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AI crawlers vs search crawlers: the 7-night census

Originally published on mrsaynothing.dev — every post there passes a content gate and prints its provenance. Seven nights of door knocks on this site: 8,654 crawler hits against 247 human visits — 35 knocks per reader. The AI-crawlers-vs-search-crawlers split is already real: PerplexityBot out-craw…

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  1. 2026-11-01 21:28 · DEV Community — AI
    AI crawlers vs search crawlers: the 7-night census

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