robots.txt vs Meta Robots vs X-Robots-Tag
A practical, visual guide to pick the right directive for each crawling goal. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
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148 guides on AI crawlers, robots.txt and AI search visibility, written and maintained by Horatos.ai.
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noindex vs disallow: Which Stops AI Crawlers?
A practical, visual guide to understand which directive actually keeps content out of AI. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
Block AI Training but Allow AI Search: The Hybrid Setup
A practical, visual guide to allow citation bots while blocking training scrapers. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
Crawl-Delay and Rate Limiting for Aggressive AI Bots
A practical, visual guide to throttle bots that overload your server. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
XML Sitemaps for AI Discoverability in 2026
A practical, visual guide to use sitemaps to help AI engines find your content. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
llms.txt vs robots.txt: What Each File Actually Does
A practical, visual guide to understand the role of llms.txt next to robots.txt. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
llms-full.txt: Giving AI Your Full Content Cleanly
A practical, visual guide to serve clean full-text content to AI engines. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
Verify AI Bots Are Real with Reverse DNS
A practical, visual guide to confirm a crawler is genuine and not spoofed. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
Fake AI Crawlers: Spotting Spoofed User-Agents
A practical, visual guide to detect impostor bots pretending to be GPTBot or Claude. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
Block Bad Bots Without Hurting Your AI SEO
A practical, visual guide to stop malicious bots while keeping AI visibility. Includes step-by-step instructions, common mistakes to avoid, and free tools to verify your results.
E-E-A-T for AI Search: How to Build Trust That Gets You Cited (2026 Guide)
What E-E-A-T really is, what Google, Bing and OpenAI say about earning AI citations, and a practical way to show trust that people and AI systems can read.
Why AI Bots Can't Crawl Your Website: 7 Layers to Check (and How to Fix Each)
AI bots can be stopped at seven layers, and robots.txt is only one. How to find the block, fix it, and help AI crawlers find your key pages.
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