Charging AI Bots Decides Which Agents Can Still Cite You via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic
AI bot paywalls are framed as new income. The real question is which AI answers you’re willing to disappear from. The post Charging AI Bots Decides Which Agents Can Still…
Read More »Cloudflare’s AI Crawler Rules Can Block Googlebot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Cloudflare now lets all sites manage AI crawlers as Search, Agent, or Training, with Sept. 15 defaults that can block Googlebot for sites blocking training. The post Cloudflare’s AI Crawler…
Read More »81.8% Of My ‘AI Assistant’ Traffic Was Fake. The Googlebot Number Was Worse via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
ClaudeBot outpaced Googlebot on a new site. Here’s what verified crawl data actually looks like, and how to get your own. The post 81.8% Of My ‘AI Assistant’ Traffic Was…
Read More »Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google updated its Googlebot documentation to clarify file size limits, separating default limits that apply to all crawlers from Googlebot-specific details. The post Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs…
Read More »Googlebot Crawl Slump? Mueller Points To Server Errors via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
A Reddit thread about a sharp crawl drop prompted guidance from Google’s John Mueller. Here’s how to diagnose the cause. The post Googlebot Crawl Slump? Mueller Points To Server Errors…
Read More »Meet the New Web Crawlers: AI Bots Are Closing in on Search Engine Bots
The problem is that AI bots are new to web crawling. They’re still making some silly crawl decisions, bumping around, and wasting a lot of resources. We’ve already seen that…
Read More »Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS Crawl via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google responds to a publisher’s concern about crawl budget and rankings due to Googlebot’s requests for non-existent pages The post Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS…
Read More »15 AEO Tools That Will Help You Optimize for LLMs
We’re moving from chasing traffic, to competing for brand visibility. We’re thinking about how AI crawlers view our site–not just search engine bots. We’re trying to follow the breadcrumb trail…
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Make Zogoo Smile CAPTCHA CSS Animation
Instead of filling out boring old CAPTCHAs, give Zogoo a compliment instead. This was built entirely using native CSS Animations. No external libraries were used. #css #html #javascript #coding #webdevelopment…
Read More »Google Warns: Beware Of Fake Googlebot Traffic via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google warns about fake Googlebot crawlers and suggests tools and methods to identify legitimate traffic. The post Google Warns: Beware Of Fake Googlebot Traffic appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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