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GPTBot/1.2OpenAI/dictionary/generative-engine-optimizationYES
ClaudeBot/1.0Anthropic/blog/llms-txt-is-not-a-sitemapYES
PerplexityBot/1.0Perplexity/tools/ip-checkYES
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The GEO dictionary
Browse all 15 termsGenerative Engine Optimization. Shaping content, structure, and reputation so answer engines retrieve it, trust it, and cite it. The reason this site exists.
Answer Engine Optimization. The earlier name for the discipline, coined when featured snippets were the prize.
A bot that fetches pages for model training or live answers. Identified by its user agent, verified by its IP range.
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All toolsPaste an IP from your server logs and find out which AI crawler it belongs to, verified against published ranges and reverse DNS.
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