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3 posts tagged “robots.txt” — GEO, AI-Overview & autonomous-SEO insights.

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You 'protected' yourself from AI bots — and silently vanished from ChatGPT Search GEO

You 'protected' yourself from AI bots — and silently vanished from ChatGPT Search

AI crawlers play 4 different roles, and blocking each has its own price. The 2026 registry of 19 bots, the #1 robots.txt anti-pattern, and the correct configuration.

Read → Does your robots.txt let AI in? We ran 6 famous sites through the free checker GEO

Does your robots.txt let AI in? We ran 6 famous sites through the free checker

Before optimizing content for AI answers, answer question #0: can AI crawlers read your site at all. A breakdown of the free access checker (27 bots, 3 roles) and the real robots.txt of Reddit, NYT, The Verge and Medium.

Read → Make your robots.txt a landmark: ASCII art that crawlers and developers will see SEO

Make your robots.txt a landmark: ASCII art that crawlers and developers will see

robots.txt is read by curious developers, not just bots. Our generator now adds ASCII headers in five styles — from Matrix to a note-to-AI-crawlers. Plus why it doesn't hurt SEO.

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