Expert insights on AI traffic, content monetization, and GDPR compliance for publishers.
Many automated visits to a website never introduce themselves. Here is how we now describe them in plain words — by kind, never by guesswork about who sent them.
A new robots.txt directive lets a site point crawlers at a licensing document instead of just an allow/deny rule. Here's what it actually does, how it differs from a rights declaration, and — honestly — whether any AI crawler reads it yet.
robots.txt only ever controlled whether a crawler visits. A newer, separate declaration answers a different question: what may it do with what it reads? Here's the EU copyright mechanism behind it — and why 'declare' is the accurate word, not 'block'.
Cloudflare's own 2026 data shows bots now account for 57.5% of web HTML requests. What the crossover means for your site, and how to see who's really visiting.
A crawler-control recommendation that only lists the bots already in your logs is incomplete by design. Here is why we recommend an explicit rule for every AI crawler we track — including the ones that have not visited yet.
Major publishers are signing multi-million dollar licensing deals with AI companies. Here's how the content licensing landscape is evolving and what it means for website owners of all sizes.
The EU AI Act becomes fully applicable in August 2026 with strict transparency obligations. Here's what website owners need to understand about AI crawler compliance and content rights.
How protocols like x402 and tools like Cloudflare AI Crawl Control are creating a new revenue stream for publishers. Learn what pay-per-crawl means for your website.
GPTBot has grown from a minor crawler to one of the most active AI bots on the web. What this means for website owners and how to track its impact on your traffic.