#web-crawlers

#web-crawlers

"We believe that these declines reflect the impact of generative AI and social media on how people seek information, especially with search engines providing answers directly to searchers, often based on Wikipedia content," Miller wrote. Blame the bots AI-generated summaries that pop up on search engines like Bing and Google often use bots called web crawlers to gather much of the information that users read at the top of the search results.

Applebot-Extended is not new; the documentation clarifies its differentiation from standard Applebot, highlighting its role in AI and ensuring publishers understand crawl permissions.