Does AI recommend SiteGround?
siteground.com in web hosting: how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to Hostinger, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
38%
of AI answers name SiteGround
Hostinger: 46%. Rank 2 of 51 brands tracked.
SiteGround vs Hostinger, engine by engine
Named most by Gemini (45%), least by ChatGPT (32%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Questions where Hostinger is named and SiteGround is not
- “Which web hosting providers are best with free domain and SSL included?”
- “Most affordable web hosting providers for a small business website with email”
36 more questions like these in this check. The snapshot finds them all for SiteGround 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 SiteGround named, and where?
- Yes. SiteGround is named in 38% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 2 of 51 brands we track in web hosting.
- In list answers it shows up at position 2.1 on average in Gemini (1 = first).
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (51 brands tracked in web hosting, Week 41).
3%
The typical brand
46%
The category leader
38%
SiteGround, above typical
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about web hosting, all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- youtube.com6.7% of citations
- reddit.com4.3% of citations
- cybernews.com2.9% of citations
- cnet.com2.4% of citations
- hostinger.com2.2% of citations
- hostingadvice.com1.7% of citations
Can AI crawlers read siteground.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 | Bot protection | 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.
- Your firewall 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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We make every effort to find high-quality data sources, but this data comes from AI engine answers collected from the open web and we cannot guarantee its accuracy, completeness or reliability. Use it at your own risk.