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What are the exact configuration settings I need in my WordPress SEO plugin to ensure AI crawlers properly index my service area pages for local queries?

ChatGPTgpt-64 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
What are the exact configuration settings I need in my WordPress SEO plugin to ensure AI crawlers properly index my service area pages for local queries?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
WordPress Yoast SEO sitemap noindex canonical robots.txt documentation 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
Rank Math SEO sitemap robots.txt noindex canonical schema local business documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
OpenAI OAI-SearchBot GPTBot robots.txt crawler documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Google Search Central AI features crawling indexing structured data local business 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 (4)
Short factOther / navigational50%ComparisonConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstruction50%Yes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
WordPress Yoast SEO sitemap noindex canonical robots.txt documentation 2026 Google ↗
Rank Math SEO sitemap robots.txt noindex canonical schema local business documentation Google ↗
OpenAI OAI-SearchBot GPTBot robots.txt crawler documentation Google ↗
Google Search Central AI features crawling indexing structured data local business documentation Google ↗

Queries

4 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
WordPress Yoast SEO sitemap noindex canonical robots.txt documentation 2026
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Instruction——1x
of 1
Rank Math SEO sitemap robots.txt noindex canonical schema local business documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Instruction——1x
of 1
OpenAI OAI-SearchBot GPTBot robots.txt crawler documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
Google Search Central AI features crawling indexing structured data local business documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1