faridmovsumov
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@ruby_runner retweeted Shopify made an important change to the App Store's robots.txt file, allowing popular LLMs to access content on search pages.Previously, bots couldn't check the page because rules didn't allow them to index these pages, so they relied on outdated articles online about "The best x Shopify apps" to get results. Now it will check the results against the main source of truth, see real rankings, and make better suggestions to users. Results: LLMs will make better app suggestions to merchants. Note: After this change, I tested with ChatGPT, and it verifies that the content is now accessible, but Claude is still getting some errors. I hope this will also be resolved soon. Farid @faridmovsumov This is surprising to me. Is Shopify really blocking the Claude bot in the era of AI from fetching content from the Shopify App Store search results page? Merchants are asking LLMs for app suggestions, and instead of using a trusted source like an app store, bots are relying on outdated articles. Posted Mar 25, 2026 at 6:39PM Posted Mar 28, 2026 at 6:40AM
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