Does AI recommend NordicTrack?
ifit.com in home gym and connected fitness equipment: how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to Peloton, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
15%
of AI answers name NordicTrack
Peloton: 16%. Rank 2 of 64 brands tracked.
NordicTrack vs Peloton, engine by engine
Named most by Gemini (16%), least by Google AI Overviews (13%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Questions where Peloton is named and NordicTrack is not
- “What exercise equipment is quiet enough for an upstairs apartment?”
- “What is the highest rated home gym equipment that works without a membership?”
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Is NordicTrack named, and where?
- Yes. NordicTrack is named in 15% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 2 of 64 brands we track in home gym and connected fitness equipment.
- In list answers it shows up at position 2.0 on average in Gemini (1 = first).
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (64 brands tracked in home gym and connected fitness equipment, Week 41).
2%
The typical brand
16%
The category leader
15%
NordicTrack, above typical
See the full home gym equipment index · NordicTrack's weekly trend
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about home gym and connected fitness equipment, all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- youtube.com8.1% of citations
- garagegymreviews.com5.4% of citations
- reddit.com3.5% of citations
- barbend.com1.9% of citations
- tonal.com0.8% of citations
- onepeloton.com0.8% of citations
Can AI crawlers read ifit.com?
Mostly. One setting is worth a look. Checked Nov 3, 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 | AWS in front of the site | Blocked our test |
| Text without JavaScript | 0 words in the raw homepage HTML | Could not test |
The site has no robots.txt, so every crawler is allowed.
- AWS blocked our test requestYour homepage turned away our request from a data center even with a normal browser user agent, so we could not test the AI crawlers themselves. AI crawlers also come from data centers: check that your bot protection lets the verified AI crawlers you want through.
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