Arama Yap Mesaj Submit
Request a Callback
+90
X
X

Select Your Currency

Turkish Lira $ US Dollar Euro
X
X

Select Your Currency

Turkish Lira $ US Dollar Euro

Contact Us

Location Halkali merkez neighborhood fatih st ozgur apt no 46 , Kucukcekmece , Istanbul , 34303 , TR
AI Bot Access, Robots and Security

How to Manage ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Perplexity Bots?

The search crawler, education crawler, and user-initiated fetcher are not the same thing. The robots.txt content expresses usage preference; WAF, auth, and server security are separate layers. Purpose-based policies should be created for OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, Google-Extended, Bingbot, and PerplexityBot.

OAI-SearchBotGPTBotGoogle-ExtendedBingbotPerplexityBot
AI Visibility Diagnostics
Search crawler ≠ training crawler
robots.txt ≠ authentication
User-Agent ≠ verified bot
Allow rules need IP verification
403 and 429 require log analysis
01Verify platform, bot and index access
02Examine content, entities, evidence and technical signals
03Separate citation, impression, referral and conversion
04Track the result in Search Console, Bing and analytics
01
Evidence-based GEO approach

AI Crawler robots.txt and WAF How to analyze?

The search crawler, education crawler, and user-initiated fetcher are not the same thing. The robots.txt content expresses usage preference; WAF, auth, and server security are separate layers. Purpose-based policies should be created for OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, Google-Extended, Bingbot, and PerplexityBot.

01

Save initial visibility

Record brand, query, platform, source URL and measurement date in standard format.

02

Test bot and technical access

Check robots, WAF, canonical, index, structured data and HTTP responses.

03

Separate platform and metric

Do not interpret mention, citation, impression, referral and conversion values as the same metric.

04

Perform a controlled experiment

Verify which hypothesis works with baseline, changelog, and remeasurement.

Do not use the robots.txt file as authentication or a firewall.

02
Live error and status dictionary

GEO terms, bots and metrics messages

01kritik

Search and training bot mixed up

Meaning: Search visibility can be blocked by incorrect bot rule.

Possible cause: OAI-SearchBot/GPTBot or Googlebot/Google-Extended confusion.

02kritik

User-agent spoofing

Meaning: The attacker may attempt to access with the real bot name.

Possible cause: Trust only the header.

03kritik

robots.txt security firewall was assumed

Meaning: Robots rules do not stop malicious clients.

Possible cause: The robots' voluntary protocol.

04warning

WAF 403

Meaning: Real crawler is blocked in the security layer.

Possible cause: Bot Fight Mode or custom rule.

05warning

429 Too Many Requests

Meaning: Crawler is hitting the rate-limit.

Possible cause: Excessive strict global limit.

06bilgi

Google-Extended disallow

Meaning: Google Search does not directly affect visibility.

Possible cause: Gemini education/grounding control token.

07bilgi

ChatGPT-User / Perplexity-User

Meaning: These are the fetchers working with the user request.

Possible cause: Automatic crawler is not.

08warning

Old IP allowlist

Meaning: Crawler IP ranges change, so access may be disrupted.

Possible cause: Static list has not been updated.

No records matching this expression were found.

03
Copiable controls

robots.txt, WAF, log and analytics tests

All bot rules

curl -sL https://example.com/robots.txt | grep -iE 'Googlebot|Google-Extended|bingbot|OAI-SearchBot|GPTBot|ChatGPT-User|PerplexityBot|Perplexity-User|User-agent|Allow|Disallow' | head -n 200

Lists major search and AI tokens.

OpenAI IP endpoint

curl -sS https://openai.com/searchbot.json | python3 -m json.tool | head -n 80

Displays the OAI-SearchBot IP list.

Perplexity IP endpoint

curl -sS https://www.perplexity.com/perplexitybot.json | python3 -m json.tool | head -n 80

Displays the PerplexityBot IP list.

403/429 logs

grep -E ' (403|429) ' access.log | grep -Ei 'OAI|GPTBot|Perplexity|bingbot|Googlebot' | tail -n 100

Look for block and rate-limit responses given to bots.

User-agent distribution

awk -F'"' '{print $6}' access.log | grep -Ei 'bot|crawler|ChatGPT|Perplexity' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 60

AI/crawler user-agent density.

Nginx private alan

grep -RniE 'location .*admin|auth_basic|deny all|allow ' /etc/nginx 2>/dev/null | head -n 80

Checks if private areas are protected with real auth/ACL.

04
Correct and risky application

GEO strategy comparisons

Search open, education closed

Wrong / Risky
User-agent: * Disallow: /
Right Approach
Allow OAI-SearchBot; Disallow GPTBot; manage other search bots according to your target.

Security

Wrong / Risky
The /admin path is hidden with robots.txt
Right Approach
Apply Auth, IP ACL, CSRF, and WAF to /admin

Allowlist

Wrong / Risky
User-agent contains GPTBot → allow
Right Approach
User-agent + official IP verification + limited route access

Rate limit

Wrong / Risky
Leave all bots unrestricted
Right Approach
For verified crawlers, apply measured limits, anomaly alarms, and log retention.
05
Copiable working text

Example robots.txt that allows search visibility

Do not add passwords, secret keys or personal data
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /musteri-paneli/

Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
06
Platform and infrastructure

Google, ChatGPT, Bing, Perplexity and infrastructure

OpenAI

OAI-SearchBot and GPTBot are independent robots controllers.

  • Separate search visibility and training preferences.
  • Use official JSON IP endpoints.
  • Allow a refresh period for Robots changes.

Google and Bing

Googlebot Search for, control token for different Gemini uses for Google-Extended; Bingbot provides index access.

  • Google-Extended Search ranking signal is not.
  • Support Bingbot access with sitemap/IndexNow.
  • Use reverse DNS/IP verification.

Perplexity and WAF

PerplexityBot and Perplexity-User have different purposes.

  • Use IP + user-agent in Cloudflare rule.
  • Private endpointleri auth ile koruyun.
  • Automatically refresh the official lists.
False promises and measurement risk

Absolutely don't

  • Do not use the robots.txt file as authentication or a firewall.
  • Don't unconditionally allow every user-agent with an AI bot name.
  • Do not reverse the target by blocking the search bot and allowing the education bot.
  • Leave all bots unrestricted but don't risk server resource security.
Post-procedure check

Verify the solution

  • The purpose and company policy of bots have been documented.
  • Robots, WAF, auth and rate-limit layers are separately configured.
  • Official IP lists are being automatically or periodically updated.
  • 403, 429 and crawler logs are linked to alarm and report.
07
Internal SEO content set

Related GEO and AI SEO guides

08
primary sources

Official search and crawler documents of the platforms

09
Frequently asked questions

AI Crawler robots.txt and WAF Curiosities about

Does AI Crawler robots.txt and WAF work give definitive results?

No. Technical feasibility, access, content quality, and measurement can be improved; citation and AI response depend on the dynamic systems of the platforms.

Does GEO replace classic SEO?

No. Crawl, index, canonical, content quality, and site reliability are the foundation of GEO work.

Is the llms.txt file mandatory?

No. It is a community suggestion; Google Search explicitly states that it does not use it as a special visibility signal.

Does a custom AI schema exist?

There is no special schema for Google AI features. Supported structured data must be used in a manner compatible with visible content.

Does allowing AI bots guarantee citation?

No. Bot access only provides discovery and retrieval permission; source selection is not guaranteed.

How is GEO measured?

AI impression, mention, citation, cited URL, referral, assisted conversion, and answer accuracy should be measured together.

How long does it take to get the results?

There is no fixed duration. Crawl refresh, platform scope, content change, and user request vary accordingly.

EKA SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Let's improve GEO visibility with technical data and controlled experiments

We audit bot access, content, entity, citation and measurement processes for Google AI, ChatGPT Search, Bing Copilot and Perplexity. We do not guarantee exact citation or ranking.

GEO and AI SEO SupportWhatsApp
Top