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Tools, policies, and platform controls for publishers, site owners, and media operators.
Cloudflare’s AI Bot Controls Push Publishers Past the Crawl-or-Block Era
Cloudflare is rolling out finer AI traffic controls, new defaults for ad-supported pages, and x402-based payment infrastructure for APIs, datasets, pages, and MCP tools. The shift is bigger than bot blocking: it is an attempt to make AI agents identify themselves, follow site-owner rules, and pay when they use web resources.
Google Search Console’s AI Toggle Gives Publishers a Real Choice
Google’s new Search generative AI control lets some site owners keep their pages out of AI Overviews, AI Mode, and generative AI features in Discover without leaving regular Search. The tradeoff is visibility: opting out also means giving up links, impressions, and traffic from those AI search surfaces.