What the verdicts mean
Not every bot matters the same way. Blocking a search bot like OAI-SearchBot or PerplexityBot removes you from live AI answers, which is where buying questions get answered. Blocking a training bot like GPTBot or Google-Extended only opts your content out of future model training, and plenty of sites do that deliberately. The mistake we see constantly is sites that blocked everything in 2023 "to be safe" and quietly disappeared from AI search without anyone noticing.
Seen something you want to change? Our AI Robots.txt Generator writes a better file for you: flip each of these bots on or off, or start from a preset, then copy or download the rules. If you want the full explanation of every bot first, read which AI crawlers can reach your site.
Whatever this tool tells you, the next step is the same: run the ten buying prompts your customers actually ask and see who the engines recommend. Our prompt panel builder generates them in a minute, and the DIY AI visibility audit walks you through the whole exercise.