{"id":11864,"date":"2026-07-01T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=11864"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:31:53","slug":"activation-of-ai-bot-blocking-in-mybox-panel","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/activation-of-ai-bot-blocking-in-mybox-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Activation of AI bot blocking in mybox panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI bot management in panel.mybox.com lets you control which AI crawlers can visit and index your website. This is useful when you want to limit unwanted crawl activity, reduce resource usage, or decide which AI services can access your content. The settings are managed per website from your mybox client panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/activation-of-ai-bot-blocking-in-mybox-panel\/#Check_the_current_AI_bot_status\" >Check the current AI bot status<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/activation-of-ai-bot-blocking-in-mybox-panel\/#Open_AI_bot_management\" >Open AI bot management<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/activation-of-ai-bot-blocking-in-mybox-panel\/#Choose_which_AI_bots_to_block\" >Choose which AI bots to block<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/activation-of-ai-bot-blocking-in-mybox-panel\/#How_the_bot_categories_work\" >How the bot categories work<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_the_current_AI_bot_status\"><\/span>Check the current AI bot status<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sign in to <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\">panel.mybox.com<\/a> and open <strong>Websites<\/strong>. For each website, you can see whether any AI bot blocks are currently active and how many AI bots are being blocked.a<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-67-1024x325.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-67-1024x325.png 1024w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-67-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-67-768x244.png 768w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-67-18x6.png 18w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-67.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Open_AI_bot_management\"><\/span>Open AI bot management<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mybox-1375950551\" class=\"mybox-content mybox-entity-placement\"><div class=\"early-access-banner-inpost\">\r\n  <div class=\"banner-left-inpost\">\r\n    <div class=\"icon-box-inpost\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/square-info-icon.svg\" alt=\"Info\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"text-box-inpost\">\r\n      <span class=\"label-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Early access<\/span><\/span>\r\n      <h4><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Still need help?<\/span><\/h4>\r\n      <p><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Contact our customer service team.<\/span><\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"banner-right-inpost\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/helpdesk2\/v\/list\/\" class=\"banner-button-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Message us<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find the website you want to manage, open the <strong>Actions<\/strong> menu, and select <strong>AI Bots<\/strong>. This opens the settings page for AI bot blocking for that website.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x214.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x214.png 1024w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-768x160.png 768w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1536x321.png 1536w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-18x4.png 18w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png 1733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choose_which_AI_bots_to_block\"><\/span>Choose which AI bots to block<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The management view shows a list of AI bots that can be blocked. To enable a block for a specific bot, use the toggle next to it. You can turn blocks on or off individually, so the settings can match the needs of each website.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"905\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png 905w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_the_bot_categories_work\"><\/span>How the bot categories work<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make the list easier to use, the available AI bots are grouped into three categories. These categories help you decide which bots are usually worth blocking and which ones may still be useful, depending on how you want your site to appear in search tools or AI services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Recommended to block<\/strong> &#8211; These bots may increase CPU usage and, as a result, increase scaling costs, while often providing little or no valuable traffic or AI visibility for your website. Blocking them does not affect your position in Google.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Your choice<\/strong> &#8211; These bots may be useful if you use a specific SEO tool or if you want your website to be present in AI search services such as ChatGPT Search or Perplexity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neutral<\/strong> &#8211; These bots usually do not affect your website&#8217;s visibility in search engines or in widely used AI assistants. Some of them may indirectly contribute to your domain&#8217;s presence in AI models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These settings apply to the selected website. If you manage more than one site, review the AI bot settings for each one separately. After changing a toggle, the new block status should be visible in the panel for that website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[125],"manual_kb_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11864","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/11864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/11864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11866,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/11864\/revisions\/11866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=11864"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=11864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}