I Built Websites With AI. Then I Discovered AI Couldn’t Read Them
I built websites with AI that looked perfectly normal. I didn’t know some had readability problems until I built a tool to check what AI crawlers could actually see.
I built websites with AI that looked perfectly normal. I didn’t know some had readability problems until I built a tool to check what AI crawlers could actually see.
AI website builders can create sites that look like they have multiple pages while crawlers receive an app shell or duplicate content. Here’s what I found testing my own sites and how to check yours.
GPTBot and OAI-SearchBot do different jobs. Understanding the difference lets you make a deliberate choice about AI training and ChatGPT search visibility.
Your site can rank in Google and still be difficult for AI search systems to crawl or understand. Here is how to check what ChatGPT and other AI systems can actually access.
WordPress does not look like the newest AI builder, but AI agents, the Abilities API and MCP are changing what building and managing a WordPress site can mean.
AI builder credits feel abstract until you need one more change. Here is what running out can mean and why I now think about the cost before I build.
I like AI builders. I just stopped liking what they were costing me. After spending around $600 a month, I went back to WordPress without giving up AI.