Links to Claude Chats Were Indexed by Google and ‘Bing’, Whatever That Is — Pixel Envy

Search engines do not automatically discover new URLs as they are created. They are typically indexed by taking one of two actions: either the site owner submits URLs to search engines — by using a site map, for example, or by manually submitting the page for indexing — or by someone linking to the URL from a different already-indexed page. The critical thing left unreported in Varner’s article is whether these Claude links were being indexed thanks to Anthropic’s actions or those of users.

Following up on my previous blog post, I’m now confident my private chat sessions are “safe”.