AI Crawler & GEO Readiness Checker
Audit your site across 26+ AI bots, search engines, and social crawlers. Check robots.txt, llms.txt, WAF firewalls, and generative engine visibility.
Why AI Bot Readiness is the New SEO
In 2026, millions of queries bypass Google SERPs entirely and happen inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude. If your website blocks AI crawlers or lacks clean context, your brand becomes invisible.
Live Search vs AI Training
Smart publishers distinguish between training crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot) and real-time live citation bots (OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot) so they earn citations without giving away raw training data.
Cloudflare & WAF Firewalls
Many websites accidentally block AI search engines because default WAF rules flag automated User-Agents as malicious scraping bots, causing silent 403 Forbidden errors.
Structured llms.txt Context
Providing standard /llms.txt files gives LLMs curated, high-density markdown context about your products, pricing, and documentation.
Frequently Asked Questions about AI Bots & GEO
What is a GEO Visibility Score?
A 0–100 weighted metric assessing whether AI search engines and LLM agents can crawl, index, and cite your website without firewall blocks, robots.txt bans, or missing context.
Should I block GPTBot or allow it?
If you want your website cited as an authoritative source in ChatGPT Search and answers, you should allow OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User. If you do not want your content used for general foundation model training, you can disallow GPTBot.
Does robots.txt affect ChatGPT citations?
Yes. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity strictly respect standard robots.txt directives. Disallowing their search user-agents prevents them from rendering your live links in conversational answers.
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