AI indexing

How AI systems store pages for later retrieval. Not identical to Google’s index. Different bots, different freshness, different junk filters.

Being in Google does not guarantee you are in an AI index. Check crawler logs per vendor.

Some systems piggyback on Bing or Google. Some fetch live. Some do both.

Examples

A new docs page is in GSC, never fetched by PerplexityBot. Don’t expect a Perplexity footnote yet.

A web index built or rented for answer retrieval. OpenAI, Google, Perplexity, and others do not share one pile.

Bots from model labs and answer engines that fetch pages for training, retrieval, or user-initiated reading.

Discover, fetch, store. Google does it. AI labs do it with other bots and rules. You need both if you want both channels.

How do I submit a URL to ChatGPT? +

There is no Search Console for ChatGPT. Be fetchable, be linked, be patient. IndexNow helps some engines, not all.

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