{"id":6716,"date":"2026-01-21T12:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/?p=6716"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:56:23","slug":"openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Search Crawler Expands as Websites Block AI Training Bots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A large-scale analysis by Hostinger shows website owners making clearer choices about AI access. While many sites are cutting off AI training crawlers, search-focused bots like OpenAI\u2019s OAI-SearchBot are being welcomed, reshaping how content is surfaced and controlled online.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hostinger has released findings based on anonymized server logs covering more than 66 billion bot requests across over five million websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/ai-bot-analysis\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was collected across three separate six-day periods and categorized using AI.txt project classifications. Together, the numbers point to a growing divide in how websites treat different types of AI crawlers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bots used to train large language models are increasingly restricted. At the same time, AI bots that retrieve content in response to user searches are expanding their reach. This change reflects a more deliberate approach by publishers who want control over how their content is used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-21-111321-300x263.png\" alt=\"OpenAI Search Crawler Expands as Websites Block AI Training Bots\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-21-111321-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-21-111321.png 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\"><\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/#training-bots-are-being-shut-out\" >Training Bots Are Being Shut Out<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/#search-and-assistant-bots-tell-a-different-story\" >Search and Assistant Bots Tell a Different Story<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/#traditional-search-crawlers-remain-stable\" >Traditional Search Crawlers Remain Stable<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/#seo-and-marketing-crawlers-lose-visibility\" >SEO and Marketing Crawlers Lose Visibility<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/#why-website-owners-are-choosing-sides\" >Why Website Owners Are Choosing Sides<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/#what-this-means-for-ai-search-visibility\" >What This Means for AI Search Visibility<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/#what-website-owners-can-do-right-now\" >What Website Owners Can Do Right Now<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/news\/openai-search-crawler-expands-as-websites-block-ai-training-bots-6716\/#key-takeaways\" >Key Takeaways<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"training-bots-are-being-shut-out\"><\/span><b>Training Bots Are Being Shut Out<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sharpest change appears in the data around AI training crawlers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI\u2019s GPTBot, which collects content to train models, saw its average site coverage drop from 84% to just 12% during the study window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta\u2019s ExternalAgent generated the highest request volume among training bots, yet the broader category still experienced consistent declines in coverage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hostinger attributes this to more websites actively blocking training crawlers, even when those bots continue to make frequent requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This trend mirrors earlier industry research referenced by Hostinger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous studies have shown that a large share of major news publishers now block at least one AI training bot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concerns range from uncompensated content use to the cost of handling heavy crawler traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"search-and-assistant-bots-tell-a-different-story\"><\/span><b>Search and Assistant Bots Tell a Different Story<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While training bots are losing access, AI bots tied directly to search and user queries are seeing the opposite trend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI\u2019s OAI-SearchBot, which retrieves content for ChatGPT\u2019s search experience, reached an average coverage of 55.67% across the analyzed sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other companies show similar growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TikTok\u2019s crawler reached roughly 25.67% coverage, driven by more than 1.4 billion requests. Apple\u2019s crawler reached about 24.33% coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These bots operate in response to individual user actions rather than sweeping data collection. They fetch specific pages to answer questions, which may explain why publishers view them as more acceptable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"traditional-search-crawlers-remain-stable\"><\/span><b>Traditional Search Crawlers Remain Stable<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike AI-related crawlers, traditional search engine bots showed little change. Googlebot maintained about 72% average coverage with nearly 14.7 billion requests. Bingbot remained close to 57.67% coverage during the same period<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This consistency highlights how established search engines still occupy a protected position. Blocking them can directly affect visibility in search results, which makes most publishers hesitant to restrict access.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"seo-and-marketing-crawlers-lose-visibility\"><\/span><b>SEO and Marketing Crawlers Lose Visibility<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hostinger also found declining coverage among SEO and marketing crawlers. Ahrefs maintained the largest footprint at around 60% coverage, but the overall category shrank<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two factors help explain this shift.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/seo-tools\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO tools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> now concentrate on sites actively running optimization campaigns. At the same time, publishers are increasingly blocking crawlers that place heavy demands on server resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier data cited by Hostinger showed individual AI bots generating hundreds of millions of requests in a single month, turning bandwidth into a real business concern.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"why-website-owners-are-choosing-sides\"><\/span><b>Why Website Owners Are Choosing Sides<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taken together, the data show that publishers are no longer treating all bots the same. Instead of focusing on company names, they are looking at what each crawler actually does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training bots collect content to improve AI systems without sending traffic back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search and assistant bots, by contrast, can place a publisher\u2019s content directly in front of users through AI-powered search results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hostinger suggests this functional difference is driving the shift in access decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-this-means-for-ai-search-visibility\"><\/span><b>What This Means for AI Search Visibility<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI\u2019s own guidance aligns with this trend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company advises site owners to allow OAI-SearchBot if they want their pages to appear in ChatGPT search results, even if they choose to block GPTBot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hostinger points to OpenAI <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.openai.com\/docs\/bots\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">documentation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> , OAI-SearchBot respects <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/robots-txt-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">robots.txt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rules and controls inclusion in search features, while other user-initiated browsing behaviors follow different technical paths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hostinger recommends that publishers review their server logs regularly to understand which bots are accessing their sites. From there, they can make decisions that match their priorities, whether that means limiting server strain, protecting content, or staying visible in AI-driven discovery tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-website-owners-can-do-right-now\"><\/span><b>What Website Owners Can Do Right Now<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Site owners responding to these changes can take a few practical actions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review server logs to identify AI training and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanventures.com\/blog\/crawling-indexing-ranking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">search crawlers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Block training bots if content reuse or traffic load is a concern.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allow search-focused AI bots that support discovery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use CDN-level controls to manage high-volume crawlers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revisit crawler rules as AI search continues to evolve.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"key-takeaways\"><\/span><b>Key Takeaways<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI training crawlers are being blocked far more often than before.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI\u2019s search crawler now reaches over half of analyzed websites.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditional search bots like Googlebot remain largely unaffected.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO and marketing crawlers are losing access due to cost and focus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publishers are deciding access based on purpose rather than brand.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large-scale analysis by Hostinger shows website owners making clearer choices about AI access. While many sites are cutting off AI training crawlers, search-focused bots like OpenAI\u2019s OAI-SearchBot are being welcomed, reshaping how content is surfaced and controlled online. 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