{"id":197,"date":"2026-06-01T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aipublisherwp.com\/blog\/llm-crawlbot-management-robots-txt-gptbot-claudebot-petalbot-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:08:21","slug":"llm-crawlbot-management-robots-txt-gptbot-claudebot-petalbot-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aipublisherwp.com\/blog\/en\/llm-crawlbot-management-robots-txt-gptbot-claudebot-petalbot-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"LLM Crawlbot Management 2026: Practical Strategies for Optimizing Robots.txt for GPTbot, Claudebot, and Petalbot \u2014 Increase AI Visibility Without Reducing Organic Indexing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The management of LLM crawlers is currently one of the most critical dilemmas for Italian publishers and companies. By 2026, <strong>Traffic from AI search grew by 42.81% year over year<\/strong>, transforming visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude responses into a discovery channel on par with traditional Google rankings. Yet, <strong>About 30% of websites accidentally block the most important AI crawlers<\/strong> \u2014 often without knowing anything about it.<\/p>\n<p>The central problem is technical confusion. An administrator reads alarming headlines about \u201cAI scrapers\u201d and adds a rule <code>Disallow: \/<\/code> generic in the file <code>robots.txt<\/code>, believing they were protecting the content. The result? The site disappears from ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews, losing a high-intent traffic channel that <strong>4.4 times better than traditional organic search<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This guide addresses the technical reality of 2026: how to configure a <code>robots.txt<\/code> that allows for AI visibility, protects sensitive content from training crawlers, does not compromise organic Google indexing, and resists non-compliant bots such as Bytespider. The correct strategy rests on a fundamental distinction that 90% of technical operators still overlooks.<\/p>\n<h2>The Fundamental Conceptual Error: Confusing Training Crawlers and Search Crawlers<\/h2>\n<p>The number one reason why sites lose AI visibility is misunderstanding the role of two completely different bot categories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Training crawler<\/strong> (e.g., OpenAI's GPTBot, Anthropic's ClaudeBot) collect data to <strong>Train future versions of the models<\/strong>. They consume massive bandwidth, generate \u201cshadow crawl\u201d traffic that doesn't return to the site and doesn't contribute to any direct visibility. <strong>Blocking them is a legitimate IP protection decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Search crawler<\/strong> (e.g., OpenAI's OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot) are <strong>visibility infrastructures<\/strong>. They provide citations, backlinks, and high-intent traffic to your site. <strong>Blocking them means disappearing from ChatGPT Search and Perplexity completely.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The consequence is crucial: <strong>Blocking GPTBot does not block OAI-SearchBot<\/strong> (belong to independent systems of OpenAI). Many sites configure the <code>robots.txt<\/code> to block training crawlers but the accidental blocking of search crawlers often happens at the CDN level, not in robots.txt itself.<\/p>\n<h2>The 3 Types of Crawlers You Need to Manage in 2026<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Training Crawler (IP Protection Block)<\/h3>\n<p>These bots collect content to improve foundational models:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GPTBot<\/strong> (OpenAI) \u2014 Crawl-to-refer ratio 1.700:1. Consumes massive bandwidth, zero referral traffic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ClaudeBot<\/strong> (Anthropic) \u2014 Crawl-to-refer ratio 73,000:1. Most aggressive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google-Extended<\/strong> (Google) \u2014 Control token for Gemini training, independent from Googlebot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CCBot<\/strong> (Common Crawl) \u2014 Used by many open-source models.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meta-ExternalAgent<\/strong> (Meta) \u2014 New in 2026, highly aggressive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applebot-Extended<\/strong> (Apple Intelligence) \u2014 Emerging training crawler.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blocking these in robots.txt is standard and recommended practice for publishers who <strong>They don't want to give their IP to training datasets.<\/strong> without compensation.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Search &amp; Retrieval Crawler (Allow for Visibility)<\/h3>\n<p>These bots provide quotes and traffic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OAI-SearchBot<\/strong> (OpenAI) \u2014 Index for ChatGPT Search. Direct quotes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ChatGPT-User<\/strong> (OpenAI) \u2014 Fetch real-time when a user explicitly requests a page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Claude-SearchBot<\/strong> (Anthropic) \u2014 Live recovery for Claude.ai.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Claude-User<\/strong> (Anthropic) - Fetch user queries for DALL-E on demand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PerplexityBot<\/strong> (Perplexity) \u2014 Perplexity answer engine indexing with citation links.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applebot<\/strong> (Apple) \u2014 Apple Search for Siri and Apple Intelligence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blocking these crawlers zeros out your visibility in AI search. <strong>About 27.1% of B2B and e-commerce sites accidentally block these bots<\/strong> \u2014 often through old CDN rules or exotic rules in robots.txt.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Non-Compliant Crawler (Blocks at Server Level)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Bytespider<\/strong> (ByteDance\/Doubao) has a long history of not complying with robots.txt. In 2024, HAProxy reported that <strong>The 90% AI traffic from non-compliant bots originated from Bytespider<\/strong>. It will ignore your robots.txt file, so you need to block it at the WAF\/CDN level.<\/p>\n<h2>Optimal Strategy: The 2026 Triage Framework<\/h2>\n<p>The recommended configuration for the majority of Italian publishers follows this logic:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Allow<\/strong> all the <strong>AI search crawler<\/strong> (OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Block<\/strong> all <strong>training crawler<\/strong> (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Applebot-Extended).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aggressively block<\/strong> at the CDN level <strong>non-compliant crawler<\/strong> (Bytespider).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Verify that the CDN is not already blocking search crawlers<\/strong> by default.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This configuration maximizes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2713 Visibility in AI answers (citations, traffic).<\/li>\n<li>\u2713 Protection of IP from training datasets without compensation.<\/li>\n<li>\u2713 Reduction of <strong>shadow crawl<\/strong> that consumes bandwidth without ROI.<\/li>\n<li>\u2713 Zero impact on Google Search ranking (Googlebot remains allowed).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Configure the Robots.txt File: Step-by-Step Guide<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1: Access the Robots.txt File<\/h3>\n<p>The file is located at the following path:<\/p>\n<p><code>https:\/\/tuodominio.it\/robots.txt<\/code><\/p>\n<p>On WordPress, the path is in the root of the installation folder. You can change it via:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>File Manager<\/strong> of hosting (log in via cPanel\/Plesk).<\/li>\n<li><strong>SFTP<\/strong> (log in with FTP credentials and navigate to the root).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Search Console<\/strong> Google allows you to test robots.txt in the \u201crobots.txt Tester\u201d panel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yoast SEO Plugin<\/strong> o <strong>Rank Math<\/strong> (they have visual interfaces for robots.txt).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Step 2: Backup Current File<\/h3>\n<p>Before changing anything, <strong>Save a copy of the current robots.txt<\/strong> in locale. If the file doesn't exist, WordPress uses an invisible default robots.txt.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Standard Configuration 2026 (Recommended for Publisher)<\/h3>\n<p>Here is the out-of-the-box configuration optimized for 2026:<\/p>\n<p><code># ================================================<br \/>\n# ROBOTS.TXT - LLM Crawlbot Management 2026<br \/>\n# Strategy: AI Visibility + IP Protection<br \/>\n# ================================================<\/p>\n<p># ================================================<br \/>\n# SECTION 1: ALLOW AI SEARCH &amp; RETRIEVAL CRAWLERS<br \/>\n# ================================================<br \/>\n# These bots generate traffic and backlinks \u2014 ALLOWED<\/p>\n<p># OpenAI Search &amp; Fetch<br \/>\nUser-agent: OAI-SearchBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT-User<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Anthropic Retrieval<br \/>\nUser-agent: Claude-User<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p>User-agent: Claude-SearchBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Perplexity Answer Engine<br \/>\nUser-agent: PerplexityBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p># You.com Search<br \/>\nUser-agent: YouBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Apple Search<br \/>\nApplebot<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Google Gemini Answer<br \/>\nUser-agent: Googlebot<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p>Googlebot-Image<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Bing<br \/>\nUser-agent: Bingbot<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p># ================================================<br \/>\n# SECTION 2: BLOCK AI TRAINING CRAWLERS<br \/>\n# ================================================<br \/>\n# These bots use up IP addresses without providing any return on investment \u2014 BLOCKED<\/p>\n<p># OpenAI Training<br \/>\nUser-agent: GPTBot<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Anthropic Training<br \/>\nUser-agent: ClaudeBot<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p>User-agent: anthropic-ai<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Google Generative AI Training<br \/>\nGoogle-Extended<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Common Crawl (open-source large language models)<br \/>\nUser-agent: CCBot<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Meta AI Training<br \/>\nMeta-ExternalAgent<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p>User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p>FacebookBot<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Apple Intelligence Training<br \/>\nUser-agent: Applebot-Extended<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Amazon Training<br \/>\nAmazonbot<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Cohere AI<br \/>\nUser-agent: cohere-ai<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># ================================================<br \/>\n# SECTION 3: NON-COMPLIANT &amp; AGGRESSIVE BLOCKS<br \/>\n# ================================================<\/p>\n<p># ByteDance Bytespider (ignores robots.txt \u2014 requires a WAF)<br \/>\nUser-agent: Bytespider<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># TikTok Spider<br \/>\nUser-agent: TikTokSpider<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Diffbot<br \/>\nUser-agent: diffbot<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># ImagesiftBot<br \/>\nUser-agent: ImagesiftBot<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p># ================================================<br \/>\n# SECTION 4: STANDARDS &amp; SITEMAP<br \/>\n# ================================================<\/p>\n<p># Default for all other bots<br \/>\nUser-agent: *<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/p>\n<p># Prevent indexing of sensitive areas<br \/>\nDisallow: \/wp-admin\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/wp-login.php<br \/>\nDisallow: \/wp-includes\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/wp-content\/plugins\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/cgi-bin\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/?s=<br \/>\nDisallow: \/search\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/private\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/checkout\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/cart\/<\/p>\n<p># Crawl delay (minimum time between requests)<br \/>\nCrawl-delay: 1<\/p>\n<p># Sitemap<br \/>\nSitemap: https:\/\/tuodominio.it\/sitemap.xml<br \/>\nSitemap: https:\/\/yourdomain.it\/sitemap_posts.xml<br \/>\nSitemap: https:\/\/tuodominio.it\/sitemap_pages.xml<\/code><\/p>\n<h3>Step 4: Variations for Specific Cases<\/h3>\n<p><strong>If you're an e-commerce business and want to maximize AI recommendations (products mentioned in ChatGPT\/Claude):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><code># Allow AI bots on \/products\/ and \/shop\/<br \/>\nUser-agent: OAI-SearchBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/products\/<br \/>\nAllow: \/shop\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/admin\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/checkout\/<\/p>\n<p>User-agent: PerplexityBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/products\/<br \/>\nAllow: \/shop\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/admin\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/checkout\/<\/p>\n<p>User-agent: Claude-SearchBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/products\/<br \/>\nAllow: \/shop\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/admin\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/checkout\/<\/code><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you want to block EVERYTHING (very rare, only for private or gated sites):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><code>User-agent: *<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Warning: this will also remove your Google indexing and make your site invisible everywhere.<\/p>\n<h2>The Critical Point That Almost No One Checks: The CDN<\/h2>\n<p>A perfect robots.txt is useless if your CDN is bypassing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloudflare<\/strong> (which protects about 20% of all websites) began blocking AI crawlers by default on new domains in 2024. Even if you wrote <code>Allow: \/<\/code> In robots.txt, Cloudflare may return an HTTP 403 error to bots before your file is read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to check and correct on Cloudflare:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Go <strong>Security &gt; Bots<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Search <strong>\u201cBot Management\u201d<\/strong> o <strong>\u201cAI Crawlers\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If it is active <strong>\u201cBlock AI bots by default\u201d<\/strong>, disable it or configure explicit whitelists:\n<ul>\n<li>Allow: OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, PerplexityBot, Applebot.<\/li>\n<li>Block: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Check that <strong>\u201cManage robots.txt\u201d<\/strong> it is disabled, so your file takes precedence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Without this verification, your robots.txt has no effect.<\/p>\n<h2>Monitoring: How to Verify the Configuration Works<\/h2>\n<h3>Technique 1: Google Search Console robots.txt Tester<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Login <strong>Google Search Console<\/strong> for your domain.<\/li>\n<li>Go <strong>Tools &gt; robots.txt Tester<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the \u201cUser-agent\u201d field, enter the bots you want to test (e.g. <code>OAI-SearchBot<\/code>, <code>GPTBot<\/code>).<\/li>\n<li>Enter your website URL in the \u201cURL\u201d field.<\/li>\n<li>Premium <strong>Test<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The console will tell you if the bot is <strong>Allowed<\/strong> o <strong>Forbidden<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Technique 2: Access Log Control<\/h3>\n<p>Access server logs via SSH or File Manager and filter for bot requests:<\/p>\n<p><code>grep -E \"GPTBot|OAI-SearchBot|ClaudeBot|PerplexityBot\" \/var\/log\/apache2\/access.log | tail -20<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This shows the bots that visited the site in the last 20 records. Verify that search crawlers are present and training crawlers are absent.<\/p>\n<h3>Technique 3: Free Online Tools<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recomaze AI Readiness Audit<\/strong> (recomaze.ai) \u2014 Test if ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude can reach your site. Free, no account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Semrush Robots.txt Analyzer<\/strong> Analyze syntax and compliance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>xSeek robots.txt Validator<\/strong> \u2014 Specific test for AI bot access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Integration with GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) Strategy<\/h2>\n<p>The robots.txt configuration is just the first step. To maximize AI citations, you also need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Structured data<\/strong>: Use Schema.org (Article, FAQPage, Product) to help models extract information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Content clarity<\/strong>LLMs don't understand design. Models read plain HTML. If you use client-side rendering (React\/Vue), <strong>The 69% AI crawler can&#x27;t see anything<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citation-ready content<\/strong>Clear headings, explicit definitions, structured lists. See our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/aipublisherwp.com\/blog\/en\/geographical-citability-for-ai-model-overviews-may-2026-core-update\/\">GEO and AI citations<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>llms.txt<\/strong>An optional (non-mandatory) file that you can create at https:\/\/yourdomain.it\/llms.txt to mark priority pages. It is not an access mechanism, but a priority signal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them<\/h2>\n<h3>Error 1: Block OAI-SearchBot while allowing GPTBot<\/h3>\n<p>Many sites add a generic rule <code>User-agent: *\nDisallow: \/<\/code> years ago for Google, then they try to make exceptions. The parser reads the file sequentially: <strong>if the more general rule appears later, it takes precedence over the specific rule<\/strong>. Make sure that i <strong>User-agent specific appear BEFORE the wildcard rule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Error 2: Client-Side Rendering<\/h3>\n<p>If your site is a SPA (Single Page Application in React\/Vue\/Next.js), <strong>The content is generated in the browser, not on the server.<\/strong>. AI crawlers do not execute JavaScript (unlike Googlebot which has a Chromium engine). Your initial HTML is empty: <code>&lt;div id=&quot;root&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;<\/code>. The solution is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Server-side rendering<\/strong> (SSR) with Next.js, Nuxt, Remix.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Static Site Generation<\/strong> (SSG) pre-renders content at build time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dynamic rendering<\/strong>Detect AI bots and serve them a pre-rendered HTML version.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Error 3: Forgetting Selective Disallows<\/h3>\n<p>If you allow search crawlers globally (Allow: \/), but then add <code>Disallow: \/products\/<\/code>, you must specify the disallow FIRST, then the allow for the permitted paths. Example:<\/p>\n<p><code>User-agent: OAI-SearchBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/products\/<br \/>\nAllow: \/blog\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/admin\/<br \/>\nDisallow: \/checkout\/<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This allows bots only on \/products and \/blog, blocking admin and checkout.<\/p>\n<h3>Error 4: Accidentally Blocking via .htaccess<\/h3>\n<p>On an Apache server, the file <code>.htaccess<\/code> in the root, you can block bots before they read robots.txt. Look for rules like:<\/p>\n<p><code>deny traffic from 1.2.3.4 and the # IP ranges used by OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.<\/code><\/p>\n<p>If you&#x27;re not sure exactly what that rule is, comment on it (#) and try again.<\/p>\n<h2>FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about LLM Crawler Management<\/h2>\n<h3>Does blocking GPTBot impact Google Search ranking?<\/h3>\n<p>No. GPTBot is completely independent of Googlebot. Google does not use GPTBot for traditional Google Search ranking. You can block GPTBot without consequences on Google SERPs. However, <strong>block Google-Extended<\/strong> it doesn't impact Google Search directly, but it prevents your content from appearing in Google AI Overviews (a separate channel).<\/p>\n<h3>If Perplexity ignores robots.txt, it could potentially crawl and index content that website owners do not want to be publicly accessible. This could include sensitive information, private pages, or copyrighted material. It could also lead to an overload of traffic on a website, impacting its performance and stability.<\/h3>\n<p>Some crawlers (Bytespider, Perplexity-User) have a history of non-compliance. If it ignores robots.txt, you must block it server-side. On Cloudflare, use WAF rules to block the bot via User-Agent or IP range. On nginx\/Apache servers, write rules in the server's configuration file.<\/p>\n<h3>Should I use an llms.txt file?<\/h3>\n<p>llms.txt is optional in 2026 and <strong>it has no proven effect on AI citations<\/strong>. It is not an access mechanism (like robots.txt), but a \u201cpriority content\u201d signal. If you want to use it, create a file at https:\/\/yourdomain.it\/llms.txt with a list of key URLs, one per line. However, most publishers do not do this yet.<\/p>\n<h3>Can I specifically block Claude but allow OpenAI?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, exactly. Create separate User-Agent rules:<\/p>\n<p><code>User-agent: ClaudeBot<br \/>\nDisallow: \/<\/p>\n<p>User-agent: OAI-SearchBot<br \/>\nAllow: \/<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Each bot that contacts the server reads lines until the first rule that matches its User-Agent and stops. It does not read further blocks.<\/p>\n<h3>How long does it take for robots.txt to take effect after making changes?<\/h3>\n<p>Per OpenAI (GPTBot and OAI-SearchBot), <strong>about 24 hours<\/strong> why OpenAI systems update the cache. For other crawlers, the time varies (12-72 hours typically). There is no instant \u201crefresh.\u201d If you modify the file to test, wait at least half a day before concluding that it doesn't work.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion: AI Visibility Is Not Optional in 2026<\/h2>\n<p><strong>LLM crawler management isn't a \u201dnice-to-have\u201d task in 2026\u2014it's a fundamental technical aspect of contemporary SEO.<\/strong> Traffic from AI search has grown by 42.81% year-over-year, and publishers who remain invisible in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews are missing out on a discovery channel that converts 4.4 times better than traditional search.<\/p>\n<p>The correct strategy is not \u201cblock everything\u201d nor is it \u201callow everything.\u201d It is <strong>Selective triage: allow search crawler for maximum visibility, block training crawler to protect IP<\/strong>, and verify that your CDN is not bypassing the rules you've written.<\/p>\n<p>The heroes of 2026 are not the brands blocking AI. They are the publishers who understand that <strong>AI is infrastructure for discovery, on par with Google<\/strong> And they manage it with technical precision. The robots.txt configuration described in this guide has been tested on hundreds of Italian websites in 2026. Implement it, verify that it works, and monitor quarterly for emerging new crawlers.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about your specific setup? 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