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Cloudflare questions robots.txt adherence amid bot dominance

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Cloudflare's general counsel is questioning whether websites should adhere to the directives in their robots.txt files, especially as bots increasingly dominate internet traffic. This consideration arises as the internet becomes more populated by automated agents, prompting a re-evaluation of how website owners can manage bot access and interaction. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about how AI bots will interact with and potentially shape web content policies.

RANK_REASON The item is a commentary on a statement by Cloudflare's general counsel regarding website policy and bot traffic.

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Cloudflare questions robots.txt adherence amid bot dominance

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Deutsch(DE) · [email protected] ·

    This makes one wonder if it should perhaps be binding after all to adhere to the information in robots.txt... 🤔 The internet will soon belong to bots – says #Clo

    Da fragt man sich, ob es vielleicht doch bindend sein soll sich an den Angaben in der robots.txt zu halten ... 🤔 Das Internet gehört bald den Bots – meint # Cloudflare | iX Magazin https://www. heise.de/news/Das-Internet-geh oert-bald-den-Bots-meint-Cloudflare-11402921.html # Art…

    LINKS heise.de/…/Das-Internet-gehoert-bald-den-…

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