AI Visibility Scorecard
The Dark Store Index
darkstoreindex.com · E-commerce
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read The Dark Store Index, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
Monitoring for AI engine activity
In the Engagemii AEO index
#204,875 of 736,924 in E-commerce for AI visibility
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.1/10
35
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 35/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About The Dark Store Index
from our crawl and measurement
"Shelf reads across individual Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart dark stores in Bengaluru: brand presence, sponsored-placement ownership and per-store assortment consistency." That is how The Dark Store Index measured quick-commerce shelf data introduces itself. Its AI visibility score is 5.1 out of 10: the engines can find it, but they do not have much to hold on to.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (Organization, WebSite, Dataset), an llms.txt file for AI models and a sitemap.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Fair
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Fair
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Fair
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Strong
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Strong
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
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 actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 5.1/10, The Dark Store Index has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on September 28, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/darkstoreindex
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for The Dark Store Index." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/darkstoreindex
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