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Meta's Crawlers Now Access More of the Web Than Google's—And Nobody's Negotiating Terms

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Meta's crawlers are accessing more of the web than Google's at scale, but unlike Google, Meta faces no publisher negotiation pressure for that access.

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SEOFOMO News reports that Meta's AI crawlers now read more of the web than competing AI bots that publishers actively block, yet Meta avoids the negotiation friction Google faces with publishers over crawler access and content use. The disparity raises questions about the sustainability of uneven access terms and the future of content licensing in the AI era.

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