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73% of Websites Have Technical Barriers Blocking AI Crawlers
verified Tavily intermediate
OtterlyAI study of 1M+ citations found 73% of sites block AI crawlers via robots.txt, CDN rules, or JS rendering issues.
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Cloudflare Three-Tier AI Crawler Classification — Search, Agent, Training
verified Tavily intermediate
From Sep 15, 2026, Cloudflare blocks multi-purpose crawlers by default on ad-supported pages. Publishers can granularly allow/block each tier.
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llms.txt and AI Discovery File Suite Becomes Competitive Differentiator
verified Tavily intermediate
One-van firm scored ChatGPT 99/100 against national brands using 9 AI Discovery Files. Backlinks didn't determine AI assessment — structured facts did.
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73% of Websites Have Technical Barriers Blocking AI Crawlers
OtterlyAI study of 1M+ citations found 73% of sites block AI crawlers via robots.txt, CDN rules, or JS rendering issues.
Cloudflare Three-Tier AI Crawler Classification — Search, Agent, Training
From Sep 15, 2026, Cloudflare blocks multi-purpose crawlers by default on ad-supported pages. Publishers can granularly allow/block each tier.
llms.txt and AI Discovery File Suite Becomes Competitive Differentiator
One-van firm scored ChatGPT 99/100 against national brands using 9 AI Discovery Files. Backlinks didn't determine AI assessment — structured facts did.