When to Block AI Crawlers and When to Welcome Them: A Startup's First 90 Days Guide
Launching a startup feels like sprinting through fog. You have a product, a handful of users, and a mountain of decisions about where to spend your limited time. One question that keeps coming up in founder circles is whether to block AI crawlers. It sounds technical, but it is actually a strategic choice about who you want reading your content and how you want them to use it. In the first 90 days, every decision matters. You are optimizing for search engine visibility, but
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Launching a startup feels like sprinting through fog. You have a product, a handful of users, and a mountain of decisions about where to spend your limited time. One question that keeps coming up in founder circles is whether to block AI crawlers. It sounds technical, but it is actually a strategic choice about who you want reading your content and how you want them to use it. In the first 90 days, every decision matters. You are optimizing for search engine visibility, but
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