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robots.txt allows AI search bots

For AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity to cite your site in their answers, their crawlers need to be allowed in robots.txt. Default-allow is fine; explicit Disallow blocks them entirely.

4.7%
of 407 scanned sites fail this check
Fail
4.7%
19 scans
Warning
1.2%
5 scans
Pass
94.1%
383 scans

Why it matters

This check belongs to AI Searchcan chatgpt, claude, perplexity cite it? It's rated medium severity. For AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity to cite your site in their answers, their crawlers need to be allowed in robots.txt. Default-allow is fine; explicit Disallow blocks them entirely.

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