What we are watching
Whether Anthropic publishes its current search subprocessors. The Brave link rests on a March 2025 subprocessor list.
Crawler access
| Bot | Sites blocking (29 Oct 2026) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ClaudeBot | 40 of 86 | 46.5% |
| Claude-SearchBot | 27 of 86 | 31.4% |
| Claude-User | 27 of 86 | 31.4% |
Test status
- robots.txt audit: done 29 October 2026.
- Server-log count: first reading 29 October 2026.
- Citation tests: not run yet.
Change log
- robots.txt audit: ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User measured across 86 analysable sites. Details
- Guide published: how to rank. Details
- Guide published: how it works. Details
- First server-log count recorded. Details