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#AI crawlers

AI crawlers are programs that automatically scrape web content for large model training or real-time Q&A retrieval. This page collects crater's ongoing notes on identifying and responding to AI crawlers, explaining their crawling patterns and impact on site traffic.

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2026.09.16
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Should Your Company Site Let AI Crawlers In? robots.txt Decisions and GEO Trade-offs

Many company sites block AI crawlers by default, which means giving up their GEO entry point without a fight. The right move isn't to allow everything, but to decide by crawler type: let retrieval crawlers in, watch training crawlers, and block scanners.

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