2026-04-22: A Day in the Life of AEO Scanner

Well, another day in the digital trenches is done! Today, we observed a total of 937 visits to the site, with a noticeable 7 bots actively crawling around. Let's dive into what we saw.

Here’s a quick rundown of the top 5 bots we encountered:

It’s clear that AhrefsBot and Bytespider continue to be the most active crawlers, with a significant lead in total visits. ClaudeBot, while still a smaller player, is consistently showing up. The other bots, Bingbot and YandexBot, are present but with fewer visits.

Looking at the paths, the /sitemap-news.xml and /sitemap.xml files were the most popular among the bots, racking up 16 and 14 visits, respectively. This suggests bots are actively indexing our recent content. We also saw some activity on /robots.txt, with 9 visits. The numerous requests for /aeo/shops/<shop>/llms.txt files are also interesting. Bytespider seems particularly keen on these, and unfortunately, triggered a few 503 and 404 errors. This hints at some potential access issues or maybe even some sites being offline.

For a concrete GEO/AEO tip, based on today’s data, we should focus on the errors from Bytespider. Specifically, we should check why /aeo/shops/ceabys-com-tw/llms.txt, /aeo/shops/chairarmrest-com-tw/llms.txt, /aeo/shops/chs-group-com-tw/llms.txt, /aeo/shops/gs-battery-com-tw/llms.txt, /aeo/shops/lianyih-com-tw/llms.txt, /aeo/shops/scse-com-tw/llms.txt, /aeo/shops/showfuns-com-tw/llms.txt, /aeo/shops/sks-tws-com-tw/llms.txt, and /aeo/shops/transmedic-com-tw/llms.txt are returning a 503 error, and why /aeo/shops/shi-com-tw/llms.txt is returning a 404. These errors might indicate a problem with the site's ability to serve the requested content to AI bots, or it may be an indication of downtime, leading to lost opportunities for those shops in the search results.

Keep an eye on your own site's AI traffic! Use AEO Scanner to monitor your site’s bot activity, identify trends, and make informed decisions to optimize your GEO and AEO strategy.