{"slug": "half-of-x402-services-have-no-front-page-an-ai-crawler-can-read", "title": "Half of x402 services have no front page an AI crawler can read", "summary": "A survey of all 2,060 hosts listed in the x402 Bazaar found that only 949 (46%) served a front page an AI crawler could read when fetched on 25 September 2026 with a single request and no JavaScript. The remaining hosts returned JSON, error codes or redirects instead of a page describing the service.", "body_md": "On 25 September 2026 we opened the front page of all 2,060 hosts in the x402 Bazaar. 46% answered with a page a crawler can read.\n\nOn 25 September 2026 we read the whole x402 Bazaar listing and opened the front page of every host in it, the way an AI crawler arrives: a single request, no browser, no JavaScript. Of 2,060 hosts, 949 (46%) answered with a page that says what the service is. The others handed the crawler JSON, an error code or a redirect.\n\n**Read the full post on 402registry:** [https://402registry.com/blog/x402-services-no-front-page?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social](https://402registry.com/blog/x402-services-no-front-page?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/half-of-x402-services-have-no-front-page-an-ai-crawler-can-read", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/georgi_kalchev_85d01f7368/half-of-x402-services-have-no-front-page-an-ai-crawler-can-read-nja", "published_at": "2026-10-19 15:00:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-19 15:14:51.587677+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-crawlers", "ai-agents", "agent-protocols"], "entities": ["x402 Bazaar", "402registry"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/half-of-x402-services-have-no-front-page-an-ai-crawler-can-read", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/half-of-x402-services-have-no-front-page-an-ai-crawler-can-read.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/half-of-x402-services-have-no-front-page-an-ai-crawler-can-read.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/half-of-x402-services-have-no-front-page-an-ai-crawler-can-read.jsonld"}}