How AI Bot Detection Works
AI Search Index uses multiple detection methods to accurately identify AI bots visiting your website.
Detection Methods
We employ a multi-layered approach to ensure accurate bot detection while minimizing false positives:
User Agent Analysis
We maintain an extensive database of known AI bot user agents. When a request arrives, we match the User-Agent header against patterns for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, GPTBot, Google-Extended, and many others.
IP Range Verification
Major AI providers publish their IP ranges. We cross-reference incoming requests against these known ranges to verify bot authenticity and prevent spoofing.
Behavioral Analysis
AI bots exhibit distinct behavioral patterns—rapid page traversal, specific request headers, and characteristic crawling sequences. We analyze these patterns for additional verification.
Reverse DNS Lookup
For CDN integrations, we perform reverse DNS lookups to verify that requests actually originate from claimed bot providers, not from spoofed user agents.
AI Bots We Detect
AI Search Index identifies and categorizes a wide range of AI bots, for example:
AI Search & Chat
- ChatGPT / GPTBot (OpenAI)
- Claude (Anthropic)
- Perplexity AI
- You.com
- Cohere
AI Training Crawlers
- Google-Extended
- CCBot (Common Crawl)
- Meta AI Crawler
- Amazonbot
- ByteSpider (ByteDance)
Detection Accuracy
Our multi-layered approach ensures high accuracy:
- Low false positives: We don't classify human visitors as bots
- Anti-spoofing protection: IP verification prevents fake bot claims
- Regular updates: Our detection database is continuously improved
Ready to start tracking?
Choose an integration method to begin detecting AI bots on your website.
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