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ExxonMobil

exxonmobil.com · Energy · XOM

Ranked 319 of 2,047 companies in the study

41Overall score
  • Visibility27
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment81
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness21
What this means for ExxonMobil

AI assistants name ExxonMobil in 20% of answers, which is much more often than the typical company in the energy sector at 3.3%. Its overall score is 41 out of 100, which ranks 319th of 2,047 companies. The ExxonMobil website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the energy market: none named ExxonMobil. AI assistants named it in 12 of 60 answers (20.0%). The typical energy company is named in 3.3% of answers. By how often it is named, ExxonMobil ranks 7 of 109 in its sector.

Named by AI in
20.0%
12 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
3 of 109
by overall score, where the typical energy company scores 29
How ExxonMobil compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
27

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
1

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

Sentiment
81

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

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 energy

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

Overall score41
Ranks 3 of 109. Typical company: 29
Named in answers20%
Ranks 7 of 109. Typical company: 3%
AI readiness21
Ranks 52 of 109. Typical company: 21
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“Are large integrated oil and gas companies worth choosing for sustainable energy solutions?”

While large integrated oil and gas companies are increasingly investing in sustainable energy solutions, their suitability as a primary choice for driving the energy transition is a complex issue with various perspectives.

Arguments for considering them:

Financial Power and Expertise: These companies possess substantial capital, extensive infrastructure, and considerable engineering and project management expertise gained from decades in the energy sector. This can be leveraged to scale up renewable energy projects and integrate them into existing energy systems.

Diversific …

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

Also named
Chevron10ConocoPhillips5
Share of mentions

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

ExxonMobil
44.4%
Chevron
33.3%
ConocoPhillips
14.8%
Occidental Petroleum (Oxy)
7.4%
Shell USA
0.0%
BP (British Petroleum) America
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
5/15
Perplexity
3/15
OpenAI
3/15
Claude
1/15
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
63 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPassed

    Explicit robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.

    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.mdCould not check

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardCould not check

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

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardCould not check

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

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsCould not check

    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 manifestCould not check

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

    study: 0.1%

Score 40 of 100 · 77% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · corporate.exxonmobil.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

simplywall.st
21
energy.gov
15
marketbeat.com
12
justdial.com
11
energydigital.com
9
mckinsey.com
8
corporate.exxonmobil.com
7
finance.yahoo.com
6
fool.com
6
reuters.com
5

In the study as S&P 500. Number 87 on the NRF Top 100 Retailers 2026 list, ranked by US retail sales.

Every question, and where the company came up (5 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • What are common use-cases for low-emission technologies developed by major energy companies?
  • Are large integrated oil and gas companies worth choosing for sustainable energy solutions?
  • How can companies address inconsistent natural gas delivery from major suppliers?
  • Which companies are pioneering new research in emissions reduction technologies in the US energy sector?
  • How are fuel prices from integrated oil and gas companies determined for large commercial contracts?
  • What factors can affect the cost of carbon management services from leading energy suppliers?
  • What are the best integrated oil and gas companies in the US for long-term energy supply?
  • Is it cost-effective for businesses to switch from traditional utilities to an integrated energy supplier?
  • What options exist for businesses seeking alternatives to large-scale integrated energy providers?
  • What are the best alternatives to traditional oil and gas companies for energy procurement in the US?
  • How do integrated oil and gas companies compare to renewable energy firms for reliability?
  • What should you do if your energy provider experiences a supply disruption?
  • Who are the leading providers of carbon capture and storage solutions for businesses?
  • Integrated oil and gas vs. independent energy producers: which is better for industrial clients?
  • When should governments consider working with integrated oil and gas firms for national infrastructure projects?
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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