AI Crawler Protocols: Configuring Server Access for LLMs
Traditional SEO focused exclusively on Googlebot and Bingbot. Today, digital infrastructure must support specialized retrieval crawlers operated by artificial intelligence laboratories.
The AI Crawler Roster
| User-Agent | Operator | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
GPTBot | OpenAI | Foundation training & ChatGPT Search retrieval |
ClaudeBot | Anthropic | Live web retrieval for Claude AI |
PerplexityBot | Perplexity AI | Conversational search indexing |
Google-Extended | Gemini model training and AI Overviews |
Infrastructure Guidelines
Ensure these user-agents are explicitly allowed in robots.txt and that origin servers return clean HTTP 200 responses with low Time to First Byte (TTFB). Read the full guide at iliassami.com/blog/ai-crawlers-explained.
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