Idas Idea

When Washington shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about running shoes, none of the 30 answers names Idas Idea. #30 of 34 local running stores; AI names Road Runner Sports in 19.

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

Leader: Road Runner Sports, 19 of 30

Asked on 30 October 2026

Idas Idea

  • 4.9 · 38 Google reviews
  • 1029 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005
  • Running
  • idasidea.com

More Google reviews than 12% of the running stores in Washington. Yet AI names 9 other running stores here, Road Runner Sports first, with 1,072 reviews.

What AI answers instead

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

  1. Pacers Running
  2. Fleet Feet Adams Morgan
  3. PR Run & Walk

Idas Idea 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 Idas Idea or links its site.

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

What AI finds on idasidea.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 20005

Other running stores with the same ZIP code.

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