AI Visibility Scorecard
Bates Co
bates-co.com · Food & Beverage
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl Bates Co, but the structured-data signals are thin - you are at real risk of being skipped when buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity for a recommendation.
AI engines read this profile 8 times
Claude · Meta AI · Amazon Alexa
#75,408 of 1,391,735 in Food & Beverage for AI visibility
20
AI Naming Predictability
iRarely named · 20/100
Food & Beverage average 12
Top 16% of Food & Beverage
See what's behind this score →4
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Network Authority
iNot connected yet
Food & Beverage average 0.0
0 relationships · Food & Beverage average 2
See what's behind this score →5
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
Food & Beverage average 18
See what's behind this score →0
About Bates Co
from our crawl and measurement
"began in 2009 as a single fast-casual restaurant and has grown into 5 dynamic brands with a love of food, drink, and community all enjoyed in fun, casual, and unconventional settings." That is how Bates Co introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity, though, it is barely visible: it scores 4.2 out of 10.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (WebSite) and a sitemap. It is missing an llms.txt file and a heading structure that lays out what it offers.
AI crawlers have visited 3 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic) and Meta AI.
- Company ·
- Bates Co
- Website ·
- bates-co.com
- Industry ·
- Food & Beverage
- Site status ·
- Live (The website showed an active business site when last checked (Aug 26, 2026).)
- Last scored ·
- Aug 10, 2026
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Weak
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Weak
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Fair
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Weak
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Strong
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Weak
Little domain authority yet.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Weak
No community discussion yet.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) can read your site and name it in answers. At 4.2/10, Bates Co is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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How to Get Your Company Named by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude
When a buyer asks ChatGPT which company to use, two different things can happen. ChatGPT can name a company in its answer. Or it can link to a web page as a source. Most advice about AI visibility is about the second one. Our data says the first one is what matters.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 10, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/bates-co
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Bates Co." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/bates-co
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