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Cloudflare AI Bot Controls Can Affect Googlebot: What Website Owners Need to Check

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Cloudflare has clarified that its AI traffic controls can affect more than specialist AI crawlers. Under the company's updated policy, a site that blocks Training may also block mixed-use crawlers such as Googlebot, Applebot and BingBot when they visit pages that serve ads. For businesses that rely…

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  1. 2026-10-08 15:15 · DEV Community — AI
    Cloudflare AI Bot Controls Can Affect Googlebot: What Website Owners Need to Check

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