Cloudflare launches Bot Preference Sync for robots.txt management
Cloudflare’s new Bot Preference Sync automates robots.txt, but experts question its default settings, control over AI cr...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
September 18, 2026
Cloudflare’s new Bot Preference Sync automates robots.txt, but experts question its default settings, control over AI cr...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
September 18, 2026
Websites are evaluating robots.txt and server-level methods like CDN and WAF to control AI crawler access, balancing vol...
Joyce de Castro
September 3, 2026
Publishers are negotiating with Google over AI access and compensation, but Meta’s AI crawlers are the dominant, uncompe...
Joyce de Castro
August 18, 2026
Cloudflare’s updated AI crawler management, effective September 15, could block Googlebot for sites preventing AI traini...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
July 2, 2026
Website owners face a dilemma with AI crawlers: block them due to cost and IP concerns, or allow them for potential bran...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
July 2, 2026
Microsoft Clarity now identifies and reports bots that disregard robots.txt directives, offering website owners enhanced...
Palumbo Angela
June 24, 2026