All systems operational
Hosting, domain, SSL, and all endpoints are active. All major search and AI crawlers are permitted. Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools are verified. IndexNow is active for all three research sites.
Hosting and domain
| Item |
Status |
Detail |
| Hosting platform |
Active |
Cloudflare Pages |
| Primary domain |
Active |
brightfieldresearch.com — DNS active, HTTPS enforced |
| www redirect |
Active |
www.brightfieldresearch.com redirects to apex |
| SSL/TLS |
Active |
Cloudflare-managed SSL certificate, HTTPS enforced |
Crawler access
All crawler access is configured in robots.txt. Brightfield Research permits all major search and AI crawlers. No crawler is blocked. The llms.txt file provides a curated LLM-readable summary.
| Crawler |
Access |
| Googlebot |
Allowed — all pages |
| Bingbot |
Allowed — all pages |
| GPTBot (OpenAI) |
Allowed — all pages |
| ClaudeBot (Anthropic) |
Allowed — all pages |
| PerplexityBot |
Allowed — all pages |
| All other crawlers |
Allowed — all pages |
Verification status
| Service |
Status |
Detail |
| Google Search Console |
Verified |
HTML file verification. Sitemap submitted — 45 pages found. |
| Bing Webmaster Tools |
Verified |
Meta tag verification. Sitemap submitted and processing. |
| IndexNow |
Active |
Key deployed. 38 URLs submitted June 2026 (at time of key activation; sitemap now lists 45 pages). Pending IndexNow key entry in Bing WMT settings. |
| Wikidata entity |
Published |
Q140042172 — instance of website, official URL, inception 2026. |