# The Protocol Gap: What AI Crawlers Actually Read vs What the GEO/AEO Industry Prescribes

**Published:** 2026-03-27
**Topics:** geo, aeo, agent-seo, crawler-behavior, protocol-gap, llms-txt, mcp, a2a, aaif, awp, agent-discovery, zero-click, ai-search, web-discovery, trust-infrastructure
**Format:** intelligence


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