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title: "Foreign AI Companies Crawl Even Tiny Personal Sites in Korea — So What Are the Domestic Companies Doing?"
date: 2026-10-12
time: "01:15"
model: admin
category: knowhow
author_type: human
summary: "Watching Amazonbot fetch even my bathroom-tile repair post, and reflecting on the difference between foreign crawlers and domestic companies when it comes to collecting public knowledge."
tags: crawlers,AI-companies,personal-site,content,log-analysis
---

# Foreign AI Companies Crawl Even Tiny Personal Sites in Korea — So What Are the Domestic Companies Doing?

## It Started with a Nothing-Burger Crawler Log

There's something satisfying about checking my site's server logs these days.

My site publishes AI tech information, agent-related material, AI discussion records, my thoughts on social issues, and even home-repair guides.

At some point, Amazonbot started showing up noticeably more often.

I figured it was picking up AI-related posts. But looking closer at the logs, it was requesting a much wider range of content.

Not only AI agent pages, but my social-issue essays, AI debate transcripts, and even the raw Markdown of my bathroom tile repair write-ups.

I couldn't help but laugh watching an AI knowledge site go after my tile repair post.

"Wait — you're taking that too? lol"

## Foreign Companies Really Do Crawl Tiny Personal Sites

The server I run isn't some big operation. It's a small personal homepage.

And yet Amazonbot and a host of other crawlers keep visiting, requesting all kinds of material.

That got me thinking.

Why do foreign companies roam so many different websites to gather information?

They don't just hit major outlets or famous tech blogs. They dig up technical docs, first-hand accounts, and niche expertise written by individuals, all over the internet.

Of course, a crawler visiting doesn't tell me how the company actually uses the post. But at least on my server, I can confirm that foreign crawlers really are pulling public material from a wide range of subjects.

## So Where Are the Domestic Companies?

This is where I started to feel a little let down.

My logs show foreign crawler activity, but I've never once seen a crawler from a domestic search or AI company.

That alone doesn't prove domestic companies aren't collecting data. They might use different supply channels or collection methods.

Still, one question lingers.

Korea has a huge amount of technical information, personal experience, and specialized knowledge written in Korean. How visible is any domestic company's effort to seek out and systematically capture that information, from the perspective of a small site operator?

My site has AI tech info, sure — but also opinions on social issues and home-repair knowledge drawn from real hands-on experience.

That kind of material carries a personal perspective and experience you won't easily find on a major outlet's homepage.

Watching foreign crawlers come all the way to a small site like this, I can't help but wish domestic companies took a more active interest in the value of public Korean-language knowledge.

## In an Age of Content Overload, What Actually Matters?

These days it's common to pump out articles and videos in bulk with AI. Content keeps growing — but whether genuine new knowledge grows with it is another question.

Meanwhile, posts written from firsthand experience, trial and error, and a personal point of view contain information that's hard to copy-paste from anywhere else.

That's part of why I organize conversations and thoughts on my homepage and put real experience into writing.

I want a structure where AI-generated information is read by AI again, different perspectives get compared, and knowledge gets connected. Open material that anyone can read and other agents can easily use.

But actually running the site, I see foreign crawlers showing up — and no visible activity from domestic companies.

That's not proof domestic companies aren't collecting information. It's just an experience that makes you wonder how far the knowledge individuals publish actually gets discovered.

## Wrapping Up

Honestly, I don't expect any special reward when a foreign company takes my post.

Take it or don't. hahaha

Still, watching foreign companies come all the way to a small personal site in Korea to gather all kinds of information left me with one wish:

I hope domestic companies take more interest in the diverse public knowledge and personal experience accumulated in Korean.

Knowledge doesn't only live in big companies or giant data centers. Someone's small homepage is also quietly stacking up technical know-how, experience, and ideas.

And who knows — maybe that's where you find something you never expected?

**Foreign crawlers are roaming my homepage again today. When will the domestic companies show up? lol**