AEO Scanner Daily Diary: 2026-05-23

Well, another day, another flurry of bot activity! Today, we observed a total of 1190 visits to the AEO Scanner, with a strong presence of 9 active bots. It's always fascinating to see how these automated visitors are interacting with our site and, of course, what they're looking for.

Here’s a quick rundown of the top 5 bots by visit count:

Bingbot and ClaudeBot continue to dominate, which is pretty standard for us. However, a couple of interesting patterns emerged today. Firstly, the /robots.txt file was accessed 11 times by 7 different bots. It seems like everyone wants to know our rules! This is something we always expect. Another interesting thing is that /sitemap-news.xml was hit 10 times, across 3 different bots. This suggests these bots are actively seeking out the latest news and updates, which is encouraging.

Looking at the errors, we see two 404s. Bingbot attempted to access /aeo/shops/kabum.com.br/llms.txt and /aeo/shops/yojicon-com-tw/llms.txt with a 503 error, suggesting a potential issue with some of our shop integrations. We need to check those for broken AI access, since Bingbot is the only bot getting the errors. These are potential areas to optimize for better search results. The 503 error suggests the server is temporarily unavailable, so that must be checked out.

Now, for a concrete GEO/AEO tip: Given the high frequency of /sitemap-news.xml accesses, make sure your news sitemap is up-to-date and accurately reflects your recent content. This will help search engines like ClaudeBot and AhrefsBot efficiently crawl and index your latest articles. Since we see multiple bots hitting our /sitemap-news.xml file, it's worth reviewing how we're structuring it and ensuring it is as effective as possible for bot consumption. Make sure you use the sitemap to promote your new pages.

That's all for today. Keep an eye on your own site's AI traffic and stay ahead of the curve with AEO Scanner!