#web-crawlers tag

Cloudflare has blocked 416 billion requests from AI bots in the last six months

Google's combined search and AI crawling obstructs internet progress; splitting crawlers and enforcing paid content licensing would enable fairer access and business models.

E-Commerce

fromZDNET

1 week ago

Amazon puts ChatGPT on the naughty list, blocking shopping access - what we know

Amazon is blocking several ChatGPT web crawlers in its robots.txt, preventing ChatGPT from browsing Amazon and limiting AI shopping tools.

#wikipedia-traffic

fromCNET

1 month ago

Artificial intelligence

Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

fromCNET

1 month ago

Artificial intelligence

Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos

fromCNET

1 month ago

Artificial intelligence

Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

fromCNET

1 month ago

Artificial intelligence

Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos

more#wikipedia-traffic

Artificial intelligence

fromCNET

3 months ago

Online Media Brands Hope a New Protocol Will Stop Unwanted AI Crawlers

Major online publishers are adopting RSL licensing to block unauthorized AI scraping and require payment when AI trains on their content.

Intellectual property law

fromTheregister

3 months ago

New RSL spec wants AI crawlers to show a license or pay

Really Simple Licensing (RSL) enables websites to require RSL License Tokens and gate crawler access, enabling paid or free licenses to compensate creators when AI uses their content.

Web development

fromSearch Engine Roundtable

3 months ago

Good Web Crawler Attributes

Good web crawlers support HTTP/2, identify via user-agent, respect robots.txt, follow caching and redirects, back off on slow servers, and expose crawl details.

Artificial intelligence

fromCrazy Stupid Tech

5 months ago

Why the AI revolution needs tollbooths

Tollbit creates a paywall for AI bots to crawl websites, allowing publishers to monetize their content and adapt to the evolving internet economy.

Artificial intelligence

fromComputerworld

7 months ago

Attack of the AI crawlers

Generative AI bots often ignore robots.txt, causing IT leaders to face massive bandwidth costs despite attempts to restrict access.

fromSearch Engine Roundtable

7 months ago

Apple Updates Applebot Documentation Explaining Applebot-Extended vs Applebot

Applebot-Extended is not new; the documentation clarifies its differentiation from standard Applebot, highlighting its role in AI and ensuring publishers understand crawl permissions.

Apple

#web-crawlers#web-crawlers

Cloudflare has blocked 416 billion requests from AI bots in the last six months

Amazon puts ChatGPT on the naughty list, blocking shopping access - what we know

Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos

Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos

Online Media Brands Hope a New Protocol Will Stop Unwanted AI Crawlers

New RSL spec wants AI crawlers to show a license or pay

Good Web Crawler Attributes

Why the AI revolution needs tollbooths

Attack of the AI crawlers

Apple Updates Applebot Documentation Explaining Applebot-Extended vs Applebot

#web-crawlers
#web-crawlers