Does AI recommend Abode?
goabode.com in home security systems: how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to Ring, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
20%
of AI answers name Abode
Ring: 48%. Rank 5 of 57 brands tracked.
Abode vs Ring, engine by engine
Named most by Google AI Overviews (22%), least by ChatGPT (17%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Questions where Ring is named and Abode is not
- “What is the best video doorbell?”
- “Best budget home security system under $200”
73 more questions like these in this check. The snapshot finds them all for Abode against up to 5 competitors, on 50 buyer questions asked 3 times in each engine, with the sites to get listed on and 5 fixes.
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Is Abode named, and where?
- Yes. Abode is named in 20% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 5 of 57 brands we track in home security systems.
- In list answers it shows up at position 2.4 on average in Google AI Overviews (1 = first).
- Its own site, goabode.com, is the 4th most cited site in the category.
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (57 brands tracked in home security systems, Week 41).
1%
The typical brand
48%
The category leader
20%
Abode, above typical
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about home security systems, all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- security.org6.8% of citations
- safehome.org5.5% of citations
- youtube.com4.7% of citations
- goabode.com2.9% of citations
- reddit.com2.5% of citations
- safewise.com2.3% of citations
- adt.com2.2% of citations
Can AI crawlers read goabode.com?
Not fully. The fixes below are listed most important first. Checked Nov 2, 2026.
| Crawler | What it feeds | robots.txt |
|---|---|---|
| OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT search, the pages it cites | Allowed |
| GPTBot | OpenAI model training only | Blocked |
| Googlebot | Google Search and Google AI Overviews | Allowed |
| Google-Extended | Gemini answers and training | Allowed |
| ClaudeBot | Claude | Blocked |
| Firewall | AWS in front of the site | Blocks AI crawlers |
| Text without JavaScript | 1115 words in the raw homepage HTML | Readable |
- AWS blocks AI crawlersYour homepage answered our AI crawler request with a 429 or a challenge page, while a browser got the page. Allow verified AI crawlers in your firewall or bot protection settings.
- GPTBot is blocked (training only)GPTBot only collects pages to train OpenAI models; ChatGPT search uses OAI-SearchBot, which you allow. Keeping GPTBot blocked does not hide you from ChatGPT answers.
- ClaudeBot is blockedClaude cannot read your pages. Remove the ClaudeBot rule in robots.txt if you want Claude to know your product.
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