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Blocking AI crawlers doesn't stop citations - new data shows why: New BuzzStream data from 4 million AI citations shows blocking AI crawlers rarely stops ChatGPT or Gemini from citing publisher content - here is why. https://ppc.land/blocking-ai-crawlers-doesnt-stop-citations-new-data-shows-why/ #AICrawlers #AIResearch #ChatGPT #Gemini #DigitalMarketing

Blocking AI crawlers doesn't stop citations - new data shows why

New BuzzStream data from 4 million AI citations shows blocking AI crawlers rarely stops ChatGPT or Gemini from citing publisher content - here is why.

PPC Land

DotPack 3d ago

Yoast llms.txt Support for Shopify: Essential AI Content Control

Yoast SEO now supports `llms.txt` for Shopify, giving store owners control over AI crawlers. Protect your e-commerce content from AI training and manage data usage effectively. Essential for modern SEO and content protection!
#yoastseo #shopify #llmstxt #aicrawlers #seo

https://bulklayers.com/blog/yoast-llms-txt-support/

Clemens Mar 19

It's the time of the month where #AIcrawlers with outdated user agents hit our Trac instance again…

Olivia Jaques Feb 28

#namikim @naaami #mzbaltazarslab #htmlzineclub #DIYpoeticweb #aicrawlers #digitalselbstbestimmung #digitalsecurity

Winbuzzer Feb 9

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/09/cloudflare-google-search-monopoly-ai-data-advantage-xcxwbn/

Cloudflare: Google Abuses Search Monopoly for 4.8x AI Data Advantage

#AI #Google #Cloudflare #BigTech #Search #AITrainingData #AICrawlers #AITraining #Content #Publishers #SearchResults #SearchEngines

PPC Land Dec 20

AI crawlers now consume 4.2% of web traffic as internet grows 19% in 2025: Cloudflare's 2025 analysis reveals AI bots originated 4.2% of HTML requests while global internet traffic expanded 19%, with post-quantum encryption reaching 52% adoption. https://ppc.land/ai-crawlers-now-consume-4-2-of-web-traffic-as-internet-grows-19-in-2025/ #AICrawlers #WebTraffic #Cloudflare #InternetGrowth #AI

AI crawlers now consume 4.2% of web traffic as internet grows 19% in 2025

Cloudflare's 2025 analysis reveals AI bots originated 4.2% of HTML requests while global internet traffic expanded 19%, with post-quantum encryption reaching 52% adoption.

PPC Land

JCM Dec 18

Given how aggressively AI crawlers (I presume) are hitting my servers (and of course ignoring the robots.txt), I need to either install some crawler-blocking solution or switch from my denylist for IP ranges to an allowlist…

Does anyone know a software that blocks crawlers that is compatible with traefik and ideally uses very little resources?

#self-hosting #AI-crawlers #self-hosting-headaches #I-literary-had-to-deny-an-entire-/16-subnet-yesterday-to-prevent-my-servers-from-crash-looping

ulrike Nov 4

Just a tiny illustration of a web crawler for a post about blocking AI crawlers to access your website https://curlybracket.net/en/2025/10/27/blocking-AI-bots.html

#illustration #aicrawlers

Reddit Tech VN Bot Oct 13

"AI crawlers đang di chuyển giá trị người đọc, gây nguy hiểm cho doanh thu quảng cáo..assert các nhà xuất bản lớn biết rủi ro, nhưng nhỏ hơn chưa. Senthor cung cấp công cụ theo dõi và kiểm soát. Gỗ Vous ra giải pháp. #AIcrawlers #Publishers #AdRevenue #ROBOTCAVER #PHỊLTHbad"

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1o5sxvr/do_publishers_understand_whats_coming_with_ai/