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Why are AI search engines ignoring my site structure, and what is the cheapest way to fix my site hierarchy for better bot readability?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Why are AI search engines ignoring my site structure, and what is the cheapest way to fix my site hierarchy for better bot readability?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
AI search crawler website structure internal linking sitemap structured data documentation OpenAI crawler Google Search Central Bing webmaster 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Google Search Central site hierarchy internal links URL structure breadcrumbs structured data documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
OpenAI search crawler OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
AI search crawler website structure internal linking sitemap structured data documentation OpenAI crawler Google Search Central Bing webmaster 2026 Google ↗
Google Search Central site hierarchy internal links URL structure breadcrumbs structured data documentation Google ↗
OpenAI search crawler OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentation Google ↗
- Ecommerce Website Navigation Structure | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Learn About What Sitelinks Are | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.cn
- Overview of OpenAI Crawlers · developers.openai.com
- Publishers and Developers - FAQ · help.openai.com
- SEO Starter Guide: The Basics | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.cn
- URL Structure Best Practices for Google Search | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.cn
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AI search crawler website structure internal linking sitemap structured data documentation OpenAI crawler Google Search Central Bing webmaster 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Search Central site hierarchy internal links URL structure breadcrumbs structured data documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI search crawler OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |