AI Visibility Scorecard
Bates Orthodontics
batesortho.com · Healthcare
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl Bates Orthodontics, 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 11 times
Claude · Apple Intelligence · Meta AI · Perplexity
#241,548 of 925,306 in Healthcare for AI visibility
19
AI Naming Predictability
iRarely named · 19/100
Healthcare average 11
Top 19% of Healthcare
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Network Authority
iNot connected yet
0 relationships on record. Businesses in Healthcare average 3. Claim your page and Engagemii is your first.
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About Bates Orthodontics
from our crawl and measurement
"Office of Dr. Sean Bates. Located in Hugo and Minneapolis, Minnesota. We are an orthodontic practice offering braces for children, teens and adults." That is how batesortho.com of Hugo, MN introduces itself. When AI engines look at it, they find little to work with. It scores 4.0 out of 10.
Our crawl found a sitemap and a readable heading structure. It is missing structured data describing the business and an llms.txt file.
AI crawlers have visited 2 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic) and Applebot (Siri).
- Company ·
- Bates Orthodontics
- Website ·
- batesortho.com
- Industry ·
- Healthcare
- Location ·
- Hugo, MN
- Site status ·
- Live (The website showed an active business site when last checked (Oct 31, 2026).)
- Last scored ·
- Aug 9, 2026
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Strong
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
Good
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Good
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Fair
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 4/10, Bates Orthodontics is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the best time to begin orthodontics?
Though an orthodontist can enhance a smile at any age, there is an optimal time period to begin treatment. Beginning treatment at this time ensures the greatest result and the least amount of time and expense.
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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 9, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/batesortho
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Bates Orthodontics." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/batesortho
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