Internal linking
Links within your site. They pass attention to crawlers and humans. Use normal language anchors.
Orphan pages don’t get fetched. Glossary terms should link to related terms, like this site does.
Exact-match spam anchors look 2012.
Examples
- A new limits page with zero inlinks. GPTBot never notices. You add it to docs nav. Fetches start.
Related terms
The published set of related pages that together say “we cover this subject.” Models notice coverage more than a lone post.
How much a bot is willing to fetch. AI bots can be greedier or pickier than Googlebot. Faceted URLs still waste everyone’s time.
A list of URLs you want fetched. Still worth having. AI bots may use them, or not. They cannot fix Disallow.
FAQ
For AI? +
Same as SEO: discoverability. Plus, a related-links block is a ready-made “see also” for extractors.
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