AI Crawlers: Separate Your Search, Training and Agent Rules
Keep AI search visibility, training preferences and assistant access separate. Use a practical policy matrix to check Cloudflare settings and test key public pages.
AI crawler governance
That AI Crawler Says It’s Google. Can Your Edge Prove It?
Verify AI crawler identities with Web Bot Auth, handle unsigned Google traffic, and build edge rules that keep useful agents moving without broad firewall exceptions.
Cloudflare’s September Bot Defaults Could Quietly Cut AI Visibility
Cloudflare’s September bot defaults give publishers more control, but one training block could also cut search crawling and AI-driven discovery.
Written recommendations from Trafik og Veje, Aarhus Municipality (2011) and AgroTech (2010).
