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Google may be more successful at blocking AI scrapers and search scrapers since mid-September

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Google appears to have strengthened its ability to block AI scrapers, search scrapers, and third-party tracking tools starting around mid-September.

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Optimixed's original report on this story.

SERoundtable reports that Google may have become more effective at blocking AI scrapers, search scrapers, and third-party tracking tools since approximately September 13th. The timing aligns with prior reversals and Google's recent methods for filtering non-human behavior from its search results.

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