--- title: "#ai-crawlers articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 8 articles tagged #ai-crawlers on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/ai-crawlers" --- Tag # #ai-crawlers 8 posts · 0 followers [Jacob Campbell](https://hashnode.com/@built2win) · [Oct 23](https://hashnode.com/posts/cloudflare-s-ai-bot-controls-and-the-setting-that-can-block-googlebot/6adaa98551d594b3bca6880e) ### [Cloudflare's AI Bot Controls, and the Setting That Can Block Googlebot](https://built2win.hashnode.dev/cloudflare-s-ai-bot-controls-and-the-setting-that-can-block-googlebot?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) If Cloudflare sits in front of your site, it may already be choosing which AI bots get through. New domains have been asked about AI crawlers at sign-up since July 2025, and from September 15, 2026 ne 2 min read · [built2win.hashnode.dev](https://built2win.hashnode.dev/cloudflare-s-ai-bot-controls-and-the-setting-that-can-block-googlebot?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/cloudflare-s-ai-bot-controls-and-the-setting-that-can-block-googlebot/6adaa98551d594b3bca6880e) [Muhammed Veysel Erin](https://hashnode.com/@teamcitevio) · [Oct 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/designing-a-test-for-the-gap-between-a-permission-file-and-a-server/6abe24ced74e5af86a8017ef) ### [Designing a test for the gap between a permission file and a server](https://citevio.hashnode.dev/designing-a-test-for-the-gap-between-a-permission-file-and-a-server?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How we designed a crawler access test: sampling frame, Googlebot control, scoring rules and limits, for sites whose robots.txt allows AI crawlers. 6 min read · [citevio.hashnode.dev](https://citevio.hashnode.dev/designing-a-test-for-the-gap-between-a-permission-file-and-a-server?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Manu Shukla](https://hashnode.com/@mr-manushukla) · [Aug 21](https://hashnode.com/posts/cloudflare-bot-preference-sync-will-write-your-robotstxt-from-21-august-2026-and-it-ignores-your-cus/6a88e280af79d23e8004eb1e) ### [Cloudflare Bot Preference Sync will write your robots.txt from 21 August 2026 - and it ignores your custom rules](https://ecorpit.hashnode.dev/cloudflare-bot-preference-sync-will-write-your-robotstxt-from-21-august-2026-and-it-ignores-your-cus?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Cloudflare Bot Preference Sync will write your robots.txt from 21 August 2026 - and it ignores your custom rules Summary. Cloudflare published "Say it once: introducing Bot Preference SynC" at 23:19 U 13 min read · [ecorpit.hashnode.dev](https://ecorpit.hashnode.dev/cloudflare-bot-preference-sync-will-write-your-robotstxt-from-21-august-2026-and-it-ignores-your-cus?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [daniavenegas](https://hashnode.com/@daniavenegas) · [Aug 6](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-site-might-be-invisible-to-ai-crawlers-here-s-how-to-actually-check/6a747af57ddde48ce1cbbeee) ### [Your Site Might Be Invisible to AI Crawlers — Here's How to Actually Check](https://kwtspiderv2.hashnode.dev/your-site-might-be-invisible-to-ai-crawlers-here-s-how-to-actually-check?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Googlebot isn't the only crawler that matters anymore — and most sites haven't checked if GPTBot, ClaudeBot, or PerplexityBot can even read them. 5 min read · [kwtspiderv2.hashnode.dev](https://kwtspiderv2.hashnode.dev/your-site-might-be-invisible-to-ai-crawlers-here-s-how-to-actually-check?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-site-might-be-invisible-to-ai-crawlers-here-s-how-to-actually-check/6a747af57ddde48ce1cbbeee) [Manu Shukla](https://hashnode.com/@mr-manushukla) · [Aug 6](https://hashnode.com/posts/crawl-to-refer-ratios-in-july-2026-anthropic-19171-openai-2511/6a73f898e6e7ce5d65d604c0) ### [Crawl-to-refer ratios in July 2026: Anthropic 1,917:1, OpenAI 251:1](https://ecorpit.hashnode.dev/crawl-to-refer-ratios-in-july-2026-anthropic-19171-openai-2511?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Crawl-to-refer ratios in July 2026: Anthropic 1,917:1, OpenAI 251:1 Summary. In July 2025, Cloudflare published a ratio that went round the world: Anthropic's crawlers made roughly 70,900 HTML page re 16 min read · [ecorpit.hashnode.dev](https://ecorpit.hashnode.dev/crawl-to-refer-ratios-in-july-2026-anthropic-19171-openai-2511?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jaxon Parrott](https://hashnode.com/@jaxonparrott) · [Jul 23](https://hashnode.com/posts/ai-crawler-access-audit-robots-txt-cdn-2026/6a623cd1112ec6b26ef76492) ### [The Two-Layer AI Crawler Access Stack Every Developer Should Audit](https://authoritytech.hashnode.dev/ai-crawler-access-audit-robots-txt-cdn-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Your robots.txt probably isn't blocking AI citations. Your CDN might be. 7 min read · [authoritytech.hashnode.dev](https://authoritytech.hashnode.dev/ai-crawler-access-audit-robots-txt-cdn-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/ai-crawler-access-audit-robots-txt-cdn-2026/6a623cd1112ec6b26ef76492) [Jaxon Parrott](https://hashnode.com/@jaxonparrott) · [Jul 15](https://hashnode.com/posts/measuring-ai-bot-traffic-identify-ai-assistant-crawlers-2026/6a57b0fde2777de7e4be58f0) ### [Measuring AI Bot Traffic: A Developer's Guide to Identifying AI Assistant Crawlers](https://machinerelations.hashnode.dev/measuring-ai-bot-traffic-identify-ai-assistant-crawlers-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) GA4 cannot see the fastest-growing traffic segment on your site. Here is how to measure it from server logs. 8 min read · [machinerelations.hashnode.dev](https://machinerelations.hashnode.dev/measuring-ai-bot-traffic-identify-ai-assistant-crawlers-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Mittal Technologies](https://hashnode.com/@mittaltechnologies) · [Jul 14](https://hashnode.com/posts/ai-txt-hype-or-the-next-robots-txt/6a562368eb5bd5c7d8bf27ff) ### [AI.txt: Hype or the Next Robots.txt?](https://mittal-tech.hashnode.dev/ai-txt-hype-or-the-next-robots-txt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A practical guide to AI.txt, llms.txt, and AI crawler directives; what works today, what's still evolving, and how web developers should prepare for AI-first search. 6 min read · [mittal-tech.hashnode.dev](https://mittal-tech.hashnode.dev/ai-txt-hype-or-the-next-robots-txt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Chudi Nnorukam](https://hashnode.com/@chudinnorukam) · [Jan 17, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/llmstxt-for-ai-crawlers-why-robotstxt-is-not-enough-1/69e5686b59dedcf378b1de1c) ### [llms.txt for AI Crawlers: Why robots.txt Is Not Enough](https://chudinnorukam.hashnode.dev/llmstxt-for-ai-crawlers-why-robotstxt-is-not-enough-1?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) robots.txt was built for search engines, not AI crawlers. llms.txt gives LLMs structured context about your site that robots.txt can never provide. 18 min read · [chudinnorukam.hashnode.dev](https://chudinnorukam.hashnode.dev/llmstxt-for-ai-crawlers-why-robotstxt-is-not-enough-1?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)