AI & SEO Tools Blog

Your site missing from ChatGPT, Claude or AI Overviews? It's usually your own robots.txt or firewall blocking the search bots. Here are 9 reasons and fixes.

Every verified AI crawler user agent in 2026 — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and more — with what each does and exact robots.txt controls.

identity.json is a small file that declares your site's identity to AI search. But does Bing actually read it? Here's what the evidence really says in 2026.

agents.md for websites explained: where the name comes from, how it differs from robots.txt and llms.txt, and an honest verdict on whether your site needs one.

No free tool tracks AI rankings like Google rankings. A 20-prompt test, Search Console's AI report and GA4 referrals reveal your AI search visibility free.

We checked the robots.txt files of 40 major websites. ClaudeBot and Bytespider are blocked by 81% of them — while GPTBot, the most famous AI crawler, is blocked by only 62%. Full data inside.

Applebot vs Applebot-Extended explained: what Apple's crawler powers (Siri, Spotlight, Safari), how to opt out of AI training without losing search visibility, and how to verify real Applebot traffic.

Block AI crawlers and bad bots at the server level with .htaccess: copy-paste mod_rewrite and SetEnvIf rules, which bots to block (and never block), testing steps, and what to do on Nginx or Shopify.

Block AI crawlers on Shopify with robots.txt.liquid: step-by-step template setup, copy-paste rules for GPTBot, ClaudeBot and CCBot, testing steps, and what to do about bots that ignore robots.txt.