#AI crawlers
AI crawlers are the automated bots that AI companies use to fetch web pages, either to train models or to answer user questions in real time. Each one identifies itself with a user-agent name, such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot or PerplexityBot. Site owners can allow or block them in robots.txt, and sometimes they are blocked by accident by a firewall or CDN setting. Knowing which bot does what helps you decide which ones to let in. Articles under this tag cover crawler names, access rules, logs and common mistakes.
7 sept. 2026 · 8 min de lecturePDFs, Images and Video: What AI Search Can Actually Read
How AI search handles PDFs, images and video, why HTML text is still the safest format, and how to make non-HTML content readable and…
31 août 2026 · 7 min de lectureHow AI Search Engines Work: Retrieval, Ranking and Answers
A plain explanation of how AI search engines work, from crawling and indexing to retrieval, answer generation and citations, and what it means for…
24 août 2026 · 7 min de lectureIs Your CDN or Firewall Blocking AI Crawlers? How to Check
Robots.txt may allow AI crawlers while your CDN, firewall or security plugin blocks them. How to find hidden blocks and fix them without inviting…
23 août 2026 · 7 min de lecture12 AI Search Mistakes That Make Your Site Invisible
Twelve common mistakes that keep websites out of AI answers, from blocked crawlers and JavaScript-only content to outdated facts, and how to fix each…
14 août 2026 · 7 min de lectureHow to Find and Verify AI Crawlers in Your Server Logs
Learn how to find GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and other AI crawlers in your logs, verify they are real and spot blocks and errors.
13 août 2026 · 7 min de lectureGoogle-Extended Explained: What Blocking It Does and Doesn’t
Google-Extended is a robots.txt token, not a crawler. Learn what it controls in Gemini, why it does not affect Search or AI Overviews, and…
11 août 2026 · 8 min de lectureAI Search Visibility Checklist: 25 Things to Audit
A 25-point AI search visibility checklist covering crawler access, rendering, indexing, content structure, trust and measurement, in order of priority.
10 août 2026 · 7 min de lecturePerplexity SEO: How Websites Get Cited in Perplexity Answers
How Perplexity finds and cites sources, which crawlers it uses, and the practical steps that make your pages more likely to appear in its…
9 août 2026 · 8 min de lectureHow to Track AI Referral Traffic in Google Analytics 4
Set up a GA4 channel for visits from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and other AI assistants, find the landing pages they send, and read the…
8 août 2026 · 8 min de lectureHow to Get Your Website Cited in ChatGPT Search
What decides whether ChatGPT search cites your pages: crawler access, Bing indexing, clear answers and brand signals, plus how to track the traffic it…
6 août 2026 · 7 min de lectureWhy AI Crawlers Miss JavaScript Content and How to Fix It
Many AI crawlers read only raw HTML and never run JavaScript. Learn how to test what they see and which rendering fixes make your…
4 août 2026 · 8 min de lectureHow to Allow or Block AI Crawlers in robots.txt
A practical guide to AI crawler rules in robots.txt: which bots train models, which power AI search, and copy-ready patterns to allow or block…