New report finds wide disparity in AI tollbooths for publishers
The same companies building AI products that strip publishers of traffic are now writing the rules for AI licensing.

The same companies building AI products that strip publishers of traffic are now writing the rules for AI licensing.

Arc XP publishers can now block or charge AI bots for content access through a native TollBit integration.

Before implementing TollBit, publishers need answers about data handling, retention policies, and GDPR compliance.

TollBit charges AI companies for bot access. ProRata shares ad revenue from AI answers. Which model generates income faster for publishers facing extraction?

Digital Trends uses the platform to track massive AI bot scraping, revealing a 966:1 scrape-to-referral ratio and reshaping strategy to survive.

Digital Trends used TollBit to track AI bot scraping, revealing how AI overviews erode search traffic.

Free analytics, licensing infrastructure and minimal implementation overhead address three barriers keeping cash-strapped outlets from quantifying what's gutting their search referrals.
