Does AI recommend ADT?
adt.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.
31%
of AI answers name ADT
Ring: 48%. Rank 3 of 57 brands tracked.
ADT vs Ring, engine by engine
Named most by Google AI Overviews (34%), least by ChatGPT (27%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Questions where Ring is named and ADT is not
- “Which alarm system can I set up in an afternoon without drilling?”
- “What is the best self monitored security system?”
58 more questions like these in this check. The snapshot finds them all for ADT 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 ADT named, and where?
- Yes. ADT is named in 31% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 3 of 57 brands we track in home security systems.
- In list answers it shows up at position 1.8 on average in Gemini (1 = first).
- Its own site, adt.com, is the 7th 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
31%
ADT, 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 adt.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 | Allowed |
| Googlebot | Google Search and Google AI Overviews | Allowed |
| Google-Extended | Gemini answers and training | Allowed |
| ClaudeBot | Claude | Allowed |
| Firewall | Akamai in front of the site | Blocks AI crawlers |
| Text without JavaScript | 1514 words in the raw homepage HTML | Readable |
The site has no robots.txt, so every crawler is allowed.
- Akamai blocks AI crawlersYour homepage answered our AI crawler request with a 403 or a challenge page, while a browser got the page. Allow verified AI crawlers in your firewall or bot protection settings.
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