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ai-bot-access

AI bot access (robots.txt)

TrustImpact: Medium
What we measure

Whether robots.txt explicitly addresses GPTBot/ClaudeBot/PerplexityBot.

Why it matters for AI citation

Default-allow gets you crawled, but explicit allow signals intent + unlocks niche AI bots.

How to fix

Add User-agent: GPTBot/ClaudeBot/OAI-SearchBot/PerplexityBot rules to robots.txt.

Source

OpenAI / Anthropic / Perplexity bot docs

Category
Trust
Crawl-time + share-time trust signals: HTTPS, canonical, viewport, AI-bot access via robots/llms.txt, Twitter card, meta description.

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