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Advanced Drainage Systems

adspipe.com · Industrial · WMS

Ranked 1,073 of 2,047 companies in the study

32Overall score
  • Visibility18
  • Citations4
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness21
What this means for Advanced Drainage Systems

AI assistants name Advanced Drainage Systems in 5% of answers, which is the same as the typical company in the industrial sector. Its overall score is 32 out of 100, ranking 1,073rd of 2,047 companies. The website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the industrial market: none named Advanced Drainage Systems. AI assistants named it in 3 of 60 answers (5.0%). The typical industrial company is named in 5.0% of answers. By how often it is named, Advanced Drainage Systems ranks 116 of 246 in its sector.

Named by AI in
5.0%
3 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
37.5%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
110 of 246
by overall score, where the typical industrial company scores 31
How Advanced Drainage Systems compares with all 2,047 companies

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This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
18

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
4

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with industrial

246 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score32
Ranks 110 of 246. Typical company: 31
Named in answers5%
Ranks 116 of 246. Typical company: 5%
AI readiness21
Ranks 107 of 246. Typical company: 21
What Perplexity actually said

An answer that names the company

“What kind of pipe is best for managing runoff in parking lot construction?”

For parking lot runoff, the best pipe depends on whether you need surface capture or subsurface conveyance. For most parking lots, a dual-wall HDPE storm pipe is a strong general choice, while a slotted drain pipe is best when you want to capture sheet flow directly from the paved surface.

Best for surface runoff capture: Slotted drain pipe such as ADS Duraslot, which is designed to capture sheet flow in areas like parking lots and other paved surfaces.

Best for buried storm conveyance: Dual-wall HDPE pipe such as N-12, which is commonly …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Advanced Drainage Systems
100.0%
Hancor (A Division of ADS)
0.0%
Contech Engineered Solutions
0.0%
Culvert Pipe (formerly Lane Enterprises)
0.0%
JM Eagle
0.0%
Prinsco, Inc.
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Perplexity
2/15
Gemini
1/15
Claude
0/15
OpenAI
0/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.adspipe.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

adspipe.com (its own website)
21
epa.gov
14
stormwater.com
12
conteches.com
10
journeymanhq.com
9
plasticpipe.org
9
image-ppubs.uspto.gov
8
informedinfrastructure.com
7
structuresmart.us
7
fergusonwaterworks.com
7

In the study as US-listed.

Every question, and where the company came up (3 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • How can you address issues with sediment buildup in stormwater detention chambers?
  • What alternatives exist to traditional plastic drainage pipe for stormwater management?
  • What kind of pipe is best for managing runoff in parking lot construction?
  • Are there sustainable options for stormwater detention systems beyond conventional pipe solutions?
  • What is the average cost per linear foot for high-capacity stormwater drainage pipe in the US?
  • Is investing in high-performance stormwater management systems worth the extra cost for large developments?
  • What are some low-maintenance alternatives to conventional trench drains in roadway construction?
  • What are the best stormwater management solutions for municipal infrastructure projects?
  • Corrugated HDPE pipe vs. reinforced concrete pipe for stormwater drainage—what are the pros and cons?
  • What are common causes of premature failure in underground stormwater pipe installations?
  • Which stormwater management system works best for areas prone to heavy rainfall and flooding?
  • Are premium drainage pipe solutions necessary for highway projects or will standard options suffice?
  • Which types of drainage pipe are most suitable for heavy-duty construction sites?
  • How do material choices affect the overall expense of installing a stormwater management system?
  • How does dual wall drainage pipe compare to single wall options in durability and flow capacity?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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