{"id":691786,"date":"2025-09-24T22:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cloudflare-offers-way-to-block-ai-overviews-will-google-comply\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T22:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:55:10","slug":"cloudflare-offers-way-to-block-ai-overviews-will-google-comply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cloudflare-offers-way-to-block-ai-overviews-will-google-comply\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudflare offers way to block AI Overviews \u2013\u00a0will Google comply?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aedfd9fc8adb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aedfd9fc8adb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cloudflare-offers-way-to-block-ai-overviews-will-google-comply\/#Cloudflares_new_Content_Signals_limit_AI_use_of_your_content_via_robotstxt_However_its_unclear_whether_Google_or_others_will_comply\" >Cloudflare\u2019s new Content Signals limit AI use of your content via robots.txt. However, it\u2019s unclear whether Google or others will comply.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflares_new_Content_Signals_limit_AI_use_of_your_content_via_robotstxt_However_its_unclear_whether_Google_or_others_will_comply\"><\/span>Cloudflare\u2019s new Content Signals limit AI use of your content via robots.txt. However, it\u2019s unclear whether Google or others will comply.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p>Cloudflare today announced a new feature that allows you signal via robots.txt whether your content can be used in Google\u2019s AI Overviews (as well as for AI training). <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cloudflare\u2019s new Content Signals Policy is meant to give publishers more control over how crawlers and bots use their data, beyond traditional directives that only regulate crawling and indexing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How it works<\/strong>. The policy adds three new machine-readable directives to robots.txt:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>search<\/code>: permission for building a search index and showing links\/snippets (traditional search).<\/li>\n<li><code>ai-input<\/code>: permission to use content as input for AI-generated answers.<\/li>\n<li><code>ai-train<\/code>: permission to use content for training AI models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example: <\/p>\n<p><code>User-Agent: * <\/code><br \/><code>Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-train=no <\/code><br \/><code>Allow: \/<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Cloudflare will automatically add these directives for millions of customer sites that already use its managed robots.txt service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, but. <\/strong>Google has not committed to honoring these instructions. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/briefings\/cloudflare-sets-fight-googles-ai-overviews-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Information<\/a> (sub<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion required) that Google was given a heads up about content signals, but has not said whether it will respect the new signals.<\/li>\n<li>Robots.txt directives are not legally binding, and Cloudflare acknowledged that some companies may ignore them. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>Will Google or other AI companies voluntarily comply? I doubt it. Still, this new option at least gives you a way to push back \u2013 a way to say \u201cyes to search, no to AI Overviews,\u201d a control that simply didn\u2019t exist before. That matters because AI-generated answers have been widely criticized for eroding traffic and providing little to no value in return.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bigger picture:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cloudflare says bots could exceed human traffic on the internet by 2029, raising the stakes for giving publishers tools to manage how their content is reused.<\/li>\n<li>The company has released its Content Signals Policy under a <strong>CC0 license<\/strong> to encourage adoption beyond its own customer base, hoping it becomes a broader industry standard.<\/li>\n<li>But Cloudflare also notes signals alone aren\u2019t enough. Publishers who want stricter control should combine them with bot management and firewall rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bottom line<\/strong>. Unless Google and others formally recognize and adhere to these instructions, publishers remain caught in a lose-lose situation: keep content open and risk misuse, or shut it down altogether.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloudflare\u2019s announcement.<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudflare.com\/content-signals-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giving users choice with Cloudflare\u2019s new Content Signals Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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