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GPTBot

OpenAI's web crawler used to collect data intended to train GPT models.

What is GPTBot?

GPTBot is OpenAI's official crawler, identified by the user-agent 'GPTBot'. It browses the web to collect content that will be used to improve future GPT models. Site owners can control its access via the robots.txt file. Blocking GPTBot may prevent your content from influencing future versions of ChatGPT.

How Qwairy Makes This Actionable

Qwairy tracks GPTBot visits to your website. See when OpenAI's crawler accesses your pages, monitor crawl frequency, and identify which content GPTBot finds most valuable.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, OpenAI's terms indicate crawled content may be used for training. However, this is standard for web crawlers—Google's Googlebot does the same for search. Allowing GPTBot gives you visibility in the world's most popular AI assistant (200M+ users). Most businesses benefit more from ChatGPT visibility than from blocking. Only block if you have specific legal concerns or want to negotiate commercial deals.

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AI Crawler

Technical

Indexing robot used by AI companies to collect data intended to train or feed their models.

ChatGPT

AI Platforms

Conversational assistant developed by OpenAI, based on GPT models. One of the most used LLMs in the world.

robots.txt

Technical

Text file placed at the root of a website to indicate to indexing robots which pages to explore or avoid.

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Google-Extended

Google's crawler specifically used for training Generative AI models, separate from traditional Googlebot.

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Quantified assessment of the expected visibility improvement from implementing a specific optimization.

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