Department of Water Resources Home Page

Department of Water Resources Home Page, based in Bismarck, ND, describes itself simply: "Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a government site." Measured against the twelve signals AI engines rely on, it scores 7.0 out of 10, a strong showing.

On the page it is passable on a workable page structure and partial sitemap and link coverage. What holds it back is a clearly stated business identity, credibility markers like credentials or reviews, the technical files AI engines look for, such as llms.txt or an open robots.txt and structured data describing the business.

Off the page, other sites link to it, the domain reads as established, AI engines recognise it as a distinct business, it turns up in press coverage and it comes up on Reddit. There is some, but not much, sign that there is little discussion of it.

AI crawlers have visited once in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic). It does link out to several social profiles, which helps engines tie the brand together.