Things We Make

Things We Make describes itself simply: "Skip to content Pothole-in-one ByJosh Sucher April 2, 2026April 11, 2026 I made a one-tap solution for reporting roadway potholes to the NYC DOT using an ESP32 microprocessor, a GPS module." Its AI visibility score is 5.8 out of 10: the engines can find it, but they do not have much to hold on to.

On its own pages the site does well on sitemaps and entity links AI can follow. It is passable on a workable page structure and basic crawler access. What holds it back is a clearly stated business identity, credibility markers like credentials or reviews and structured data describing the business.

Off the page, other sites link to it and people discuss it in places AI engines read. There is some, but not much, sign that the domain is only lightly established. Beyond that, AI engines do not yet recognise it as a distinct business, there is no press coverage to draw on and it does not come up on Reddit. None of that can be fixed on the page: it has to be earned.

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.