Learn how automated crawlers read pages, how to identify their visits and how access controls work. Separate search discovery from training use before choosing which services may access your content.
Measurement and site improvement
Understand Disallow AI Training versus Block, inspect bot policies and robots.txt, account for Bing’s pending support, and verify actual crawl access.
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AIO and AI search
llms.txt is a list of links to public pages you want AI to read. Learn whether AI search requires it, how it differs from robots.txt, when it helps, how to write it, and how to set it up and check it in WordPress and other platforms.
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Measurement and site improvement
Want your content used for search but not AI training? Learn the three Content Signals uses, robots.txt examples, what omitted settings mean, how access rules differ, how Cloudflare manages them, and what to check after setup.
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Measurement and site improvement
Learn how to use Cloudflare AI Crawl Control to monitor AI crawlers and allow or block each one. Covers free-plan detection and reporting periods, Security/Crawlers label differences, and what to check when access fails even with Allow.
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Measurement and site improvement
AI crawlers are programs AI companies use to read public web pages. Learn how GPTBot differs from OAI-SearchBot, how Google-Extended works, why visits can continue after a robots.txt block and how to choose settings by purpose.
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Measurement and site improvement
A GPTBot name alone does not prove who sent a request. Learn how to check official IP ranges and signatures, how Web Bot Auth differs from RFC 9421, and what remained in draft as of September 2026. Includes a checklist for your web agency and guidance on recording unverified traffic.
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