores; AI names The Running Center Tampa Bay in 26.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: The Running Center Tampa Bay, 26 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026New Balance in Next Step Athletics
- 4.5 · 177 Google reviews
- 211 Westshore Plaza, Tampa, FL 33609
- Running
- nextsteptampa.com
More Google reviews than 49% of the running stores in Tampa. Yet AI names 9 other running stores here, The Running Center Tampa Bay first, with 181 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best running store in Tampa”. The answer names:
- The Running Center Tampa Bay
- Fleet Feet New Tampa
- Fit2Run
New Balance in Next Step Athletics 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 New Balance in Next Step Athletics or links its site.
- best running store in Tampa
- where to buy running shoes in Tampa
- running shoe store in Tampa with gait analysis
- trail running shoe store in Tampa
- where to buy Hoka shoes in Tampa
- local running shop in Tampa with group runs
- best place to buy running gear in Tampa
- running store in Tampa with online ordering
- affordable running shoes in Tampa, where should I buy them
- which local shop in Tampa has the best running shoe selection
What AI finds on nextsteptampa.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.txtA plain summary for AI assistants.
- Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- The Running Center Tampa Bay26 of 30 · ★ 4.9 · 181 reviews
- Finish Line3 of 30 · ★ 4.3 · 95 reviews
- REI1 of 30 · ★ 4.4 · 410 reviews
Nearby, in 33609
Other running stores with the same ZIP code.
- Finish Line3 of 30 AI answers
- Heads and Tails0 of 30 AI answers
- Run Adaptive Run Coaching0 of 30 AI answers
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