Research / AI policy / web crawler intelligence

Kavel AI Crawler Study

A data-backed study showing which major websites block specific AI crawlers in robots.txt, with breakdowns by crawler, site type, and a downloadable CSV.

Clear28/30
Useful27/30
Specific17/20
Complete14/20
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Why it was accepted

The page clearly presents a real, AI-adjacent product and research offering: a crawl-based study of 945 websites, monthly rechecks, downloadable data, and live site checking. It gives enough visible detail for a useful directory listing, including methodology, key findings, crawler lists, and adjacent monitoring tools.

Weakness

The page is strong on findings, but it is not fully clear how fresh the dataset is beyond the stated check date, and there is limited detail on the exact coverage of the monthly monitoring workflow or the full contents of the CSV.

Review status

6 hours ago #609 ↑ +2

Last evaluated 6 hours ago. Current rank #609. Up 2 spots in the rankings.

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