Back to the study

Kirkland's

kirklands.com · Retail

Ranked 1,344 of 2,047 companies in the study

29Overall score
  • Visibility2
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness36
What this means for Kirkland's

AI assistants rarely name Kirkland's, mentioning it in 1 of 60 answers. HomeGoods and At Home are also named in the same answer. Kirkland's has an overall score of 29 out of 100, ranking 1,344th of 2,047 companies and below the typical retailer. Its website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the retail market: none named Kirkland's. AI assistants named it in 1 of 60 answers (1.7%). The typical retail company is named in 6.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Kirkland's ranks 431 of 640 in its sector.

Named fewer than three times in total. Read this as a sign that AI assistants rarely bring this company up, not as an exact comparison with its rivals.

Named by AI in
1.7%
1 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
2.7%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
440 of 640
by overall score, where the typical retail company scores 34
How Kirkland's 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
2

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
0

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

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
36

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 retail

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

Overall score29
Ranks 440 of 640. Typical company: 34
Named in answers2%
Ranks 431 of 640. Typical company: 7%
AI readiness36
Ranks 156 of 640. Typical company: 29
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“Where can I find unique gifts and decorative accents for living spaces?”

Many retailers offer unique gifts and decorative accents for living spaces, ranging from large home decor stores to independent shops and online marketplaces.

Here are some places to consider:

Large Retailers with Unique Selections:

Kirkland's Home offers a wide variety of home decor, wall decor, furniture, and distinctive gifts online.

Pottery Barn provides decorative objects like sculptures, beads, vases, and lit decor to add personality and warmth to any space. They also have a range of home accessories including candles, picture frames, baskets, and wall art.

Wo …

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

Also named
HomeGoods5World Market3At Home1
Share of mentions

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

Target (Home section)
46.9%
HomeGoods
25.0%
World Market
15.6%
At Home
9.4%
Kirkland's
3.1%
Tuesday Morning
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
1/15
Claude
0/15
OpenAI
0/15
Perplexity
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
Can an AI agent buy here?

Not by itself. Kirkland's publishes none of the purchase protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the checkout like a person.

  • UCPNot present
  • ACPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
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.kirklands.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

apartmenttherapy.com
16
housebeautiful.com
11
homesandgardens.com
10
livingspaces.com
10
reddit.com
9
hgtv.com
9
thespruce.com
9
target.com
9
realhomes.com
8
ikea.com
6

In the study as US retailers: listed as a retailer in Wikidata, a public database, and among the websites Cloudflare Radar ranks as visited.

Every question, and where the company came up (1 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Where can I find unique gifts and decorative accents for living spaces?
  • Best home décor ideas for making a rental feel more personalized?
  • What are some alternatives to traditional brick-and-mortar home décor retailers?
  • What are common mistakes to avoid when selecting accent furniture for small spaces?
  • Are seasonal home décor collections really a good value?
  • How do prices of tabletop décor vary between outlet stores and specialty shops?
  • How can I use decorative throws and pillows to refresh a room for fall?
  • Best ways to find stylish, affordable furniture outside of big chain stores?
  • Where can I shop for home fragrances and wall art if I want something unique and affordable?
  • How does shopping at a home décor and furniture retailer compare to buying from online marketplaces?
  • Traditional furniture stores vs. discount home décor shops: which offer better value for renters?
  • How can I style my living room with budget-friendly wall décor without making it look cluttered?
  • Is it worth investing in affordable furniture for a first apartment?
  • What price range should I expect when shopping for affordable living room furniture sets in the US?
  • What are the best places to buy stylish home décor on a budget in the US?
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.

Next step

Want AI assistants to name your company?

Book a 30-minute demo to see Rezolve Ai in action and what it can do for your business.

Request a demo