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How to check whether AI crawlers can read your site (robots.txt and server logs)

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AI answer engines only recommend or cite what they can fetch. Before you invest in GEO, confirm the crawlers can actually read your site. Here is a quick check. The user agents to know GPTBot – OpenAI's crawler, used to collect content that may be used to train models. ClaudeBot – Anthropic's crawl…

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  1. 2026-10-22 20:56 · DEV Community — AI
    How to check whether AI crawlers can read your site (robots.txt and server logs)

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