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Cloudflare Launches Dashboard to Track Web Crawlers and Monetize Data Access
Cloudflare's new Attribution Business Insights dashboard lets website owners analyze crawler behavior and appetite. The tool aims to help sites negotiate compensation for data used by AI companies. It provides granular data on which crawlers visit and how they interact with content.
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This tool shifts power to publishers by making crawler activity transparent, but its real impact depends on whether AI companies agree to pay up.
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