81.8% Of My ‘AI Assistant’ Traffic Was Fake. The Googlebot Number Was Worse

June 25, 2026

81.8% Of My ‘AI Assistant’ Traffic Was Fake. The Googlebot Number Was Worse

I launched CitationIQ.com recently. Over the last two weeks, my logs claimed 33 AI assistants visited, a little better than two a day. That number is a lie. The real number? Six. Googlebot looked worse. Of 799 requests carrying its name, only 107 were real, though we all know scammers love to spoof Googlebot. And

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