{"id":132544,"date":"2026-06-25T14:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/81-8-of-my-ai-assistant-traffic-was-fake-the-googlebot-number-was-worse\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:30:33","slug":"81-8-of-my-ai-assistant-traffic-was-fake-the-googlebot-number-was-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/81-8-of-my-ai-assistant-traffic-was-fake-the-googlebot-number-was-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"81.8% Of My ‘AI Assistant’ Traffic Was Fake. The Googlebot Number Was Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I launched CitationIQ.com lately. During the last two weeks, my logs claimed 33 AI assistants visited, slightly higher than two a day. That quantity is a lie. The true quantity? Six.<\/p>\n

Googlebot appeared worse. Of 799 requests carrying its title, solely 107 have been actual, although everyone knows scammers like to spoof Googlebot. And a few of these pretend AI visits, whereas sporting ChatGPT\u2019s title, requested my server handy over its secrets and techniques file.<\/p>\n

I run this brand-new platform, and I’ve spent zero {dollars} selling it to this point, so site visitors stays modest. I went on the lookout for a quiet, correct learn of who (robots and crawlers, since Google Analytics 4 handles the remaining) was visiting, anticipating small numbers, and I acquired them. What I didn’t anticipate was that the majority of even these modest numbers have been lies. Here’s what occurred, how I checked, how I chased the cussed circumstances to proof, and why essentially the most helpful factor you are able to do this week is run the identical examine by yourself logs.<\/p>\n