Navigating the Impact of AI Crawlers on Web Performance
As AI technology thrives, a growing concern arises: AI web crawlers are causing significant disruptions to websites. With bots now accounting for 30% of global web traffic, the implications are profound.
- Performance Degradation: Fastly reports that 80% of AI bot traffic comes from aggressive data fetchers, leading to tenfold traffic spikes that jeopardize website performance.
- Service Disruption: Even reputable sites face challenges, as excessive crawling can cripple shared servers—impacting small businesses and larger platforms alike.
- Monetization Woes: Unlike traditional crawlers, AI bots often fail to direct potential customers back to original content, leaving site owners struggling financially.
To combat these issues, strategies are emerging, like bot-blocking services and proposed llms.txt files.
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