--- title: "citAEotion - AI Crawler Tracking and Analytics" description: "AI crawler tracking for WordPress AI Crawler Tracking and Analytics citAEOtion.AI The GA for AI See exactly which AI bots crawl your site, when they crawl it, and what they take. citAEOtion reads..." url: https://citationtracker.org/ date: 2026-07-21 modified: 2026-09-12 author: "Citation Tracker" type: page lang: en --- AI crawler tracking for WordPress # AI Crawler Tracking and Analytics citAEOtion.AI The GA for AI See exactly which AI bots crawl your site, when they crawl it, and what they take. citAEOtion reads your real server traffic and classifies every crawler - GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Meta, Bingbot - live. No prompts to babysit. No guessing. [Start tracking](/pricing/) [Run the free AEO audit](/ai-audit/) 5-minute WordPress install. Cancel anytime. 501,000+ Total crawler visits 59 AI bots classified 61,000+ Pages crawled 50+ Sites tracked Real bot data ## The AI Crawler Tracking Dashboard This is live server traffic from real tracked sites, classified by what [each crawler](/top-ai-crawlers/) is actually doing. citaeotion.ai / dashboard - all sites, top crawlers **LIVE **501,952**Total crawler visits **266**Unique crawlers **61,253**Pages crawled | Crawler | Category | Visits | | --- | --- | --- | | PetalBot | AI search | 104,475 | | Meta-ExternalAgent | AI training | 51,215 | | BingBot | AI search | 49,307 | | Amazonbot | AI training | 49,297 | | ClaudeBot | AI training | 38,556 | | GPTBot | AI training | 29,073 | | GoogleBot | AI search | 18,825 | | ChatGPT-User | AI assistant | 13,776 | | AppleBot | AI search | 11,954 | | Bytespider | AI training | 11,872 | | PerplexityBot | AI search | 8,065 | | OAI-Searchbot | AI search | 6,913 | | Claude-Searchbot | AI search | 3,271 | | Claude-User | AI assistant | 2,884 | | YandexBot | AI search | 2,837 | | Baiduspider | AI search | 2,766 | **AI Search 215,930 **AI Training 191,446 **SEO Tools 48,200 **Data Scraper 21,825 **AI Assistant 18,788 **Social 5,763 **Real bot data. Not a fake prompt score.** Training grows, search follows. Real bots, not guessed prompts ## They track prompts you made up. We track the bots that showed up. "The Other Guys" have you pick the prompts you want to rank for, then report how you place on them. Sounds useful until you ask the obvious question: *you* chose the prompt - how do you know a single real person ever types it? You don't. It's like asking Google to rank you for a long-tail keyword nobody searches, then hoping it sends you business. citAEOtion doesn't track prompts you invented. We track the [**actual AI bots hitting your site**](/ai-crawler-tracking/) - and we tell you exactly who, what, and which: Who Visited Every crawler, sorted into AI Training, AI Search, AI Assistant, and Data Scraper. What Page The exact pages each crawler hit, and how often. Which Crawler Not just "OpenAI" - which of their bots, by name. Real visits. Real pages. Real bots, named and categorized. No prompts to babysit, no score to take on faith. The GA of AI. Full data. No BS. A sliver vs the whole picture ## Their prompts cost more than your entire site. The Other Guys $30/mo15 prompts $189/mo100 prompts Across 4 AI search engines. You pick the prompts, then hope someone real ever types them. FULL DATA citAEOtion $34.99/moone entire website ALL the data from 57 AI bots - who hit you, what time, which page, which of their bots, and the HTTP status they got. Aggregated across every page you own, so you can see if what you're doing is actually working. ### And it surfaces what prompts never can. Real bot behavior exposes the weak points quietly killing your AI visibility: Yoast settingsrobots.txthtaccesssitemapRSS feeds The bots show you what's broken, on every URL. A prompt score can't see any of it. For what "The Other Guy" charges to track **400 prompts**, you track all the AI data on 25 entire websites here - with [**full white-label agency reporting**](/white-label-ai-crawler-reports/). Built for operators, not one-site owners ## Every site you run. One number. Most tools make you log into a different account for every property. citAEOtion opens on your whole portfolio, then drills into any single site in one click. - All-sites rollup by default, or filter to one domain - Up to 100 sites on one plan, one login, one bill - Per-site and portfolio exports for client reporting - Add a site in two minutes, it starts reporting the same day citaeotion.ai / dashboard / sites **LIVE All sites · portfolio rollup103,026 visits · 20 active of 100 | Client site | Top crawler | Visits | 30-day | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | summitlawgroup.com Legal | ClaudeBot | 14,208 | ↑ 18% | | brightpathdental.com Healthcare | GPTBot | 11,940 | ↑ 22% | | coastalrealtygroup.com Real estate | BingBot | 9,761 | ↑ 9% | | apexhvacpros.com Home services | Meta-ExternalAgent | 8,433 | ↑ 31% | | lakesideveterinary.com Healthcare | PetalBot | 7,205 | ↓ 4% | | metrofitnessclub.com Fitness | Amazonbot | 6,612 | ↑ 12% | | gtaccountingllc.com Finance | ChatGPT-User | 5,984 | ↑ 27% | Showing 7 of 20 active sitesWhite-label ready The part that compounds ## It doesn't just show you the bots. It teaches you how to become the answer. The crawler mix tells you whether you're being cited or just consumed. That tells you whether your framing is working. That tells you what to change - then you watch the search hits climb to prove it. Measure→Learn→Reframe→Win A prompt score tells you where you rank. citAEOtion tells you how to [become the answer](/answer-engine-optimization/). Built to answer one question ## Can AI read, understand, and cite your site? ### See every AI crawler [GPTBot](https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots), [ClaudeBot](https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropic-crawl-data-from-the-web-and-how-can-site-owners-block-the-crawler), Perplexity, Meta, Bingbot - identified and labeled the moment they hit a page. ### Know what they took Which pages, how often, and exactly when. Watch a content change get re-crawled. ### Training vs search See who is training on you and who is citing you live. They are not the same signal. ### Welcome the bots The same install that measures every AI crawler also tells them your site is open - so more of them show up. Straight to it ## The questions agencies and founders ask first Is AI even reading my site? Most operators are guessing. citAEOtion shows you, with timestamps. Who is training vs citing? Every crawler labeled by intent, so you know which traffic builds authority. Did my changes get re-crawled? Ship an edit, watch the bots come back for it. No more wondering. How do I get cited more? Open the gates, feed clean signals, and measure the lift in one place. ## AI Crawler Tracking and Analytics **citAEOtion - The GA for AI. AI Crawler Tracking and Analytics.** See exactly which AI bots crawl your site, when they crawl it, and what they take. citAEOtion reads your real server traffic and classifies every crawler - GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Meta, Bingbot - live. No prompts to babysit. No guessing. 5-minute WordPress install. Cancel anytime. Start tracking from $34.99/mo, or run a free AI audit first. ## Real AI Crawler Tracking bot data, not a fake score ### They track prompts you made up. We track the bots that showed up. "The Other Guys" have you pick the prompts you want to rank for, then report how you place on them. Sounds useful until you ask the obvious question: you chose the prompt - how do you know a single real person ever types it? You don't. It is like asking Google to rank you for a long-tail keyword nobody searches, then hoping it sends you business. citAEOtion does not track prompts you invented. We track the actual AI bots hitting your site, and we tell you exactly who, what, and which: - **Who** - every crawler, sorted into AI Training, AI Search, AI Assistant, and Data Scraper. - **What page** - the exact pages each crawler hit, and how often. - **Which crawler** - not just "OpenAI", but which of their bots, by name. Real visits. Real pages. Real bots, named and categorized. No prompts to babysit, no score to take on faith. The GA of AI. Full data. No BS. ## AI Crawler Tracking Built on Real Server Data AI crawler tracking is the difference between guessing at AI visibility and measuring it. citAEOtion reads your actual server traffic and identifies every AI bot that touches your site - [GPTBot](https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots), [ClaudeBot](https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropic-crawl-data-from-the-web-and-how-can-site-owners-block-the-crawler), PerplexityBot, Meta, Bingbot, and 50+ more - the moment it arrives. No prompt guessing, no black-box score. Just the bots, the pages, and the timestamps. ### Why AI crawler tracking beats prompt monitoring Prompt tools ask you to invent questions and hope real people type them. AI crawler tracking flips that: it shows you which engines are already consuming your content, which pages they take, and whether they come back after you publish. When ChatGPT-User hits a URL, that's a live citation being fetched for a real person's answer - the strongest AI visibility signal that exists, and prompts can't see it. ### Training bots vs. search bots vs. assistants Every crawler is classified by intent: AI Training (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Amazonbot), AI Search (BingBot, PetalBot, AppleBot), AI Assistants fetching live citations, and plain data scrapers. The mix tells you whether you're being learned from, indexed, or actually cited - see the full breakdown in our [guide to the top AI crawlers](/top-ai-crawlers/). ### From measurement to answers The data compounds. Watch which pages get crawled hardest, fix what gets ignored, ship the change, and watch the bots return for it. That loop - measure, learn, reframe - is [answer engine optimization](/answer-engine-optimization/) done with evidence instead of vibes. Agencies run it across every client site with [white-label AI crawler reports](/white-label-ai-crawler-reports/), one login, up to 100 sites. Full AI crawler tracking starts at $34.99/mo on any WordPress site - [see pricing](/pricing/), or grab a founding-agency seat in the [Founders Club](/founders-club/). Five-minute install. The bots are already on your site; now you'll see them. ## Their prompts cost more than your entire site The Other Guys charge $30/mo for 15 prompts or $189/mo for 100 prompts across 4 AI search engines - and you pick the prompts, then hope someone real ever types them. citAEOtion is $34.99/mo for one entire website: all the data from 57 AI bots - who hit you, what time, which page, which of their bots, and the HTTP status they got. Aggregated across every page you own, so you can see if what you are doing is actually working. ### AI Crawler Tracking surfaces what prompts never can Real bot behavior exposes the weak points quietly killing your AI visibility: Yoast settings, robots.txt, htaccess, sitemap, and RSS feeds. The bots show you what is broken, on every URL. A prompt score cannot see any of it. For what "The Other Guy" charges to track 400 prompts, you track all the AI data on 25 entire websites here - with full white-label agency reporting. ## Find out if AI can read your site. Full tracking from $34.99. Five-minute install, cancel anytime. [Start Tracking](/pricing/) [Run the free AEO audit](/ai-audit/)