Articles about "google-extended"

Block GPTBot and ClaudeBot without killing search traffic. The 2026 robots.txt guide: which AI bots to block, which to allow, and the exact template to use.

Google's AI Overviews cite pages its ranking systems already trust. How citation works, what Google really recommends, and the Google-Extended opt-out myth.

Should you block AI crawlers? Blocking training bots like GPTBot while allowing search bots is usually the smart middle path. Here's the honest 2026 guide.

Copy-paste robots.txt templates for AI crawlers that actually work: block training bots while staying visible in AI search, or block everything. Verified user-agent tokens for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, and more, plus testing steps.

Every verified AI crawler user agent in 2026 — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and more — with what each does and exact robots.txt controls.

We checked the robots.txt files of 40 major websites. ClaudeBot and Bytespider are blocked by 81% of them — while GPTBot, the most famous AI crawler, is blocked by only 62%. Full data inside.

No simple off switch exists for Google AI Overviews. Here are the real 2026 opt-out options: the Search Console toggle, snippet controls, and what doesn't work.

A practical robots.txt guide for Joomla and Drupal: where the file lives, which AI bots to block, copy-paste templates, testing tips, and .htaccess backup.

HubSpot CMS gives you a real robots.txt editor under SEO & Crawlers — if you override the defaults per domain. The exact clicks, the bot list, and the traps that undo the edit.

Learn how to block AI crawlers on PrestaShop today with robots.txt: protect your product content from AI training without hurting search rankings or sales.

Protect your PDFs and downloads from AI training with targeted robots.txt rules, split bot stanzas, and gating for private files — without losing Google Search visibility.

Googlebot and AI crawlers run on different tokens. Learn how to allow the search bots you need while blocking GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and the other training crawlers.

Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic agreed on 30 Oct 2026 to support one shared robots.txt signal for opting out of AI training. Here is how the __usage_ai-training token works, what it does not cover, and what to do now.