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Why did our e-commerce product listings disappear from generative AI comparison tables overnight, and what diagnostic checks should I run on our robots.txt file right now?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Why did our e-commerce product listings disappear from generative AI comparison tables overnight, and what diagnostic checks should I run on our robots.txt file right now?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 generative AI shopping product comparison listings disappeared crawling robots.txt AI crawlers changes October 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
OpenAI OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentation ChatGPT search crawler robots rulesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Google AI Overviews shopping product crawling robots.txt Google-Extended Googlebot documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction

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)
Short factOther / navigational33%Comparison33%ConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstruction33%Yes / no

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
2026 generative AI shopping product comparison listings disappeared crawling robots.txt AI crawlers changes October 2026 Google ↗
OpenAI OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentation ChatGPT search crawler robots rules Google ↗
Google AI Overviews shopping product crawling robots.txt Google-Extended Googlebot documentation Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
2026 generative AI shopping product comparison listings disappeared crawling robots.txt AI crawlers changes October 2026
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Comparison——1x
of 1
OpenAI OAI-SearchBot robots.txt documentation ChatGPT search crawler robots rules
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
Google AI Overviews shopping product crawling robots.txt Google-Extended Googlebot documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Instruction——1x
of 1