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SEO & AI Search Updates

What changes. At the source.

Official announcements. SEO and AI search, their sources and related TSEP controls.

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retained announcements
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IETF AIPREF working documents

AIPREF: revision 08 of the AI usage preference vocabulary 

Original A Vocabulary For Expressing AI Usage Preferences

Agent policy
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Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI training
Status
Beta or preview

Added during the historical import.

A Vocabulary For Expressing AI Usage Preferences

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IETF AIPREF working documents

AIPREF: revision 05 of the draft attaching usage preferences to HTTP and robots.txt 

Original Associating AI Usage Preferences with Content in HTTP

Robots.txt rules Agent policy
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Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI training
Status
Beta or preview

Added during the historical import.

Associating AI Usage Preferences with Content in HTTP

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-06

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IETF AIPREF working documents

AIPREF: first draft for expressing preferences in HTTP and robots.txt 

Original Indicating Preferences Regarding Content Usage

Robots.txt rules Agent policy
Read the editorial context
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI training
Status
Beta or preview

Added during the historical import.

Indicating Preferences Regarding Content Usage

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-06

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IETF AIPREF working documents

AIPREF: first vocabulary draft for content usage preferences 

Original Proposal for an Opt-Out Vocabulary

Agent policy
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Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI training
Status
Beta or preview

Added during the historical import.

Proposal for an Opt-Out Vocabulary

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

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Reference data

The registers.

Coverage check

What the feed missed.

2 / 3

events found

67 %

2 / 6 provider mentions found

Reports missed by month-end

Shared AI training preference

Google · Microsoft · OpenAI · Anthropic

Events and comparison sources

An event counts once when any of its official reports enters the collection. Each provider is counted separately. Later backfills preserve the month-end score.

Figures cover the sampled events only, compared with independent publications at the end of each month (UTC).

Directory · 50 tracked sources

Sources and coverage.

Google16 sources
Microsoft · Bing4 sources
AI and other platforms16 sources
  • Amazon search and AI crawlers · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Anthropic crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read · 1 archived publication Oct 2026
  • Apple Business local presence release notes · Nightly Last successful read · 5 archived publications May 2026 – Oct 2026
  • Apple Business locations and brands · Nightly Last successful read · 1 archived publication Mar 2026
  • Apple Applebot · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • ByteDance Bytespider and access · Nightly Last successful read ·
  • Common Crawl CCBot and access · Nightly Last successful read ·
  • DuckDuckGo DuckAssistBot · Nightly Last successful read ·
  • Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes · Hourly Last successful read · 9 archived publications Dec 2024 – May 2026
  • Grok (xAI) web search and sources · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Meta crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Mistral AI announcements · Hourly Last successful read · 6 archived publications Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
  • Mistral AI crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • OpenAI publisher announcements · Hourly Last successful read · 2 archived publications Jul 2026 – Oct 2026
  • OpenAI search crawlers · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Perplexity search crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
Standards and institutions11 sources
Outside the default selection3 sources
  • Baidu search resource platform · Nightly Last successful read · 6 archived publications Sep 2026 – Nov 2026 Official source
  • Naver Search & Tech · Nightly Last successful read · 18 archived publications Jul 2026 – Nov 2026 Official source
  • Yandex webmaster news · Nightly Last successful read · 5 archived publications Aug 2026 – Oct 2026 Official source

Available archives vary by source. Changes to undated documentation pages are reviewed before they may appear in the feed.

Primary sources feed the editorial selection. Baidu, Naver and Yandex remain available by filter and in search.

The method

Facts. With context.

  1. Collect

    Critical sources are checked hourly; all sources are checked nightly. One record keeps the original title, published date and sources for each event. Undated documentation changes are held for review. The French and English RSS feeds support WebSub to notify compatible subscribers after publication.

  2. Classify

    A yellow square marks a change that may affect a TSEP check, access rule, diagnosis or deadline. Recurring publications and events remain background information. A yellow triangle identifies background news; a dashed circle means classification is pending. Translations are editorial.

  3. Review for TSEP

    Each month, the review connects announcements to relevant TSEP controls. For each item reviewed, the team decides whether the protocol already covers it, a change needs consideration, or monitoring should continue or close.

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