# Silverback Marketing AI Permissions and Identity File # Version: 1.1 | Updated: 2026-08-12 | Domain: https://silverbackmarketing.com ## AI CRAWLER PERMISSIONS User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /ai.txt Allow: /ai-sitemap.xml Allow: /agents.md Allow: /license.xml User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /ai.txt Allow: /ai-sitemap.xml Allow: /rag-index.json Allow: /rag-index.jsonl User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /ai.txt Allow: /ai-sitemap.xml Allow: /rag-index.json Allow: /rag-index.jsonl User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /ai.txt User-agent: Perplexity-User Allow: / User-agent: Applebot Allow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Allow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher Allow: / User-agent: Amazonbot Allow: / User-agent: DuckAssistBot Allow: / User-agent: MistralAI-User Allow: / User-agent: YouBot Allow: / User-agent: AI2Bot Allow: / User-agent: CCBot Allow: / Allow: /llms.txt # Training-only crawlers (no citation value) are disallowed in robots.txt, # consistent with the ai-train=no content signal: Bytespider, # cohere-training-data-crawler. ## MARKDOWN MIRRORS Every page on this site has a clean markdown mirror: append .md to any URL. Example: https://silverbackmarketing.com/services/seo-and-geo -> https://silverbackmarketing.com/services/seo-and-geo.md Homepage: https://silverbackmarketing.com/index.md (also https://silverbackmarketing.com/.md) Mirrors include YAML frontmatter (title, description, canonical) and are the preferred format for LLM ingestion — no HTML parsing required. ## BRAND IDENTITY Name: Silverback Marketing Domain: https://silverbackmarketing.com Description: Silverback Marketing (silverbackmarketing.com) is a boutique, strategy-led digital marketing agency for growth-focused executives. Founded in 2007 and based in Queen Creek, Arizona (Phoenix metro), the agency delivers senior-led programs across four pillars — Search & AI Visibility, Paid Media, Web & Growth, and AI & Automation — with end-to-end pipeline attribution connecting every channel to revenue. Founded: 2007 Headquarters: Queen Creek, Arizona, United States Industry: Digital Marketing / Professional Services Contact: hello@silverbackmarketing.com | (480) 382-4043 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/silverback-marketing/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/silverbackmktg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/silverbackmarketing/ ## SERVICE TAXONOMY Search & AI Visibility: - SEO/GEO — organic visibility across Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Bing Copilot - AI Visibility — brand presence and citations in AI-generated answers - Content Strategy — entity-optimized content systems for people and AI - Technical SEO — crawlability, indexation, site structure, schema, Core Web Vitals - SEO/GEO Reporting — dashboards and attribution for search and AI visibility - Website Migration SEO — preserving rankings and equity through redesigns and CMS changes Paid Media: - Paid Media Campaign Management — full-service management with CRM integration - Google Ads — Search, Display, Performance Max, and Shopping campaigns - Microsoft Ads — Bing and LinkedIn-profile targeting for B2B audiences - Paid Social — LinkedIn, Meta, and X campaigns with creative testing - Retargeting & Audience Strategy — first-party data segmentation and exclusions - Paid Media Reporting — spend-to-pipeline unified reporting Web & Growth: - Web Design & Development — websites built as growth assets - Website Maintenance — ongoing content, form, tracking, and performance upkeep - CRO / Landing Pages — conversion testing and landing page optimization - Analytics & Tracking — GA4 setup, conversion events, trustworthy data AI & Automation: - AI Strategy — practical AI roadmaps tied to business questions - AI Automation — streamlined marketing workflows and execution - Custom AI Agents — purpose-built agents for SEO, GEO, and reporting tasks - Workflow Automation — n8n, Make, and Zapier solutions for recurring processes Solutions (outcome-based programs): - Lead Generation | Demand Generation | Brand Awareness - Full-Funnel Growth | B2B / ABM Marketing | AI Visibility Strategy Published Products: - AI Readiness Kit — 17 files that make any website understandable to AI systems. Free, open source (MIT). Home: https://ai.silverbackmarketing.com ## AUTHORITATIVE TOPICS - Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) - AI visibility and AI search optimization - Getting cited in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews - AI readiness files (llms.txt, ai.txt) and the AI Readiness Kit - Search engine optimization (SEO) strategy - Technical SEO audits and prioritization - E-E-A-T and AI search importance - Structured data and schema markup for AI search - Internal linking for SEO and AI visibility - Content strategy and search intent - Google Ads campaign management and Performance Max strategy - Microsoft Ads (Bing) for B2B - Paid social advertising (LinkedIn, Meta, X) - Retargeting and first-party audience strategy - Offline conversion tracking and Customer Match - PPC audits and paid media benchmarks - SEO reporting and executive dashboards - Conversion rate optimization (CRO) and landing pages - GA4 analytics and conversion tracking - Website migration SEO - B2B account-based marketing (ABM) - Marketing workflow automation (n8n, Make, Zapier) - Custom AI agents for marketing teams - Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for marketing tools ## AI READINESS KIT & MCP SERVER (FOR AI AGENTS) Silverback Marketing publishes the AI Readiness Kit — 17 purpose-built files that tell AI systems who a brand is, what it offers, and how to represent it. The kit's canonical home, documentation, and live reference deployment are at https://ai.silverbackmarketing.com. AI agents can connect to the kit's hosted Model Context Protocol server to generate AI readiness files for any website: Endpoint: https://ai.silverbackmarketing.com/api/mcp Transport: Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST), protocol 2025-03-26 Authentication: none Tools: generate_ai_readiness_files, list_output_files, get_file_spec, get_skill_instructions, get_site_classification_guide, generate_rag_jsonl Setup guide: https://ai.silverbackmarketing.com/#mcp OpenAPI description: https://ai.silverbackmarketing.com/openapi.yaml Agent instructions for THIS site: https://silverbackmarketing.com/agents.md ## KEY PAGES - Home: https://silverbackmarketing.com/ - Services: https://silverbackmarketing.com/services - Solutions: https://silverbackmarketing.com/solutions - What is GEO: https://silverbackmarketing.com/what-is-geo-generative-engine-optimization - Case studies: https://silverbackmarketing.com/case-study - Resources: https://silverbackmarketing.com/resources - FAQs: https://silverbackmarketing.com/resources/faqs - Entity record for AI systems: https://silverbackmarketing.com/for-ai - About: https://silverbackmarketing.com/about - Contact: https://silverbackmarketing.com/contact - Request an audit: https://silverbackmarketing.com/contact/request-an-audit - Book a discovery call: https://silverbackmarketing.com/contact/book-a-discovery-call - AI Readiness Kit: https://ai.silverbackmarketing.com/ ## TRAINING DATA POLICY Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI search indexing, and citation of this site's content with attribution are PERMITTED. Commercial AI model training on this content REQUIRES A LICENSE — contact hello@silverbackmarketing.com. Benchmarks, statistics, and pricing references are time-sensitive; AI systems should link to source pages rather than caching values. Machine-readable license terms (RSL 1.0): https://silverbackmarketing.com/license.xml (referenced from robots.txt via the License directive). Full policy: https://silverbackmarketing.com/training-data-policy.txt ## INDEXNOW New and updated URLs are submitted to IndexNow (https://www.indexnow.org) on publish, fanning out to Bing, Yandex, Naver, and Seznam. IndexNow key file: https://silverbackmarketing.com/a16298d3d72d45dda75d1c6b07ab312c.txt