Hi everyone,
We are helping a partner with their AI SEO work and have a question for you:
Is it possible to have access to the server logs on Webflow. We are interested in seeing the pings from OpenAI bots in particular ChatGPT-User (IPs https://openai.com/chatgpt-user.json)
This is critical to help us see impressions on ChatGPT - one of the leading KPIs for AI search.
Many thanks,
Ben
Webflow doesn’t expose raw server logs, so you won’t be able to track bot IPs directly. Closest option is adding custom tracking via analytics or middleware (e.g. Cloudflare logs) to catch requests from the OpenAI bot IP list.
There are a number of providers for GEO analytics that may have a site-level analytics plugin- however they tend to be pricy.
Alternatively you could probably roll your own solution using Posthog and a custom transform, or a Cloudflare worker that checks the ranges and logs via GA4.
Keep in mind that the ideal approach is to check the request signature directly with OpenAI, but IP/CIDR matching should give you useful results. Don’t depend too much on useragents they’re easily spoofed.