--- title: "Research datasets | Meridian15" description: "The raw data behind our original research: six published datasets covering Calgary website audits and AI search results, downloadable in full as CSV." url: https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research --- Meridian15 / Research # The data, not just the finding. Every original study we publish ships the corpus it was drawn from. No email, no form, no summary standing in for the file. Take the CSV, check our arithmetic, and tell us if we got it wrong. 6 datasets 1,753 rows published 149 KB of raw CSV 1. ## We Analyzed 330 Results in the AI Search Tools Category. Half of It Is Vendors Ranking Themselves. We pulled 20 US Google SERPs across the AI search tools category and classified all 330 organic results. Every query carries an AI Overview. 51.5% of results come from vendors selling a tool in the category they rank for. **Sample** 330 organic results classified **Collected** August 1, 2026 **Source** DataForSEO SERP API **Dataset** 330 rows × 4 columns [metrics.csv 32 KB](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/ai-search-tools-category-study-2026/metrics.csv) [method.json](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/ai-search-tools-category-study-2026/method.json) [Read the study](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-search-tools-category-study-2026) 2. ## AI Overviews Took Over One Category Completely and Left Another Untouched. We Measured 38 Search Results Pages. We pulled 38 Google results pages on one day. AI search tool queries returned an AI Overview 20 out of 20 times. Local service queries returned one zero out of 18 times, in both the US and Canada. **Sample** 38 search pages measured **Collected** August 1, 2026 **Source** DataForSEO SERP API **Dataset** 38 rows × 5 columns [metrics.csv 2 KB](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/ai-overview-split-2026/metrics.csv) [method.json](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/ai-overview-split-2026/method.json) [Read the study](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-overview-split-2026) 3. ## The AI-Blocking Myth: 403 Calgary Sites Later, Almost No One Blocks AI (and the Ones Who Do Picked Wrong) We fetched robots.txt for 403 Calgary business homepages. Only 4% block any AI crawler. Most blocks target training bots, which do not stop live AI citation. **Sample** 403 homepages audited **Collected** July 21, 2026 **Source** First-party crawl **Dataset** 333 rows × 9 columns This post has no winner ranking. Every site is listed anonymized: block posture is reported without naming the business, because blocking or not blocking is a defensible business choice either way. [metrics.csv 20 KB](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/ai-blocking-myth-calgary-2026/metrics.csv) [method.json](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/ai-blocking-myth-calgary-2026/method.json) [Read the study](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-blocking-myth-calgary-2026) 4. ## Wix vs Shopify vs WordPress vs Webflow. What Each Website Builder Actually Costs a Calgary Business. We joined 5 audit datasets across 350 Calgary business homepages and cross-tabbed by builder. Every platform makes you pay somewhere. Here is exactly where. **Sample** 403 homepages audited **Collected** July 21, 2026 **Source** First-party crawl **Dataset** 350 rows × 13 columns All sites hashed; this study reports platform-level medians and percentages only. [metrics.csv 28 KB](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/platform-tax-calgary-2026/metrics.csv) [method.json](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/platform-tax-calgary-2026/method.json) [Read the study](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/platform-tax-calgary-2026) 5. ## 41% of Calgary Businesses Cannot Be Phoned in One Tap. Every Dentist Can. Almost No Cafe Can. We parsed 403 Calgary homepages for tel: links, forms, and booking widgets. 41% cannot be phoned in one tap from mobile. Dentists lead. Cafes bottom. **Sample** 403 homepages audited **Collected** July 21, 2026 **Source** First-party crawl **Dataset** 350 rows × 9 columns Winners (tel + form + booking + viewport all present on homepage) are named. All other sites are hashed. [metrics.csv 21 KB](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/one-tap-contact-calgary-2026/metrics.csv) [method.json](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/one-tap-contact-calgary-2026/method.json) [Read the study](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/one-tap-contact-calgary-2026) 6. ## 72% of Calgary Sites Have Structured Data. Only 61% Told Search Engines They're a Business. We parsed JSON-LD on 403 Calgary business homepages. 72% ship structured data. Only 61% marked themselves as a business. 91% skip FAQPage. **Sample** 403 homepages audited **Collected** July 21, 2026 **Source** First-party crawl **Dataset** 352 rows × 9 columns Winners (fully valid schema + LocalBusiness/Organization + sameAs, ranked by types count) are named. All other sites are hashed. [metrics.csv 46 KB](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/broken-schema-calgary-2026/metrics.csv) [method.json](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/research/blog/broken-schema-calgary-2026/method.json) [Read the study](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/broken-schema-calgary-2026) Reviews of other people's research are tagged [Research on the blog](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog?t=research). Only studies where we collected the data ourselves appear here, because those are the only ones with a corpus of ours to hand over.