What we are watching
Google's wording on what Google-Extended controls for Gemini grounding.
Crawler access
| Bot | Sites blocking (29 Oct 2026) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Google-Extended | 29 of 86 | 33.7% |
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: Google-Extended measured across 86 analysable sites. Details
- Guide published: how to rank. Details
- Guide published: how it works. Details
- First server-log count recorded. Details