GEO / AI
Best practices — Google Search Central
Why distinguish training controls from search crawling?
Google-Extended is separate from Googlebot. Controls for model-related use do not serve the same purpose as controls governing ordinary search indexing and AI features based on that index.
Further analysis
Use this entry as an audit checkpoint. The cited source establishes the context; the direct answer identifies what to check before choosing an action.
In SFT, this topic relates to Trust. Check whether the signal is visible on the page, connected to the rest of the website and supported by understandable evidence.
Related search terms include AI training versus live citation, Google-Extended versus Googlebot. Use them to describe the issue in a brief, audit or answer page.
Applying SFT
Trust requires observable evidence: sources, consistency, citations, identifiable authors and verifiable claims.