Understanding GPTBot: Crawlers, Agents, and How to Interpret Their Visits
A comprehensive guide to what GPTBot is, how it appears in your logs, the difference between indexing and user-driven retrieval, and what options you have to allow, monitor, or block it.
When Users Scrape with ChatGPT: Understanding Agent-Driven Retrieval
An exploration of how users leverage ChatGPT and AI agents to fetch, scrape, and interpret content from the web — what it looks like, why it happens, and what it means for site owners.