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AI bots in SEO: To block, or not to block

AI web crawlers like GPTbot, CCbot, and Google-Extended play a significant role in training content for AI models. These bots crawl websites, collect data, and contribute to developing and improving Large Language Models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence. However, many people have asked us the same question: should you block these AI bots in your robots.txt […]


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