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AI Crawlers Are Hitting Your Website Right Now
Original: Go check your server logs. I'll wait. See those user agents you don't recognize? GPTBot, ClaudeBot,... # ai # seo # webd
Website owners are being urged to inspect their server logs, where unfamiliar user agents like GPTBot and ClaudeBot reveal AI crawlers scraping content. The question dividing developers and SEO specialists is whether to block these bots via robots.txt, allow them to index content, or charge for access. The debate touches on copyright, traffic loss, and whether blocking AI training data helps or hurts visibility.
Why now: Concerns over AI companies scraping website content without permission are prompting developers to check who is accessing their servers.
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- Go check your server logs. I'll wait. See those user agents you don't recognize? GPTBot, ClaudeBot,... # ai # seo # webdev # programming # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community AI Crawlers Are Hitting Your Site Right Now. Should You Block Them? · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 4
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