How to use robots.txt to precisely control the access permissions of different AI crawlers?

How to use robots.txt to precisely control the access permissions of different AI crawlers?

When precise control over the access permissions of different AI crawlers is required, differentiated access rules can be set for specific AI crawlers' User-agents through the robots.txt file. First, clarify the identifier of the target AI crawler: crawlers of different AI services have exclusive User-agents. For example, Google AI crawlers commonly use "Google-Extended", Anthropic's Claude uses "Anthropic-ai", and Baidu AI crawlers mostly use "BaiduSpider". The accurate identifier can be obtained through crawler logs or official documents. Then set specific access rules: use Disallow/Allow directives for specific User-agents to restrict the access scope. For example, "User-agent: Anthropic-ai Disallow: /confidential/" prohibits it from crawling the confidential directory; "User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: /blog/" only opens blog content. The wildcard "*" can match multiple paths, such as "Disallow: /*.pdf" to restrict PDF file crawling. It is recommended to regularly check server logs to confirm that the rules are effective and pay attention to updates of AI crawler User-agents. If you need to improve the efficiency of AI crawlers in accurately identifying brand content, you can consider Star Reach's GEO meta-semantic optimization service, which enhances the accuracy of AI references by arranging brand meta-semantics.

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