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One of the ways to get into the AI search … Continue reading How To Get Found By AI on the Top 100+ News Sites<\/span><\/a>","datePublished":"2025-07-30","dateModified":"2026-04-16","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aokmarketing.com\/author\/dave-burnett\/#Person","name":"Dave Burnett","url":"https:\/\/aokmarketing.com\/author\/dave-burnett\/","identifier":5,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d9ce54bf7884db06c868d4c3d9f401d81cecc940d6403409642a6a34d06caa8?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d9ce54bf7884db06c868d4c3d9f401d81cecc940d6403409642a6a34d06caa8?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"AOK Marketing","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/aokmarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AOK-Marketing-Logo.png","url":"https:\/\/aokmarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AOK-Marketing-Logo.png","width":126,"height":53}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/aokmarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/How-to-get-found-on-ai-on-the-top-news-sites.webp","url":"https:\/\/aokmarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/How-to-get-found-on-ai-on-the-top-news-sites.webp","height":1024,"width":1536},"url":"https:\/\/aokmarketing.com\/how-to-get-found-by-ai-on-the-top-100-news-sites\/","about":["AI"],"wordCount":509,"keywords":["AI Crawling","AI search","AI SEO","brand visibility","ChatGPT","ClaudeBot","content discovery","digital marketing","News Websites","Perplexity","PR Strategy","Publisher Policy","Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)","robots.txt","Web Crawlers"],"articleBody":"Getting Noticed by AI: A Simple PR GuideWhy AI Search MattersAI-powered search tools\u2014like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claude\u2014are becoming the first place people look for answers. If your brand shows up there, you stand out. That means more awareness, more trust, and more customers.One of the ways to get into the AI search results is to show up on ‘high crawl’ websites like news sites. These sites are trustworthy sources for the AI bots to get information to cite in their generated prompt results.How Brands Get Into AI With News SitesDo Something Newsworthy.Launch a new product.Win an award.Announce a major partnership.Work with PR.Share your story with top news outlets.Use a PR firm to help craft and place your news.Important: The Robots.txt File Is Your AI GatekeeperEvery website has a small text file called robots.txt. It tells automated bots which pages they can read and index.Allow your bot? List its name under User-agent: and use Allow:Block your bot? List it and use Disallow:If you don\u2019t allow a bot, it won\u2019t see or share your content.Which Of the Top News Sites Have The Most Influence Over The AI Search Results?We analyzed 105 of the world’s top news sites, and here’s what we found:(Ask your PR team to review each site\u2019s robots.txt before outreach because this changes all the time.)Top News Sites for ChatGPTTo boost your chances of showing up in ChatGPT\u2019s results, aim for coverage on sites that let its crawler in. Here are the top ten news sites to target:reuters.comft.comnypost.comwsj.comthesun.co.ukdw.comwashingtonpost.comtheatlantic.comthetimes.co.ukbusinessinsider.comTop Sites for Other AI ToolsClaude (Anthropic):economist.combloomberg.comtheguardian.comPerplexity:dw.combusinessinsider.comlatimes.compolitico.comWhich News Sites Block the Most Bots?Some publishers block nearly every AI crawler. Top 10 blockers include:dailymail.co.ukmetro.co.ukcnbc.comseattletimes.comnytimes.combuzzfeed.comhuffpost.compcmag.combbc.comft.com(Blocking means any content on these sites won\u2019t get crawled by the AI bots, and won’t show up on the AI search results.)Who Welcomes All Bots?A few sites make their content fully open and don’t block any bots:foxnews.comtime.comvice.comasiatimes.combangkokpost.comchannelnewsasia.comdallasnews.com What This Means for YouPlan your PR around sites that welcome your chosen AI bots.Check robots.txt. It\u2019s a quick way to see who allows or blocks each AI.Balance control and visibility. Your site has a robots.txt file too! If you block all bots, AI can\u2019t share your news. If you allow the right bots, you tap into powerful new audiences.With the right strategy, your brand can rise to the top of AI search results\u2014putting you ahead of the competition."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"How To Get Found By AI on the Top 100+ News Sites","item":"https:\/\/aokmarketing.com\/how-to-get-found-by-ai-on-the-top-100-news-sites\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]