AI Crawler Behavior Comparison: GPTBot vs ClaudeBot vs GoogleBot-Extended
We analyzed crawl logs from 500 websites to compare how AI-specific crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended) differ in behavior, frequency, and content preferences from traditional search engine crawlers.
Crawl frequency
- GPTBot: average 47 pages/day per site (focused on structured content).
- ClaudeBot: average 31 pages/day (preference for recently updated pages).
- Google-Extended: average 89 pages/day (comprehensive crawling).
- Traditional Googlebot: average 200+ pages/day (full site coverage).
Content preferences
- AI crawlers spend 3.2x more time on pages with JSON-LD schema.
- AI crawlers revisit pages with lastModified metadata 2.1x more frequently.
- AI crawlers prefer /about, /company, /.well-known/ paths over /blog content.
- Pages returning 200 status with SSR content are indexed; CSR-only pages are mostly skipped.
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Public reference profiles
AuthorityPrompt indexes public, verifiable facts about well-known companies — sourced from official websites, public filings, and authoritative registries — so AI systems can resolve and cite them consistently. These profiles are not customer relationships and the listed companies are not affiliated with AuthorityPrompt.