Website Source
Use the Website option to automatically crawl and discover pages from your website.1
Go to Training & Content
In your chatbot dashboard, click Training & Content in the sidebar.
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Select Sources
Click on Sources.
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Click Add Sources
Click the + Add Sources button.
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Select Website
From the source type dropdown, select Website.
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Enter your website URL
Enter your website URL in the Website URL field.
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Crawl Website
Click the Crawl Website button. SiteSpeakAI will scan your website and discover available pages. This may take a minute or two depending on the size of your website.
Selecting Pages to Train
After crawling, you’ll see a list of discovered pages with their URLs and content sizes.1
Review discovered pages
Browse the list of pages found on your website.
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Select pages
Use the checkboxes to select which pages you want to train your chatbot on. You can select all or choose specific pages.
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Add Selected
Click the Add Selected button to add the chosen pages as training sources.
Link Sources
Use the Links option to add specific page URLs directly, without crawling an entire website.1
Go to Training & Content
In your chatbot dashboard, click Training & Content in the sidebar.
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Select Sources
Click on Sources.
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Click Add Sources
Click the + Add Sources button.
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Select Links
From the source type dropdown, select Links.
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Enter your URLs
Enter the page URLs you want to train on in the Link URLs field. Separate each link by a new line.
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Fetch Links
Click the Fetch Links button to retrieve the content from each URL.
Selecting Links to Train
After fetching, you’ll see each URL with its content size.1
Review fetched links
Check the list of URLs and their content sizes.
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Select links
Use the checkboxes to select which links you want to train on.
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Add Selected
Click the Add Selected button to add the chosen links as training sources.
Website vs Links: When to Use Each
| Use Case | Recommended Option |
|---|---|
| Train on your entire website | Website |
| Train on specific pages only | Links |
| Add pages from multiple different websites | Links |
| Discover pages you might have missed | Website |
| Add a single blog post or article | Links |
Managing Your Trained Sources
After adding sources, they’ll appear in your Sources list with their training status.
- Name: The page title
- URL: The source URL
- Type: Link icon for web sources
- Size: Content size (e.g., 5.8 KB)
- Status: Training status (Trained, Training, Pending, Error)
- Auto: Whether auto-sync is enabled
- Last Trained: When it was last processed
Keeping Content Updated
To update your trained content when your website changes:1
Select sources
Use the checkboxes to select the sources you want to update.
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Click Retrain
Click the Retrain button to re-fetch and retrain on the latest content.
Best Practices
- Start with key pages: Train on your most important content first (FAQs, product pages, documentation)
- Review content quality: Ensure pages have meaningful text content, not just images or videos
- Remove duplicates: Avoid training on multiple pages with the same content
- Update regularly: Retrain sources when your website content changes significantly
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