Search & local discovery
Salon websites blocking AI search crawlers
Only 1.5% of independent US salon websites block AI search crawlers such as OAI-SearchBot or PerplexityBot in robots.txt.
Across 667 salon-owned websites, checked 2026-10-11.
This figure is load-bearing across 1 page on SalonAI. See where, below.
Source
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Salon Website Study 2026: 1,500 independent US salons' websites checked
SalonAI/2026/study
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