- Visibility19
- Citations0
- Sentiment50
- Site quality80
- AI readiness7
AI assistants name Whirlpool in 15% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in its sector, named 5% of the time. Whirlpool has an overall score of 30 out of 100, ranking 1,201st of 2,047 companies in the study. Its website passes 1 out of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.
We asked 15 unbranded questions about the industrial market: none named Whirlpool. AI assistants named it in 9 of 60 answers (15.0%). The typical industrial company is named in 5.0% of answers. By how often it is named, Whirlpool ranks 51 of 246 in its sector.
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Five parts, each scored out of 100.
How often AI assistants name the company
How often AI uses the company's own website as a source
How positively AI describes the company
How well built the website's own pages are
How easily AI tools can read and use the website
Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.
246 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.
An answer that names the company
“What are the most reliable home appliance brands for families in the US?”
For families in the U.S. seeking reliable home appliances, several brands consistently receive high marks for durability, performance, and customer satisfaction. When choosing, consider not just brand reputation but also factors like ease of repair, consistent performance, and strong warranty support.
Some of the most reliable home appliance brands include:
Whirlpool has a long-standing reputation for straightforward, sturdy engineering and consistent performance. Their appliances are known for being user-friendly and having a long life cycle, making them a "safe bet" for homeowners …
The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.
How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals
Answers naming it, out of answers received
What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.
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Level 0: Not yet agent-ready. Agents struggle to find basic information about the site.
- 2 of robots.txt, Sitemap, Link headers
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- study: 92.0%robots.txtNot met
Publish a valid robots.txt with crawl rules and a Sitemap line.
- study: 86.8%SitemapNot met
Serve an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt.
- study: 0.3%Link headersNot met
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
- study: 5.5%DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present
Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.
- study: 1.9%Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
- study: 25.1%llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
- study: 93.4%AI bot rulesNot met
Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.
- study: 1.4%Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
- study: 0.2%Web Bot AuthNot present
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
- study: 0.3%API CatalogNot met
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
- study: 11.8%OAuth discoveryNot met
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
- study: 10.3%OAuth Protected ResourceNot met
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
- study: 0.0%auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
- study: 0.2%MCP Server CardNot met
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
- study: 0.1%A2A Agent CardNot met
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
- study: 0.2%Agent SkillsNot met
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
- study: 33.7%WebMCPCould not check
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
- study: 0.1%ARD manifestNot met
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Score 0 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.whirlpoolcorp.com · 2,047 companies scanned
1 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.
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- Not metrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
- Not metXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
- Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
- Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
- Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
- PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
- Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
- 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%
How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers
In the study as US-listed.
- What are the most reliable home appliance brands for families in the US?
- Alternative options for home appliances if I want to avoid smart connectivity features
- Is it better to buy a matching appliance suite or mix different models?
- Which appliances are best for quickly cleaning up after large family meals?
- Are smart home appliances worth the investment for everyday use?
- How can I troubleshoot a dishwasher that isn't drying dishes properly?
- Where can I find appliance trade-in or rebate programs for upgrading older units?
- What should I expect to pay for a reliable washer and dryer set in the United States?
- Recommended features in laundry appliances for busy families
- Front-load vs top-load washing machines: which is better for large households?
- What are alternatives to traditional electric ranges for eco-friendly cooking?
- Side-by-side refrigerator vs French door refrigerator—what are the pros and cons?
- Best energy-efficient kitchen appliances for a sustainable household
- What should I do if my washing machine is making loud noises during the spin cycle?
- How do prices for high-end kitchen appliances compare to standard models in the US?
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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