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AI Crawlers Are Now a Line Item: What They Actually Cost Wikimedia and Small Sites

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Originally published on LetsLaunch . Most of what gets written about AI crawlers is about visibility — can ChatGPT see your page, will it cite you, should you welcome the traffic. None of that is the problem for a growing list of sites. Their problem is that the traffic showed up, kept showing up,…

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  1. 2026-09-16 17:20 · DEV Community — AI
    AI Crawlers Are Now a Line Item: What They Actually Cost Wikimedia and Small Sites

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