Search, Agent and Training Bots: A Practical Access Policy for Publishers
Build a crawler policy by purpose and named bot, with separate controls for search discovery, user-directed agents, training, verification, and server protection.
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Open an article for the complete method, evidence, limitations, and a focused reader discussion.
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llms.txt and Google Search: What the File Does Not Change
Google says llms.txt is not needed and has no effect on Search visibility or rankings. Learn what the proposal is and how to test it without replacing established controls.
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Google Search Console Generative AI Report: How Impressions Are Counted
Google’s Generative AI report is available worldwide. Learn how AI Overview and AI Mode impressions are counted, aggregated, and commonly misread.
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How to make content easier to cite in AI search
No page can force an AI citation. This guide shows how to meet ordinary eligibility requirements, build evidence passages that travel, and measure retrieval without ranking promises.
