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AI search visibility,
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Practical guides to AI crawlers, robots.txt policies and the technical checks behind being found and cited by answer engines. Each one links to the operators' own documentation.

Updated 2026-10-06

AI crawler list: user agents, purposes and robots.txt rules

Which AI crawlers fetch your site, what each one is for, and robots.txt rules that keep you visible in AI search while opting out of model training.

Updated 2026-10-06

GPTBot vs OAI-SearchBot: which OpenAI crawler to allow

GPTBot collects training data while OAI-SearchBot powers ChatGPT search. See what each OpenAI bot does, how to block one but not the other, and when changes apply.

Updated 2026-10-06

How to get cited by ChatGPT search: a technical checklist

No one can guarantee a ChatGPT citation. This checklist covers what you control: crawler access, indexable answer-first pages, verifiable facts and measurement.

Updated 2026-10-06

Is my website visible to AI search? A 15-minute check

Check robots.txt, CDN bot rules, noindex, JavaScript rendering and Google and Bing index coverage to see whether AI answer engines can reach and read your pages.

Updated 2026-10-06

Cloudflare AI Crawl Control: allow AI search, block training

How Cloudflare's AI crawler blocking, managed robots.txt and bot settings interact, and how to stay visible in AI answers while declining model training.

Updated 2026-10-02

Does llms.txt work? Separate navigation from rankings

What the llms.txt proposal is for, what Google's guidance says, and why it is an optional experiment rather than a route into AI answers.