AIRANKS — The Authoritative Rankings for AI Web Content

AIRANKS measures AI visibility: we ask AI models real product and service questions, capture the complete answers as immutable observations, and publish what they contain — which brands were mentioned, which domains were cited, and which exact pages were linked. Every domain gets an AIR score from 1–10 (a decile of visibility in the active dataset; 0 means insufficient data), with the methodology in the open.

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The Question

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Best hiking boots for arizona

Merrell takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 12 ranked brands, only 4 hold a position we'd call firm.

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answers sampled
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brands named
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Who AI Cites For This Question

25 cited pages · bars vs the leader

Men's Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Hiking Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-3-mid-water…ml?utm=airanks.net105
The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net101
X Ultra 5 Mid Gore-Tex - Men's Hiking Boots | Salomonwww.salomon.comsalomon.com/en-us/shop/product/x-u…ml?utm=airanks.net61
The 9 Best Hiking Shoes of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/best-h…ml?utm=airanks.net57

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Merrell locked Merrell — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=400 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 95% of answers
Salomon locked Salomon — ci 0.91–0.91 · n=400 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
KEEN locked KEEN — ci 0.82–0.82 · n=400 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 65% of answers
Altra firm Altra — ci 0.64–0.73 · n=400 · 84.1% of resamples held this rank · named in 37% of answers
La Sportiva soft La Sportiva — ci 0.55–0.73 · n=400 · 70.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 33% of answers
Oboz contested Oboz — ci 0.36–0.64 · n=400 · 52.6% of resamples held this rank · named in 31% of answers
Hoka contested Hoka — ci 0.36–0.55 · n=400 · 49.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 35% of answers
Lowa soft Lowa — ci 0.36–0.55 · n=400 · 70.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 32% of answers
Danner contested Danner — ci 0.18–0.27 · n=400 · 64.4% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Topo Athletic contested Topo Athletic — ci 0.18–0.27 · n=400 · 62.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Kenetrek soft Kenetrek — ci 0.00–0.18 · n=400 · 76.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers
Scarpa soft Scarpa — ci 0.00–0.09 · n=400 · 79.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 2% of answers

The Incomparability Lattice

what the intervals separate, not what the list claims

An edge means one brand's interval sits strictly above another's — zero overlap. No edge between two brands is not a gap in the drawing, it is the finding: their intervals overlap, and the bootstrap cannot tell them apart. Brands on the same rung are incomparable, not tied — the ranking above orders them anyway because a list has to print a total order; this diagram is the honest version.

Merrell

1.00–1.00

Salomon

0.91–0.91

KEEN

0.82–0.82

Altra

0.64–0.73

La Sportiva

0.55–0.73

Oboz

0.36–0.64

Hoka

0.36–0.55

Lowa

0.36–0.55

Danner

0.18–0.27

Topo Athletic

0.18–0.27

Kenetrek

0.00–0.18

Scarpa

0.00–0.09