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 montana

Salomon takes the top spot in 100.0% of resamples. Of 13 ranked brands, only 9 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

The 9 Best Hiking Boots of 2026: Tested | REI Expert Advicewww.rei.comrei.com/learn/expert-advice/the-be…ml?utm=airanks.net223
The best hiking boots to buy - tested and rated for mountain trails and casual hikeswww.tomsguide.comtomsguide.com/best-picks/best-hiki…ts?utm=airanks.net93
Men's Moab 3 Mid Waterproof Hiking Boots | Merrellwww.merrell.commerrell.com/US/en/moab-3-mid-water…ml?utm=airanks.net84
X Ultra 5 Mid Gore-Tex - Men's Hiking Boots | Salomonwww.salomon.comsalomon.com/en-us/shop/product/x-u…ml?utm=airanks.net57
RENEGADE EVO GTX MID - DARK GREY/BLACK – LOWAus.lowa.comus.lowa.com/products/renegade-evo-…ck?utm=airanks.net47
RENEGADE EVO GTX MID - DEEP BLACK – LOWA Bootswww.lowaboots.comlowaboots.com/products/renegade-ev…ck?utm=airanks.net34

The Ranking, With Its Uncertainty

Salomon locked Salomon — ci 1.00–1.00 · n=406 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 98% of answers
Lowa locked Lowa — ci 0.92–0.92 · n=406 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 89% of answers
Oboz locked Oboz — ci 0.83–0.83 · n=406 · 99.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 54% of answers
Merrell locked Merrell — ci 0.75–0.75 · n=406 · 99.7% of resamples held this rank · named in 73% of answers
Hoka locked Hoka — ci 0.58–0.67 · n=406 · 96.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 39% of answers
KEEN soft KEEN — ci 0.50–0.67 · n=406 · 69.5% of resamples held this rank · named in 38% of answers
La Sportiva soft La Sportiva — ci 0.50–0.58 · n=406 · 72.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 33% of answers
Scarpa locked Scarpa — ci 0.42–0.42 · n=406 · 100.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 19% of answers
Zamberlan firm Zamberlan — ci 0.25–0.33 · n=406 · 86.3% of resamples held this rank · named in 7% of answers
Danner soft Danner — ci 0.17–0.33 · n=406 · 73.8% of resamples held this rank · named in 6% of answers
Altra firm Altra — ci 0.08–0.25 · n=406 · 80.2% of resamples held this rank · named in 4% of answers
Kenetrek firm Kenetrek — ci 0.08–0.17 · n=406 · 92.0% of resamples held this rank · named in 3% of answers
Topo Athletic gathering Topo Athletic — gathering data, n=406. No bootstrap interval yet.

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.

Salomon

1.00–1.00

Lowa

0.92–0.92

Oboz

0.83–0.83

Merrell

0.75–0.75

Hoka

0.58–0.67

KEEN

0.50–0.67

La Sportiva

0.50–0.58

Scarpa

0.42–0.42

Zamberlan

0.25–0.33

Danner

0.17–0.33

Altra

0.08–0.25

Kenetrek

0.08–0.17