IndexNow & API Key ?
My client has a website managed by Cloudflare with the "Crawler Hints" options ON that is supposed to manage IndexNow protocol.
That said, Bing Webmaster Tool says the IndexNow is not set on the website and requires an API Key.
So, is Cloudflare really send infos to Bing? In this case how?
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Cloudflare partners with Bing to push on websites behalf, they don't need an api key or anything. They can see which paths are requested as long as proxy is enabled, as their servers are then processing the requests
they detail how it works a bit here: https://blog.cloudflare.com/from-0-to-20-billion-how-we-built-crawler-hints/
The Cloudflare Blog
From 0 to 20 billion - How We Built Crawler Hints
Cloudflare Is reducing the environmental impact of web searches with 20+ billions crawler hints delivered so far. This blog describes the technical solution of how we built the Crawler Hints system that makes all this possible.