The Walled Web Newsletter

Every change since 2023

Each entry is a time one of these 170 sites changed what its rules say to AI bots. There are 261 since Jan 2023. Older ones come from the Internet Archive's monthly copies, so we can only date them to a range of months. Newer ones come from our daily check. Each links to the file before and after. RSS feed

261 changes

Oct 2026

  • Oct 2026
    Airbnb Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, MistralAI-Training and AI2Bot.
    More blockingTravelArchive copies, 25 Aug 2026 to 1 Oct 2026beforeafter#
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    Disallow: /google_place_photo
    + Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos
    Disallow: /groups
    …
    Disallow: /users/show
    - Disallow: /s/*?
    - Disallow: /s/*/homes
    + Disallow: /users/profile
    + Disallow: /api/v3/LandingPageStaysQuery
    + Disallow: /s/*/*
    Disallow: /things-to-do/places
    …
    Disallow: /google_place_photo
    + Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos
    Disallow: /groups
    …
    Disallow: /users/show
    - Disallow: /s/*?
    - Disallow: /s/*/homes
    + Disallow: /users/profile
    + Disallow: /api/v3/LandingPageStaysQuery
    + Disallow: /s/*/*
    Disallow: /things-to-do/places
    …
    Disallow: /google_place_photo
    + Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos
    Disallow: /groups
    …
    Disallow: /users/show
    - Disallow: /s/*?
    - Disallow: /s/*/homes
    + Disallow: /users/profile
    + Disallow: /api/v3/LandingPageStaysQuery
    + Disallow: /s/*/*
    Disallow: /things-to-do/places
    …
    Disallow: /google_place_photo
    + Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos
    Disallow: /groups
    …
  • Oct 2026
    AliExpress Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider and Amazonbot.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive 10 Sep 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    Allow: /wholesale.html$
    - Disallow: /wholesale*
    + Allow: /wholesale-page-*.html
    Disallow: /productdetail/*
    …
    Disallow: /i/api/*
    + Disallow: /gcp/300000414/regulatedinformation
    + Disallow: /img/wsproduct/sku/*
    + Disallow: */aeglodetailweb/api/msite/item?productId*
    …
    Disallow: /i/api/*
    - Host: https://aliexpress.ru
    - Clean-param: initiative_id&site&spm&g&isrefine&needquery&blanktest&sorttype&cpt&aff_trace_key&ispremium&aff_platform&misspelltext&isonlyaffiliate&afref&aff_short_key&isdl&albcp&albch&albag&crea&netw&trgt&src&plac&aff_id&p4p&tracelog&useimatch&_csrf&utm_source&utm_campaign&utm_term&smsign&smtoken&utm_medium&utm_content&isafchannel&viewtype&aff_click_id&t&transabtest&callback&_csrf_token_&_&origin&rowan_id1&rowan_msg_id&ck&json&iscates
    + Disallow: /gcp/300000414/regulatedinformation
    + Disallow: /img/wsproduct/sku/*
    + Disallow: */aeglodetailweb/api/msite/item?productId*
    - Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/https-en-ugc-desktop-sitemap-index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/siteindex/https-en-ugc-desktop-xml-sitemap-index.xml
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    - Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/https-en-ugc-desktop-sitemap-index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/siteindex/https-en-ugc-desktop-xml-sitemap-index.xml
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • May to Oct 2026
    Best Buy Named GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, anthropic-ai and 6 more explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsRetail and marketplacesArchive 1 May 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    + # --------------------------------------------------
    + # BEST BUY OFFICIAL ENTERPRISE ROBOTS.TXT
    + # Optimized for search engines, AI discovery, ads, and crawl control
    + # --------------------------------------------------
    +
    + # ==================================================
    + # BUCKET 1: AI SEARCH & DISCOVERY BOT ACCESS
    + # Allows conversational answer engines to securely access clean landing pages.
    + # Mirrors explicit production parameters to protect long-tail revenue.
    + # ==================================================
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-agent: Perplexity-User
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + User-agent: Claudebot
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: Gemeni-AI
    + User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
    + User-agent: AmazonBot
    +
    + Allow: /site/
    + Allow: /discover-learn/
    +
    + # System Application Blockouts
    + Disallow: /nex/
    + Disallow: /m/e/*
    + Disallow: /browse-api/*
    + Disallow: /api/*.json
    + Disallow: /availability/*
    + Disallow: /cart
    + Disallow: /cart/*
    + Disallow: /cartitems/*
    + Disallow: /fulfillment/*
    + Disallow: /location/*
    + Disallow: /pricing/*
    + Disallow: /productfulfillment/*
    + Disallow: /profile/*
  • Oct 2026
    Bloomberg Now partly blocked: OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User and Claude-User.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 11 Sep 2026 to 1 Oct 2026beforeafter#
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    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: CCBot
    …
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    # Development Tools
    …
    # AI/LLM Bots
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    Disallow: /
    …
    Allow: /tc
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    Disallow: /
    …
    Allow: /tc
    - User-agent: Claude-Web
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    Disallow: /
    …
    Allow: /tc
    - User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + User-agent: YouBot
    Disallow: /
    …
    Allow: /tc
    - User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: DuckAssistBot
    Disallow: /
    …
    Allow: /tc
    - User-agent: YouBot
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
  • May to Oct 2026
    Capital One Stopped naming ClaudeBot and Amazonbot; access unchanged.
    SignalsFinanceArchive 1 May 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    - User-agent: ClaudeBot
    User-agent: Abonti
    …
    User-agent: UkrNet Mail Proxy
    - User-agent: AmazonAdBot
    - User-agent: Amazonbot
    - User-agent: SnapchatAds
    - User-agent: Spotify
    - User-agent: ELB-HealthChecker
    Disallow: /cars/
    + User-agent: *
    + Disallow: /cars/idplogin
    + Disallow: /cars/prequalify?
    + Disallow: /cars/search?filters=ey
    +
    sitemap: https://www.capitalone.com/sitemap.xml
  • Oct 2026
    CNN Now allowed: Google-Extended.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive 1 Oct 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    User-agent: Exabot
    + User-agent: ExaSearchBot
    + User-agent: ExaUser
    User-agent: FacebookBot
    …
    User-agent: GPTBot
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    User-agent: GoogleOther
    …
    User-agent: SeznamHomepageCrawler
    + User-agent: ShapBot
    + User-agent: Shap-User
    User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot
  • May to Oct 2026
    eBay Named OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User and Claude-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsRetail and marketplacesArchive 1 May 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    #
    - # v25_COM_March_2026
    + # v30.2_COM_August_2026
    ### DIRECTIVES ###
    …
    Disallow: /ctm/
    + Disallow: /d/graphql
    Disallow: /dsc/
    …
    Disallow: /gh/useracquisition
    + Disallow: /gh/user_profile
    Disallow: /gsr/
    Disallow: /gss/
    + Disallow: /gum/
    Disallow: /gwc/
    …
    Disallow: /logout
    + Disallow: /looking-glass-proxy/graphql
    Disallow: /lstng
    …
    Disallow: /rewards
    + Disallow: /rtm*
    Disallow: /rvh/
    …
    Disallow: /sch/
    + Disallow: /sch/*_sacat=
    Disallow: /sch/ajax
    …
    + User-agent: Googlebot
    + Disallow: /*_kw
    + Disallow: /*?maspect
    + Disallow: /*modules=SEARCH_REFINEMENTS_MODEL_V2
    + Disallow: /*redirect=mobile
    + Disallow: /*redirect%3Dmobile
    + Disallow: /*rt%3Dnc
    + Disallow: /*rt=nc
    + Disallow: /*src=urllib
    + Disallow: /?SSOWebDispatcher&tg=web&ru=
    + Disallow: /act/
  • Oct 2026
    Facebook Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, PerplexityBot and Amazonbot.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive 1 Oct 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    # https://www.facebook.com/legal/automated_data_collection_terms
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Brightbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: PetalBot
    …
    - User-agent: Discordbot
    - Disallow: /*/plugins/*
    - Disallow: /?*next=
    - Disallow: /a/bz?
    - Disallow: /ajax/
    - Disallow: /album.php
    - Disallow: /business/*&categories
    - Disallow: /business/*?categories
    - Disallow: /business/help/search*&query=
    - Disallow: /business/help/search*?query=
    - Disallow: /business/news*&tags
    - Disallow: /business/news*?tags
    - Disallow: /business/search*&q=
    - Disallow: /business/search*?q=
    - Disallow: /checkpoint/
  • Oct 2026
    GitHub Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingDeveloper and docsArchive copies, 5 Sep 2026 to 1 Oct 2026beforeafter#
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    # We also provide an extensive API: https://docs.github.com
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Crawl-delay: 1
    + Allow: /$
    + Allow: /about
    + Allow: /customer-stories
    + Allow: /enterprise
    + Allow: /features
    + Allow: /marketplace
    + Allow: /mcp
    + Allow: /newsroom
    + Allow: /pricing
    + Allow: /resources
    + Allow: /security
    + Allow: /solutions
    + Allow: /topics/download*
    + Allow: /topics/comments*
    + Allow: /marketplace/actions/download*
    + Disallow: /*/*/pulse
    + Disallow: /*/*/projects
    + Disallow: /*/*/forks
    + Disallow: /*/*/issues/new
    + Disallow: /*/*/milestones/new
    + Disallow: /*/*/issues/search
    + Disallow: /*/*/commits/
    + Disallow: /*/*/branches
    + Disallow: /*/*/contributors
    + Disallow: /*/*/tags
    + Disallow: /*/*/stargazers
    + Disallow: /*/*/watchers
    + Disallow: /*/*/network
    + Disallow: /*/*/graphs
    + Disallow: /*/*/compare
    + Disallow: /*/tree/
    + Disallow: /gist/
    + Disallow: /*/download
  • May to Oct 2026
    Glassdoor Now blocked: ClaudeBot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive 9 May 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    - # Block Glassdoor jobs. Intent is to remove misleading site links SERP. Details at TRFC-3197
    + # Block Pages with misaligned search intent, impacting site links SERP
    Disallow: /Jobs/Glassdoor-Jobs-E100431.htm
    + Disallow: /Reviews/Glassdoor-Reviews-E100431.htm
    + Disallow: /Salary/Glassdoor-Salaries-E100431.htm
    + Disallow: /Reviews/EMPLOYERS-Reviews-E25702.htm
    + Disallow: /Reviews/Anonymous-Reviews-E5182641.htm
    + Disallow: /Salaries/search-salary-SRCH_KO0,6.htm
    + #Blocking low-traffic employer profile pages
    + Disallow: /Photos/
    + Disallow: /Location/All-*-Office-Locations*
    +
    + # Block pages with low SEO potential to reduce crawling
    + Disallow: /Compare/-vs-
    + Disallow: /Salary/_DEPT*
    + Disallow: /Interview/_IL
    +
    + # Block specific query filter parameters
    + Disallow: *filter.searchCategory
    + Disallow: *filter.overallRating
    + Disallow: *filter.employmentStatus
    + Disallow: *sort
    + Disallow: *experienceLevel
    + Disallow: *locationId
    + Disallow: *filter.experience
    + Disallow: *filter.jobFunction
    + Disallow: *filter.location
    +
    # Blocking pagination on employer infosite TR-12
    …
    User-agent: Claude-Web
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    User-agent: Perplexity
    …
    Allow: /About/
    + Allow: /employers/
    + Disallow: /employers/ec
    + Disallow: /employers/engagement/api/
  • Oct 2026
    Humana Named ClaudeBot, OAI-SearchBot and Claude-SearchBot explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsHealthcareArchive 6 Oct 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    # For domain: https://www.humana.com/
    - # Updated 05-31-2018 - July redesign release
    + # Updated 09-04-2023 - September 2023 release
    + # Updated 10-05-2026 - explicit allow rules for verified AI/search crawler bots (CRC approved, see S0574)
    # All robots will spider the domain
    …
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /404
    - Disallow: /500
    - Disallow: /about/legal/si-referral-form/
    - Disallow: /about/legal/si-request-to-contact/
    - Disallow: /about/legal/si-request-to-contact-esp/
    - Disallow: /about/marketpoint-sales-office-locations/?kc=1005011074
    - Disallow: /about/marketpoint-sales-office-locations/map-directions?p=1
    - Disallow: /ads/
    - Disallow: /agent/ad/
    - Disallow: /agent/support/faqs/
    - Disallow: /agent/support/tools-and-resources/connections-newsletters/
    - Disallow: /analytics-test
    - Disallow: /caregiver-portal/
    - Disallow: /carousel-test
    - Disallow: /cha-health/
    - Disallow: /custom_clients/
    - Disallow: /dental/ad/
    - Disallow: /dental/my-dental-iq/adult-dental-care/
    - Disallow: /dental/my-dental-iq/child-dental-care/
    - Disallow: /dental/my-dental-iq/infant-dental-care/
    - Disallow: /dental/my-dental-iq/internet-privacy-statement
    - Disallow: /dental/my-dental-iq/preventative-care/
    - Disallow: /dental/my-dental-iq/quiz
    - Disallow: /dental/my-dental-iq/related-links/
    - Disallow: /dental/my-dental-iq/why-its-important/
    Disallow: /direct-connect-logon
    - Disallow: /e-submissions/
    - Disallow: /employee-contact
    - Disallow: /employer/ad/
    - Disallow: /employer/healthcare-resources/focus/
    - Disallow: /employer/large-group/support/faqs/
    - Disallow: /employer/portal-maintenance
    - Disallow: /employer/small-group/support/faqs/
  • Oct 2026
    Mount Sinai Stopped naming CCBot; access unchanged.
    SignalsHealthcareArchive 29 Sep 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    - User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /cgi-bin/
    - Disallow: /tmp/
    - Disallow: /vgn-ext/templating
    - Disallow: /*lp/
    - Disallow: /insurance/
    - Disallow: /about/preparedness/coronavirus/staff-resources*
    - Disallow: /about/covid19/staff-resources*
    - User-agent: Alexabot
    - Disallow: /about-us/newsroom/
    - Crawl-delay: 5
    -
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - Disallow:
    - Crawl-delay: 20
    -
    - User-agent: BLEXBot
    - Disallow:
    - Crawl-delay: 10
    -
    - User-agent: Findxbot
    - Disallow:
    - Crawl-delay: 10
    -
    - User-agent: rogerbot
    - Disallow: /about-us/newsroom/
    - Crawl-delay: 10
    -
    - User-agent: Yeti
    - Disallow:
    - Crawl-delay: 10
    -
    - User-agent: AhrefsBot
    - Disallow:
    - Crawl-delay: 10
    -
    - User-agent: SEMrushBot
    - Disallow:
    - Crawl-delay: 10
  • May to Oct 2026
    Nordstrom Named Meta-ExternalAgent and Meta-WebIndexer explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsRetail and marketplacesArchive 1 May 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    - #Modified:07-26-2022
    - User-agent: *
    + #Modified:9/8/2026
    +
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    + Disallow:
    +
    + User-agent: Googlebot-Image
    + Disallow:
    +
    + User-agent: meta-webindexer/1.1
    + Disallow: /api/checkout/web/checkout/v1/shopping-bag
    +
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent/1.1
    + Disallow: /api/checkout/web/checkout/v1/shopping-bag
    +
    + User-agent: Googlebot
    #PDP
    …
    Disallow: /s/an-test*
    + Disallow: /soajax/Eta$
    #Search Results
    Disallow: /sr?*
    + Disallow: /search?*
    + Disallow: /sr/
    #Filter
    - Disallow: *filterByPrice*
    - Disallow: *filterBySize*
    - Disallow: *filterByWidth*
    - Disallow: *filterBySale*
    Disallow: /brands/*filterByBrand*
    - Disallow: /brands/*/filter/*brand_*
    #Browse/Brands
    …
    Disallow: /browse/*/libs/*
    - Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/men
    - Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/men*
    - Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/women
    - Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/women*
    - Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/kids
  • Oct 2026
    NPR Now blocked: Claude-SearchBot and Claude-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Sep 2026 to 1 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
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    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Claude-Web
    …
    - # Explicitly allowing the TTD contextual crawler for Sponsorship
    - User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TTD-Content; +https://www.thetradedesk.com/general/ttd-content)
    + # Allowing the TTD contextual crawler for Sponsorship
    + User-agent: TTD-Content
    Allow: /
    - # Explicitly allowing the Google-Mediapartners crawler for Sponsorship
    + # Allowing the TTD ads fraud/IVT prevention crawler for Sponsorship
    + User-agent: Trade Desk ads.txt & sellers.json crawler
    + Allow: /
    +
    + # Allowing the AdsBot-Google crawler for Sponsorship
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    + Allow: /
    +
    + # Allowing the AdsBot-Google-Mobile crawler for Sponsorship
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
    + Allow: /
    +
    + # Allowing the Google-Mediapartners crawler for Sponsorship
    User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
    …
    - # Explicitly allowing the Google-Display-Ads-Bot crawler for Sponsorship
    + # Allowing the Google-Display-Ads-Bot crawler for Sponsorship
    User-agent: Google-Display-Ads-Bot
    …
    - # Explicitly allowing the IAB tech lab crawler for Sponsorship
    + # Allowing the IAB tech lab crawler for Sponsorship
  • Oct 2026
    Pinterest Now blocked: Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive 1 Oct 2026, then our check 19 Oct 2026 · not confirmed yetbeforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: MeltwaterNews
    - User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
    User-agent: Metorik
    …
    User-agent: AmazonAdBot
    + Allow: /homefeed/
    + Allow: /homefeed/*
    Allow: /pin/
    …
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261231_western_new_year_s_eve_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261226_independence_and_unity_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261205_hanukkah_day_1_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_v_expansion_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261031_halloween_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261123_day_off_for_alphabet_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261129_international_day_of_solidarity_with_the_palestini_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261203_international_day_of_persons_with_disabilities_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261231_new_year_holiday_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261226_day_of_goodwill_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261227_feast_of_the_holy_family_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261225_family_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261205_world_soil_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261226_christmas_day_observed_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261206_christmas_season_begins_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261226_day_after_christmas_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261206_cayman_thanksgiving_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261124_vietnam_culture_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261224_yap_constitution_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261205_chanukah_hanukkah_first_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261122_alphabet_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261227_international_day_of_epidemic_preparedness_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261231_substitute_holiday_for_new_year_holiday_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261231_new_year_s_eve_afternoon_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_events_sitemap_20261206_saint_nicholas_day_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_gsc_terms_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_answers_terms_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/shopping_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_vlm_terms_sitemap_auto_publish_www.pinterest.com.xml

Sep 2026

  • May to Sep 2026
    IMDb Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training, AI2Bot, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot and 9 more.
    More blockingReferenceArchive copies, 1 May 2026 to 1 Sep 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # robots.txt for https://www.imdb.com properties
    - # See https://m.imdb.com/robots.txt for the mDot equivalent
    -
    - User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /OnThisDay
    - Disallow: /*/OnThisDay
    - Disallow: /ads/
    - Disallow: /*/ads/
    - Disallow: /ap/
    - Disallow: /*/ap/
    - Disallow: /mymovies/
    - Disallow: /*/mymovies/
    - Disallow: /r/
    - Disallow: /*/r/
    + # The content on this site is owned by IMDb.com, Inc., an Amazon.com company
    + # and is made available for your personal, non-commercial use subject
    + # to our Conditions of Use here: https://www.imdb.com/conditions/
    + # Use of any device, tool, or process designed to data mine or scrape the content
    + # using automated means is prohibited without prior written permission from IMDb.
    + # For authorized data access and licensing inquiries, see: https://www.imdb.com/licensing/
    +
    + User-agent: Googlebot
    + User-agent: Googlebot-Image
    + User-agent: Googlebot-Video
    + User-agent: Google-PageRenderer
    + User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
    + User-agent: Google-Safety
    + User-agent: Google-Site-Verification
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
    + User-agent: Chrome-Lighthouse
    + User-agent: Storebot-Google
    + User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
    + User-agent: GoogleStructuredData
    + User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
    + User-agent: bingbot
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + User-agent: DuckDuckBot
    + User-agent: DuckAssistBot
    + User-agent: Baiduspider
  • Apr to Sep 2026
    Indeed Named ClaudeBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, AI2Bot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, DuckAssistBot and 5 more explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 3 Apr 2026 to 10 Sep 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Allow: /
    - Allow: /hire/*?*isid=
    - Allow: /personeel/*?*isid=
    - Allow: /reclutamiento/*?*isid=
    - Allow: /recruiting/*?*isid=
    - Allow: /recrutement/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /*&start=0&
    + Allow: /*&start=10&
    + Allow: /*&start=20&
    + Allow: /*&start=30&
    + Allow: /*&start=40&
    + Allow: /*&start=50&
    + Allow: /*&start=60&
    + Allow: /*&start=70&
    + Allow: /*&start=80&
    + Allow: /*&start=90&
    Disallow: /*rt=nc
    …
    Disallow: /*?rss
    + Disallow: /*&serpstart=
    + Disallow: /*/vaclk
    Disallow: /addlLoc/
    …
    Disallow: /%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C/
    - Disallow: /%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C/CN/
    - Disallow: /%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C/title/
    Disallow: /%E6%B1%82%E4%BA%BA/JP/
    …
    Disallow: /ita?
    + Disallow: /ita/v1/publisher
    Disallow: /ja/clk?
    …
    Disallow: /jobb/
    - Disallow: /jobb/SE/
    - Disallow: /jobb/title/
    Disallow: /jobroll
    …
    Disallow: /praca/
    - Disallow: /praca/PL/
    - Disallow: /praca/title/
  • Sep 2026
    Reuters Named Applebot-Extended explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsNews and publishingArchive copies, 5 Aug 2026 to 1 Sep 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: ADmantX
    + User-agent: AdmiralBot
    User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    …
    User-agent: doubleverify
    - User-agent: DuckDuckBot
    User-agent: ElevenlabsBot
    …
    Disallow: /latam/
    - Disallow: /account/subscribe/payment/
    + Disallow: /jp/
    + Disallow: /account/subscribe/payment
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    # Block all other bots
    …
    SITEMAP: https://www.reuters.com/arc/outboundfeeds/pressrelease-sitemap/?outputType=xml
    + SITEMAP: https://www.reuters.com/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-ar-index/?outputType=xml
    + SITEMAP: https://www.reuters.com/service/archive-sitemap/sitemap.xml
  • Sep 2026
    WebMD Now allowed: ChatGPT-User.
    Less blockingHealthcareArchive copies, 5 Aug 2026 to 3 Sep 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # Robots.txt file WebMD
    - # Updated 1/8/2025
    + # Updated 8/31/2026 (CONSFE-458)
    …
    Disallow: */search/search_results/
    - Disallow: /drugs/ReportAbuse.aspx*
    - Disallow: */cm/
    - Disallow: /Share.aspx*
    - Disallow: /mm/
    - Disallow: /kapi/
    - Disallow: /click*
    - Disallow: /drugs/2/search*
    - Disallow: /sponsored/
    - Disallow: /api/
    - Disallow: /search/2/api/
    - Disallow: /webmd_static_vue/
    + Disallow: /500
    Disallow: /aim/
    - Disallow: /6-tools-for-managing-your-medications
    - Disallow: /attr-cm-warning-signs
    - Disallow: /bipolar-disorder/bipolar-depression-management
    + Disallow: /api/
    Disallow: /bipolar-disorder/video/bipolar-fatherhood
    Disallow: /bipolar-disorder/video/bipolar-toolbox
    - Disallow: /bluechew-review
    - Disallow: /brain/treating-gmg-video
    - Disallow: /brain/video/treating-gmg-video
    Disallow: /breast-cancer/bc-treatment-21/provider-select
    - Disallow: /cbd/about-cbd
    - Disallow: /cbd/best-cbd-gummies-for-anxiety
    - Disallow: /cbd/best-cbd-oil-for-anxiety
    - Disallow: /cbd/best-cbd-oil-for-pain
    - Disallow: /cbd/best-cbd-oil-of-2023
    - Disallow: /cbd/best-full-spectrum-cbd-oils
    - Disallow: /cbd/best-gummies-of-2023
    - Disallow: /cbd/cbd-101-concentrated-cannabidiol
    - Disallow: /cbd/cbd-for-dogs
    - Disallow: /cbd/cbd-for-sleep
    - Disallow: /cbd/cbdfx-review
  • Sep 2026
    X Named Meta-ExternalAgent, Meta-WebIndexer and Meta-ExternalFetcher explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 6 Aug 2026 to 3 Sep 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # Google Search Engine Robot
    - # ==========================
    + # Google / Bing Search Engine Robots
    + # ==================================
    + # Shared group so Googlebot and Bingbot always get the same rules.
    User-agent: Googlebot
    + User-agent: Bingbot
    - Allow: /*?lang=
    + Allow: /*?s=
    + Allow: /*?t=
    + Allow: /*?ref_src=
    Allow: /hashtag/*?src=
    …
    Allow: /i/api/
    + # Same length as the /*/likes and /*/media rules; RFC 9309 breaks the tie in
    + # favor of Allow, so /i/api/ fetches stay crawlable.
    + Allow: /i/api/*
    + Disallow: /*?lang=en-ss
    + Allow: /*?lang=
    Disallow: /search/realtime
    …
    + Disallow: /*/analytics
    + Disallow: /*/followers
    + Disallow: /*/following
    + Disallow: /*/verified_followers
    +
    + Disallow: /account/deactivated
    + Disallow: /settings/deactivated
    +
    + # Only `*` and `$` are metacharacters here (RFC 9309); regex classes match
    + # literally. /photo is anchored so /status/*/photo/1 media pages stay open.
    + Disallow: /*/likes
    + Disallow: /*/likes?
    + Disallow: /*/retweets
    + Disallow: /*/retweets?
    + Disallow: /*/media
    + Disallow: /*/media?
    + Disallow: /*/photo$

Aug 2026

  • Aug 2026
    Facebook Now allowed: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, PerplexityBot and Amazonbot.
    Less blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 29 Jul 2026 to 3 Aug 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # https://www.facebook.com/legal/automated_data_collection_terms
    - User-agent: Amazonbot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: ClaudeBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: PetalBot
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: PetalBot
    + User-agent: Scrapy
    Disallow: /
    …
    + User-agent: Yeti
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Applebot
    …
    Disallow: /album.php
    + Disallow: /business/*&categories
    + Disallow: /business/*?categories
    + Disallow: /business/help/search*&query=
    + Disallow: /business/help/search*?query=
    + Disallow: /business/news*&tags
    + Disallow: /business/news*?tags
    + Disallow: /business/search*&q=
    + Disallow: /business/search*?q=
    Disallow: /checkpoint/
  • Aug 2026
    The Economist Now blocked: ClaudeBot, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot and Claude-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 12 Jul 2026 to 7 Aug 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # Bot Directives
    + # ==========================================
    + # USER-FACING LLM BOTS
    + # Allowed to fetch on behalf of a user
    + # ==========================================
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Allow: /pro$
    + Allow: /pro/
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + Allow: /pro$
    + Allow: /pro/
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + Allow: /pro$
    + Allow: /pro/
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: CCBot
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Allow: /pro$
    + Allow: /pro/
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: PiplBot
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Allow: /pro$
    + Allow: /pro/
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Perplexity-User
    + Allow: /pro$
    + Allow: /pro/

Jul 2026

  • May to Jul 2026
    Axios Named Google-Extended explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2026 to 8 Jul 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Allow: /
    + Disallow: /core/*
    + Disallow: /admin/
    + Disallow: /login/
    + Disallow: /sso/
    + Disallow: /api/
    +
    User-agent: *
  • Dec 2025 to Jul 2026
    Craigslist Now allowed: Google-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent and PerplexityBot.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 11 Dec 2025 to 4 Jul 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: Diffbot
    - User-agent: FacebookBot
    - User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - User-agent: ImagesiftBot
    - User-agent: img2dataset
    - User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    - User-agent: omgili
    - User-agent: omgilibot
    - User-agent: PerplexityBot
    - User-agent: Timpibot
    - User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
    - User-agent: YouBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-categories-and-hubs.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-00.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-01.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-02.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-03.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-04.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-05.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-06.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-07.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-08.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-09.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-10.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-11.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-12.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-13.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-14.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-15.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-16.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-17.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-18.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-19.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-20.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-21.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.craigslist.org/sitemap-index-postings-22.xml
  • Mar to Jul 2026
    LinkedIn Now blocked: Bytespider. Now allowed: Claude-SearchBot.
    MixedSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Mar 2026 to 2 Jul 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    (files too large to diff inline)
  • May to Jul 2026
    Twitch Named Amazonbot, Amzn-SearchBot and Amzn-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 2 May 2026 to 29 Jul 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-Agent: *
    - Allow: /
    - Allow: /directory
    - Allow: /directory/all
    - Allow: /directory/*
    - Allow: /videos/week
    - Allow: /.well-known/assetlinks.json
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow:
    +
    + User-agent: Amazonbot-Video
    + Disallow:
    +
    + User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
    + Disallow:
    +
    + User-agent: Amzn-User
    + Disallow:
    +
    + User-agent: *
    + Disallow: /login
    + Disallow: /signup
    + Disallow: /auth/
    + Disallow: /user/account-recovery
    + Disallow: /user/password-reset
    + Disallow: /user/not-me
    + Disallow: /activate
    Disallow: /admin/*
    - Disallow: /email-unsubscribe/
    - Disallow: /login$
    - Disallow: /message/*
    - Disallow: /signup$
    + Disallow: /wv/*
    Disallow: /user/*
    + Disallow: /message/*
    + Disallow: /settings/
    + Disallow: /subscriptions
    + Disallow: /inventory
    + Disallow: /wallet
    + Disallow: /drops/

Jun 2026

  • Jun 2026
    Amazon Now blocked: Meta-WebIndexer.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 May 2026 to 7 Jun 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Timpibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Thinkbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AddSearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Andibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Anomura
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: atlassian-bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: BuddyBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Channel3Bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Cloudflare-AutoRAG
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler
    + Disallow: /
  • Jun 2026
    Bloomberg Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, DuckAssistBot, Claude-User and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2026 to 2 Jun 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /professional
    + Allow: /company
    + Allow: /latam
    + Allow: /faq
    + Allow: /tc
    …
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /professional
    + Allow: /company
    + Allow: /latam
    + Allow: /faq
    + Allow: /tc
    User-agent: GPTBot
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /professional
    + Allow: /company
    + Allow: /latam
    + Allow: /faq
    + Allow: /tc
    User-agent: Claude-Web
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /professional
    + Allow: /company
    + Allow: /latam
    + Allow: /faq
    + Allow: /tc
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /professional
    + Allow: /company
    + Allow: /latam
    + Allow: /faq
    + Allow: /tc
    User-agent: PerplexityBot
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /professional
    + Allow: /company
    + Allow: /latam
  • Mar to Jun 2026
    CNN Now blocked: Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, Perplexity-User and MistralAI-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Mar 2026 to 2 Jun 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemaps/sitemap-section.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemaps/sitemap-interactive.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/cnn-underscored.xml
    …
    User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
    + User-agent: AliyunSecBot
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    …
    User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + User-agent: Archive.org_bot
    User-agent: AwarioRssBot
    …
    User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    User-agent: Claude-Web
    …
    User-agent: EchoboxBot
    + User-agent: Exabot
    User-agent: FacebookBot
    …
    User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
    + User-Agent: IAB-Tech-Lab
    User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
    …
    User-agent: magpie-crawler
    + User-agent: MistralAI-user
    + User-agent: MyCentralAIScraperBot
    User-agent: NewsNow
    …
    User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: Perplexity-User
    User-agent: PetalBot
    + User-agent: Poseidon Research Crawler
    User-agent: QuillBot
    User-agent: quillbot.com
    + User-agent: Quora-Bot
    User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
    User-agent: Scrapy
  • Apr to Jun 2026
    Reuters Now blocked: GPTBot, MistralAI-Training, Amazonbot, Amzn-SearchBot, DuckAssistBot, MistralAI-Index, Claude-User, Perplexity-User and 1 more.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2026 to 5 Jun 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # robots.txt for www.reuters.com
    -
    - User-agent: AI2Bot
    - User-agent: AI2Bot-Dolma
    - User-agent: Alibaba.Security.Heimdall
    - User-agent: AliyunSecBot/Aliyun
    - User-agent: anthropic-ai
    - User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    - User-agent: archive.org_bot
    - User-agent: bedrockbot
    - User-agent: Bytespider
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
    - User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    - User-agent: Claude-Web
    - User-agent: ClaudeBot
    - User-agent: cohere-ai
    - User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
    - User-agent: Crawlspace
    - User-agent: DeepSeekBot
    - User-agent: Diffbot
    - User-agent: FacebookBot
    - User-agent: Feedfetcher-Google
    - User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
    - User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: AASA-Bot
    + User-agent: ADmantX
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
    + User-agent: AmazonAdBot
    + User-agent: Amzn-User
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + User-agent: AppleNewsBot
    + User-agent: Bingbot
    + User-agent: BingPreview
    + User-agent: BrightEdge
    + User-agent: BrightEdgeOnCrawl
    + User-agent: CensysInspect
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
  • Jun 2026
    The Verge Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent, AI2Bot, Claude-SearchBot, DuckAssistBot, Claude-User, Perplexity-User, Meta-ExternalFetcher and MistralAI-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2026 to 4 Jun 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /wp-admin/
    - Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + Allow: /
    +
    User-agent: GPTBot
    …
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: A6-Indexer
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /sp/
    - User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + User-agent: AhrefsBot
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /sp/
    - User-agent: Applebot
    - Allow: /
    + User-agent: AI2Bot
    + Disallow: /
    + Allow: /sp/
    + User-agent: AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval
    + Disallow: /
    + Allow: /sp/
    +
    + User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
    + Disallow: /
    + Allow: /sp/
    +
    + User-agent: aiHitBot
    + Disallow: /
    + Allow: /sp/
  • Jun 2026
    The Wall Street Journal Now blocked: MistralAI-Training, AI2Bot, Claude-SearchBot, Amazonbot, Amzn-SearchBot, DuckAssistBot, MistralAI-Index, Meta-WebIndexer and 5 more.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2026 to 2 Jun 2026beforeafter#
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    + # NOTICE: Collection of content and other data on https://www.wsj.com/ through
    + # automated means is prohibited unless you have express written
    + # permission from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and may only be conducted for the
    + # limited purpose contained in said permission.
    + #
    + # Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Terms of Use may be found at
    + # https://www.dowjones.com/terms-of-use/
    + #
    + # If you would like to apply for permission to license the
    + # intellectual property and/or other materials of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.’s
    + # brands, please contact us via email at copyright@dowjones.com.
    +
    User-agent: *
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemap_topics.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemaps/web/wsj/en/sitemap_wsj_en_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/live_news_sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsj_graphics_sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemaps/web/wsj/en/sitemap_news_archive_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_article_types.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/authors_sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_article_list_sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/api-video/sitemaps/google/sitemap-google-news-video-wsj-en.asp
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/api-video/sitemaps/google/sitemap-google-video-wsj-en.asp
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemaps/web/video/en/sitemap_video_en_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/buyside/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/elections2024_index.xml
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: googlebot
    + User-agent: googlebot-image
    + User-agent: GoogleOther
    + User-agent: Googlebot-Video
    + User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile-Apps
    + User-agent: Storebot-Google
    + User-agent: google-read-aloud
  • Apr to Jun 2026
    USA Today Now blocked: Amzn-SearchBot, Meta-WebIndexer, Perplexity-User, Google-Agent and Amzn-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2026 to 30 Jun 2026beforeafter#
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    + User-agent: Claude
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Claude-Web
    …
    + User-agent: claudeweb
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amzn-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AndiBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: cohere-ai
    …
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /contributor-content/
    + Allow: /story/special/contributor-content/
    + Allow: /shopping/
    …
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /contributor-content/
    + Allow: /story/special/contributor-content/
    + Allow: /shopping/
    …
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /contributor-content/
    + Allow: /story/special/contributor-content/
    + Allow: /shopping/
    …

May 2026

  • May 2026
    GOV.UK Named Meta-ExternalAgent explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsGovernmentArchive copies, 1 Apr 2026 to 1 May 2026beforeafter#
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    Disallow: /*/print$
    - # Don't allow indexing of user needs pages
    - Disallow: /info/*
    + # Don't allow indexing of site search
    + Disallow: /search/all*
    Sitemap: https://www.gov.uk/sitemap.xml
    + # The Meta-ExternalAgent crawler crawls the web for use cases such as training foundation AI models.
    + # It results in timeouts from Vertex that back up requests from users making genuine searches
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /search/all*
    +
    # https://ahrefs.com/robot/ crawls the site frequently
    …
    - # https://www.deepcrawl.com/bot/ makes lots of requests. Ideally
    - # we'd slow it down rather than blocking it but it doesn't mention
    - # whether or not it supports crawl-delay.
    + # https://www.deepcrawl.com/bot/ makes lots of requests. Ideally we'd slow it
    + # down rather than blocking it but it doesn't mention whether or not it
    + # supports crawl-delay.
    User-agent: deepcrawl
    …
    Disallow: /
    -
    - # Google's crawler was sending requests for each variation of query param for the sectors page of licence-finder
    - # resulting in millions of requests a day.
    - User-agent: Googlebot
    - Disallow: /licence-finder/*
    -
  • May 2026
    Instacart Named Meta-ExternalAgent explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Apr 2026 to 1 May 2026beforeafter#
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    + ### Rules for Meta AI Training Crawlers ###
    + User-Agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-Agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-Agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    ### All other bots ###
  • May 2026
    Macy's Named ClaudeBot explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Apr 2026 to 1 May 2026beforeafter#
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    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    + Disallow:
    +
    + User-agent: adidxbot
    + Disallow:
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /buy/*
    - Disallow: /my-bag/*
    + Disallow: /my/bag*
    + Disallow: /*|*
    + Disallow: /*%7C*
    + Disallow: /*,*,*/*,*,*
    Disallow: /shop/b/*/*,*/*,*
    - Disallow: /shop/*/*,*,*/*,*,*
    - Disallow: /shop/*/*/*,*,*/*,*,*
    Disallow: *nocrawl*
    -
    Disallow: *?ss=true
    …
    Disallow: /sitemonetization/
    -
    -
    + Disallow: /userEventsConsumer/*
    + Disallow: /EventsWar/*
    + Disallow: /reviews/myReviews*
    + Disallow: /catalog*
    + Disallow: /pricingpolicy.ognc*
    + Disallow: /account-xapi/*
    + Disallow: /nosessioncookie.jsp
    + Disallow: /cms/slp/2/*
    + Disallow: /wgl/*
    + Disallow: /v1/*
    + Disallow: /campaign/affiliate*
    + Disallow: /regsvc/*
    + Disallow: /career-advice/*
    + Disallow: /jobs*
    + Disallow: /swipe/*
    + Disallow: /shop/registry/wedding/product/*
  • Feb to May 2026
    Pinterest Now blocked: MistralAI-Training, AI2Bot, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, Amazonbot, Amzn-SearchBot, MistralAI-Index, Meta-WebIndexer and 5 more.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Feb 2026 to 1 May 2026beforeafter#
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    + # Allowlist your bot: https://help.pinterest.com/bot-submission-form
    + #
    # Pinterest is hiring!
    …
    #
    - # Check out some of our available positions at https://careers.pinterest.com/careers/engineering
    + # Check out some of our available positions at https://www.pinterestcareers.com/
    - User-agent: *
    + User-agent: 2checkout
    + User-agent: AASA-Bot
    + User-agent: AccessibleWebBot
    + User-agent: Adagiobot
    + User-agent: adbeat_bot
    + User-agent: ADmantX
    + User-agent: AdometryBot
    + User-agent: Adsense-Snapshot-Google
    + User-agent: AdsTxtCrawler
    + User-agent: Adyen
    + User-agent: AhrefsBot
    + User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit
    + User-agent: Akismet
    + User-agent: Algolia Crawler
    + User-agent: AmazonProductDiscovery
    + User-agent: Aolbot-News
    + User-agent: APIs-Google
    + User-agent: AppInsights
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + User-agent: AppleNewsBot
    + User-agent: Archive-It
    + User-agent: archive.org_bot
    + User-agent: ArchiveBot
    + User-agent: ArchiveTeam-ArchiveBot
    + User-agent: AspiegelBot
    + User-agent: Audisto Crawler
    + User-agent: Awario
    + User-agent: Baidu-ADS
    + User-agent: Baiduspider
    + User-agent: Barkrowler
    + User-agent: bingbot
  • May 2026
    Stripe Docs Added Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes.
    SignalsDeveloper and docsArchive copies, 2 Apr 2026 to 4 May 2026beforeafter#
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    User-agent: *
    + Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes
    Allow: /
    - Allow: /$
    Disallow: /handoff-healthcheck
  • May 2026
    Supabase Named GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended and PerplexityBot explicitly, without changing what they may reach. Added Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes.
    SignalsDeveloper and docsArchive copies, 1 Apr 2026 to 2 May 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://supabase.com/sitemap.xml
    + Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes
    +
  • May 2026
    Vercel Added Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no.
    SignalsDeveloper and docsArchive copies, 1 Apr 2026 to 1 May 2026beforeafter#
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    User-Agent: *
    + Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
    +
    + # Allow robots to be able to crawl the OG Image API route and all the subpaths
    + Allow: /api/og/*
    + Allow: /api/docs-og*
    + Allow: /api/product-og*
    + Allow: /api/dynamic-og*
    + Allow: /api/www/avatar/*
    +
    Disallow:
    - Disallow: /api
    + Disallow: /api/
    Disallow: /oauth
    …
    Disallow: /old-browser.html
    - Disallow: /docs/concepts/payments-and-billing/usage-based-pro-plan
    + Disallow: /preauthorize
    + Disallow: /signup?*
    + Disallow: /invites/
    - Sitemap: https://vercel.com/crawled-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://vercel.com/sitemap.xml
    +

Apr 2026

  • Apr 2026
    eBay Now blocked: GPTBot, Applebot-Extended and Meta-ExternalAgent.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Feb 2026 to 1 Apr 2026beforeafter#
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    # Notwithstanding the foregoing, eBay may permit automated access to
    - # access certain eBay pages but soley for the limited purpose of
    + # access certain eBay pages but solely for the limited purpose of
    # including content in publicly available search engines. Any other
    …
    #
    - # v24.5_COM_December_2025
    + # v25_COM_March_2026
    ### DIRECTIVES ###
    …
    Disallow: /b/*?*&
    + Disallow: /pe/*
    Disallow: /b/*?*|
    …
    Disallow: /*_kw
    + Disallow: /b/*_mwBanner=1*rt=nc
    + Disallow: /b/*rt=nc*_mwBanner=1
    + Disallow: /motors/diy/beacon/
    Disallow: /*?maspect
    …
    Disallow: /*src=urllib
    + Disallow: /motors/diy/beacon/
    Disallow: /adell-mutfak
    …
    - User-agent: Bytespider
    - Disallow: /
    + #
    + # LLM / AI bot directives
    + #
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    User-agent: CCBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: ClaudeBot
    - Disallow: /
  • Jan 2025 to Apr 2026
    Instagram Named PerplexityBot explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Jan 2025 to 1 Apr 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # permission.
    + # All authorized user-agents listed on this page must comply with Meta’s
    + # Automated Data Collection Terms available at:
    + # https://www.facebook.com/legal/automated_data_collection_terms
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    …
    + User-agent: Brightbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: ClaudeBot
    …
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: PetalBot
    …
    + User-agent: Scrapy
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: uptimerobot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: viberbot
    …
    + User-agent: Yandex
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Yeti
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /accounts/login/*?next=
    Disallow: /ajax/
    Disallow: /client_error/
    + Disallow: /direct/
    Disallow: /logging/
  • Apr 2026
    The Atlantic Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, Meta-ExternalFetcher and MistralAI-User. Added Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=no, ai-train=no.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2026 to 1 Apr 2026beforeafter#
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    + # As a condition of accessing this website, you agree to abide by the
    + # following content signals:
    +
    + # (a) If a content-signal = yes, you may collect content for the
    + # corresponding use.
    + # (b) If a content-signal = no, you may not collect content for the
    + # corresponding use.
    + # (c) If the website operator does not include a content signal for a
    + # corresponding use, the website operator neither grants nor restricts
    + # permission via content signal with respect to the corresponding use.
    +
    + # The content signals and their meanings are:
    +
    + # search: building a search index and providing search results (e.g., returning
    + # hyperlinks and short excerpts from your website's contents). Search
    + # does not include providing AI-generated search summaries.
    + # ai-input: inputting content into one or more AI models (e.g., retrieval
    + # augmented generation, grounding, or other real-time taking of
    + # content for generative AI search answers).
    + # ai-train: training or fine-tuning AI models.
    +
    + # ANY RESTRICTIONS EXPRESSED VIA CONTENT SIGNALS ARE EXPRESS RESERVATIONS OF
    + # RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVE 2019/790 ON COPYRIGHT
    + # AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET.
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /video/embed/
    + Disallow: /zephr/*
    Disallow: /video/iframe/*
    …
    + User-agent: AmazonAdBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    …
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /
  • Apr 2026
    The New York Times Now blocked: Meta-WebIndexer.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Mar 2026 to 1 Apr 2026beforeafter#
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    Disallow: /athletic/embedded-interactive/*
    - Disallow: /athletic/interactive/*
    Disallow: /card/panel/
    …
    + User-agent: AmazonBot
    + Disallow: /wirecutter/
    +
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
    + User-agent: archive.org_bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: AudigentAdBot
    …
    + User-agent: Meta-WebIndexer
    + User-agent: meta-webindexer/1.1
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: MyCentralAIScraperBot
    …
    - # Other Bot Rules
    + # Ad Bot Rules
    +
    + User-agent: AmazonAdBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    +
    + # Social Bot Rules
    +
    User-agent: facebookexternalhit
    …
    + User-agent: RedditBot
    + Allow: /*?*smid=
  • Apr 2026
    Zillow Now blocked: Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, AI2Bot and Amazonbot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Mar 2026 to 1 Apr 2026beforeafter#
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    - # Access to and use of Zillow.com is governed by our Terms of Use. See http://www.zillow.com/corp/Terms.htm
    + # Access to and use of Zillow.com is governed by our Terms of Use. See https://www.zillow.com/corp/Terms.htm
    …
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-pet-friendly/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-1-bedrooms/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-2-bedrooms/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-under-1500/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-under-2000/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-3-bedrooms/$
    + Allow: /homes/pet-friendly/$
    + Allow: /homes/rooms-for-rent/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-with-washer-dryer/$
    +
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-pet-friendly/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-1-bedrooms/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-2-bedrooms/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-under-1500/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-under-2000/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-3-bedrooms/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/pet-friendly/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/rooms-for-rent/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartments-with-washer-dryer/*_p/$
    +
    Disallow: /api/
    …
    Disallow: /*/foreclosure--
    - Disallow: */foreclosed/*
    + Disallow: /*/foreclosed/*
    Disallow: /*/GetResults.htm*
    …
    Disallow: /postings/PostMakeMeMoveStreamlined.htm?
    - Disallow: */pre-foreclosure/*
    + Disallow: /*/pre-foreclosure/*
    Disallow: /pricing/
    …
    Disallow: /sell/?*
    - Disallow: /sell/options/*
    + Disallow: /sell/options/

Mar 2026

  • Mar 2026
    Axios Now allowed: ClaudeBot and Google-Extended.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2026 to 1 Mar 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: CCBot
    …
    - User-agent: ClaudeBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Claude-Web
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Diffbot
  • Mar 2026
    Hotels.com Named Perplexity-User explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 1 Feb 2026 to 1 Mar 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: PerplexityBot
    - User-agent: Perplexit-User
    + User-agent: Perplexity-User
    User-agent: Claude-User
  • Mar 2026
    Instacart Now blocked: PerplexityBot.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Feb 2026 to 1 Mar 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    ### Instacart's Terms of Service https://www.instacart.com/terms
    - ### Last Updated 2-28-2025
    + ### Last Updated 02-20-2026
    …
    Allow: /
    + Allow: /store/brands/l/pads-tampons-liners-wipes
    Disallow: /accounts/unlock
    …
    Disallow: /ex/
    + Disallow: /orders/
    Disallow: /store/orders/
    …
    Allow: /
    + Allow: /store/brands/l/pads-tampons-liners-wipes
    Disallow: /accounts/unlock
    …
    Disallow: /ex/
    + Disallow: /orders/
    Disallow: /store/orders/
    …
    Allow: /
    + Allow: /store/brands/l/pads-tampons-liners-wipes
    Disallow: /accounts/unlock
    …
    Disallow: /ex/
    + Disallow: /orders/
    Disallow: /store/orders/
    …
    Allow: /
    + Allow: /store/brands/l/pads-tampons-liners-wipes
    Disallow: /accounts/unlock
    …
    Disallow: /ex/
    + Disallow: /orders/
    Disallow: /store/orders/
    …
    Allow: /
    + Allow: /store/brands/l/pads-tampons-liners-wipes
    Disallow: /accounts/unlock
  • Mar 2026
    Reuters Now blocked: AI2Bot and MistralAI-User. Now allowed: Claude-User.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2026 to 1 Mar 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: PiplBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: CCbot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - # ADO-657700
    - User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    - #
    -
    - User-agent: FacebookBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - # ADO-658177
    + User-agent: AI2Bot
    + User-agent: AI2Bot-Dolma
    + User-agent: Alibaba.Security.Heimdall
    + User-agent: AliyunSecBot/Aliyun
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    - Disallow: /
    -
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + User-agent: archive.org_bot
    + User-agent: bedrockbot
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    User-agent: ClaudeBot
    - Disallow: /
    -

Feb 2026

  • Feb 2026
    Reddit Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 17 more.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 5 Jan 2026 to 1 Feb 2026beforeafter#
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    - # Allowed for archiving
    - # =====================
    - User-Agent: *
    - Allow: /$
    + User-agent: *
    Disallow: /
  • Feb 2026
    Stack Overflow Named GPTBot, Google-Extended, Amazonbot and ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach. Removed its RSL License: line.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 10 Jan 2026 to 13 Feb 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - License: https://stackoverflow.com/license.xml
    -
    User-Agent: *
    …
    + User-agent: Googlebot
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: amazonbot
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /posts/
    + Disallow: /posts?
    + Disallow: /amzn/click/
    + Disallow: /questions/ask/
    + Disallow: /questions/ask?
    + Disallow: /search/
    + Disallow: /search?
    + Disallow: /feeds/
    + Disallow: /feeds?
    + Disallow: /users/login/
    + Disallow: /users/login?
    + Disallow: /users/logout/
    + Disallow: /users/logout?
    + Disallow: /users/filter/
    + Disallow: /users/filter?
    + Disallow: /users/signup
    + Disallow: /users/signup/
    + Disallow: /users/signup?
    + Disallow: /users/authenticate/
    + Disallow: /users/authenticate?
    + Disallow: /users/oauth/*
    + Disallow: /users/flag-summary/
    + Disallow: /users/flair/
    + Disallow: /users/flair?
    + Disallow: /users/activity/
    + Disallow: /users/activity/?
    + Disallow: /users/stats/
    + Disallow: /users/*?tab=accounts
    + Disallow: /users/*?tab=activity
    + Disallow: /users/rep/show
  • Feb 2026
    Tripadvisor Now blocked: CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent and Amazonbot.
    More blockingTravelArchive copies, 3 Jan 2026 to 1 Feb 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/business/sitemap.xml
    - User-Agent: magpie-crawler
    - User-Agent: Google-Extended
    - User-Agent: ClaudeBot
    - User-Agent: PetalBot
    + User-Agent: Amazonbot
    + User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
    User-Agent: Bytespider
    + User-Agent: CCBot
    + User-Agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-Agent: Cohere-ai
    + User-Agent: GPTBot
    User-Agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
    - User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
    + User-Agent: Google-Extended
    + User-Agent: Img2dataset
    + User-Agent: PanguBot
    + User-Agent: PetalBot
    User-Agent: SentiBot
    - User-Agent: GPTBot
    + User-Agent: YouBot
    + User-Agent: magpie-crawler
    + User-Agent: meta-externalagent
    Disallow: /
    …
    User-Agent: *
    + User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-Agent: ChatGPT-User/2.0
    User-Agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
    User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot
    - User-Agent: ChatGPT-User/2.0
    - User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
    User-Agent: applebot
    …
    Disallow: /AirportIP
    - Disallow: /AirWatchAjaxHandler
    - Disallow: /AirWatchAlertDhtmlPopup
    - Disallow: /AirWatchSubscriptionAjax
    - Disallow: /AirWatchSubscriptionWidget
    Disallow: /AITripBuilder
  • Feb 2026
    Zocdoc Named ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Claude-User and Perplexity-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsHealthcareArchive copies, 27 Jan 2026 to 25 Feb 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Perplexity-User
    + Allow: /
    +
    User-agent: *

Jan 2026

  • Jan 2026
    BBC Now blocked: Amzn-SearchBot and Amzn-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Dec 2025 to 1 Jan 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # version: c6c2d0415f0c1d97565a01952c7b2146e2abe17f
    + # version: 8c1c7053723d6bd586586053ecdd261591364cfe
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/audio_archive_sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/video_documentaries_sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/content_index_sitemap.xml
    …
    + User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amzn-User
    + Disallow: /
  • Oct 2025 to Jan 2026
    CNN Now blocked: Amzn-SearchBot and Amzn-User. Now allowed: Meta-ExternalAgent and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2025 to 2 Jan 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemaps/cnn/index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemaps/cnn/news.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/news.xml
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemaps/sitemap-interactive.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/ampstories/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://edition.cnn.com/sitemaps/news.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/cnn-underscored.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/cnn-underscored.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/money/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/money/sitemap-news.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/politics.xml
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/election-center/politics.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/tve.xml
    User-agent: AI2Bot
    …
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    + User-agent: amzn-searchbot
    + User-agent: amzn-user
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    - User-agent: Applebot
    User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    …
    User-agent: DuckAssistBot
    + User-agent: EchoboxBot
    User-agent: FacebookBot
    …
    User-agent: magpie-crawler
    - User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    - User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
    User-agent: NewsNow
    …
    User-agent: PanguBot
    - User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: Panscient
    User-agent: PiplBot
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    User-agent: PetalBot
    + User-agent: QuillBot
  • Jan 2026
    eBay Now blocked: ClaudeBot, CCBot, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot and Amazonbot.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 2 Dec 2025 to 1 Jan 2026beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    #
    - # v24.2_COM_September_2025
    + # Robots & Agent Policy
    + #
    + # Checkouts are strictly for human users.
    + # * Automated scraping, buy-for-me agents, LLM-driven bots, or any
    + # end-to-end flow that attempts to place orders without human review
    + # is strictly prohibited.
    + # * Unauthorized use of automated agents in checkout may result in
    + # legal action under our User Agreement: https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/member-behaviour-policies/user-agreement?id=4259
    + # * Approved enterprise integrations must use our official API and
    + # comply with our API License Agreement: https://developer.ebay.com/join/api-license-agreement
    + #
    + # v24.5_COM_December_2025
    ### DIRECTIVES ###
    …
    Disallow: /*_kw
    - Disallow: /motors/diy/blog/*
    Disallow: /*?maspect
    …
    Disallow: /adchoice
    + Disallow: /buyer-preferences
    + Disallow: /motors/diy/blog/*
    + Disallow: /motors/fnd/*
    Allow: /ads.txt
    …
    Disallow: /g/api/
    + Disallow: /gh/cart
    Disallow: /gh/collectbehaviorinfo
    …
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +

Dec 2025

  • Dec 2025
    Amazon Now blocked: OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, Perplexity-User and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Oct 2025 to 1 Dec 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /gp/video/salp/i
    + Disallow: /icdp/
    …
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Copilot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: iaskspider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: wpbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: aiHitBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: img2dataset
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: YouBot
  • Dec 2025
    LinkedIn Now allowed: OAI-SearchBot.
    Less blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Nov 2025 to 1 Dec 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    (files too large to diff inline)
  • Aug to Dec 2025
    Stack Overflow Added Content-Signal: search=yes. Added an RSL License: line pointing to licensing terms.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 13 Dec 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + License: https://stackoverflow.com/license.xml
    +
    User-Agent: *
    + Content-Signal: search=yes
    Disallow: /posts/
    …
    Disallow: /users/activity/?
    + Disallow: /users/activity/show?*
    Disallow: /users/stats/
    …
    Disallow: /*/ivc/*
    - Disallow: /*?lastactivity
    + Disallow: /*?*lastactivity
    Disallow: /users/login/global/request/
    …
    Disallow: /questions/*/answer/submit
    + Disallow: /questions/*?*rq=*
    Disallow: /tags/*+*
    …
    Disallow: /_/*
    - Allow: /
    + Disallow: /click?*
    + Disallow: /filter/tags?*
    + Disallow: /landing/r/digest?*
    + Disallow: /admin/*
    + Disallow: /impression.gif?*md=*
    + Disallow: /markup_single.js?*
    + Disallow: /snippet.js?*
    Disallow: /misc/wp-admin
    …
    Disallow: /misc/answersdump
    + Disallow: /?*
    + Disallow: /questions?*tagnames=*
    + Disallow: /questions?*tagMode=*
    + Disallow: /questions?*pagesize=*
    + Disallow: /questions?*edited=*
    + Disallow: /questions?*days=*
    + Disallow: /questions/tagged/*?tagnames=*
    + Disallow: /questions/tagged/*?tagMode=*
    + Disallow: /questions/tagged/*?pagesize=*

Nov 2025

  • Nov 2025
    IHG Hotels Stopped naming OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and ChatGPT-User; access unchanged.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 9 Oct 2025 to 12 Nov 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # AEM 2020
    - # Updated 2/26/2025 KA
    + # Updated 11/6/2025 KA
    …
    Disallow: */hotels/*/find-hotels/select-roomrate*
    + Disallow: *.html.html*
    + Disallow: *bvstate*
    + Disallow: /etc/clientlibs/*
    + Disallow: /etc.clientlibs/*
    + Disallow: *_=176*
    + Disallow: /gs-json/getTrackingJSON/*
    …
    Disallow: */hotels/*/*/hotelDirectoryController
    - Disallow: *reviews/write-a-review
    Disallow: */hotels/*/*/reservation/singlereservationsummary
    …
    Disallow: */hotels/*/*/reservationhome
    + Disallow: *reviews/*/write-a-review
    …
    + User-agent: YisouSpider
    + Disallow: */ihg-kernel-ssi/*
    +
    + User-agent: Sogou web spider
    + Disallow: */ihg-kernel-ssi/*
    +
    User-agent: OmniExplorer_Bot
    …
    - # AI bots
    - User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    - Allow: /
    -
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    - Allow: /
    -
    - User-agent: PerplexityBot
  • Aug to Nov 2025
    Zocdoc Named GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsHealthcareArchive copies, 2 Aug 2025 to 18 Nov 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - Sitemap: https://www.zocdoc.com/sitemaps/search-listing-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.zocdoc.com/sitemaps/profiles-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.zocdoc.com/sitemaps/updated-triple-threats-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.zocdoc.com/sitemaps/directory-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.zocdoc.com/sitemaps/keyword-listings-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.zocdoc.com/sitemaps/practices-sitemap.xml
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Allow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /syndication/v1/initialization
    + Disallow: /eventslogging/v1/event
    + Disallow: /eventslogger/v2/logevents
    Disallow: /humanrecording
    …
    Disallow: /about/understanding-your-bill
    + Disallow: /patient/check-in/*
    Allow: /
    Allow: /about/newpricing
    - Allow: /*referrerType=
    -

Oct 2025

  • Oct 2025
    Cloudflare Docs Added Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes.
    SignalsDeveloper and docsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 1 Oct 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # As a condition of accessing this website, you agree to
    + # abide by the following content signals:
    +
    + # (a) If a content-signal = yes, you may collect content
    + # for the corresponding use.
    + # (b) If a content-signal = no, you may not collect content
    + # for the corresponding use.
    + # (c) If the website operator does not include a content
    + # signal for a corresponding use, the website operator
    + # neither grants nor restricts permission via content signal
    + # with respect to the corresponding use.
    +
    + # The content signals and their meanings are:
    +
    + # search: building a search index and providing search
    + # results (e.g., returning hyperlinks and short excerpts
    + # from your website's contents). Search does not include
    + # providing AI-generated search summaries.
    + # ai-input: inputting content into one or more AI models
    + # (e.g., retrieval augmented generation, grounding, or other
    + # real-time taking of content for generative AI search
    + # answers).
    + # ai-train: training or fine-tuning AI models.
    +
    + # ANY RESTRICTIONS EXPRESSED VIA CONTENT SIGNALS ARE EXPRESS
    + # RESERVATIONS OF RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE EUROPEAN
    + # UNION DIRECTIVE 2019/790 ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
    + # IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET.
    +
    User-agent: *
    + Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes
    +
    + Allow: /
    Disallow: /client-ip-geolocation
    Disallow: /plans/
    + Disallow: /constellation
    + Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
    + Disallow: /email-security/
    - Sitemap: https://developers.cloudflare.com/sitemap.xml
  • Oct 2025
    eBay Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Sep 2025 to 1 Oct 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    #
    - # v16.4_COM_December_2022
    + # v24.2_COM_September_2025
    ### DIRECTIVES ###
    …
    Disallow: /*_kw
    + Disallow: /motors/diy/blog/*
    Disallow: /*?maspect
    …
    Disallow: /*src=urllib
    + Disallow: /?SSOWebDispatcher&tg=web&ru=
    Disallow: /act/
    + Disallow: /adchoice
    + Allow: /ads.txt
    Disallow: /ads
    + Disallow: /adsrepository
    Disallow: /afs/
    Disallow: /atc/
    - Disallow: /antika-sanat/
    - Disallow: /bebek-anne/
    - Disallow: /bilgisayar-tablet/
    - Disallow: /cep-telefonu-ve-aksesuar/
    - Disallow: /ev-bahce/
    - Disallow: /giyim-aksesuar/
    - Disallow: /muzik-plak-enstruman/
    - Disallow: /otomobil-motor-aksesuar/
    - Allow: /ads.txt
    + Disallow: /adell-mutfak
    + Disallow: /ahu-kadin
    + Disallow: /antika-sanat
    + Disallow: /arama
    + Disallow: */b2ajax/all-filter
    + Disallow: /bebek-anne
    + Disallow: /bilgisayar-tablet
    + Disallow: /cep-telefonu-ve-aksesuar
    + Disallow: /delicacy
    + Disallow: /ev-bahce
    + Disallow: /giyim-aksesuar
    + Disallow: /muzik-plak-enstruman
    + Disallow: /otomobil-motor-aksesuar
  • Oct 2025
    The New York Times Now allowed: Amazonbot.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Sep 2025 to 1 Oct 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /athletic/forgot-password/*
    - Allow: /athletic/forgot-password/$
    Disallow: /athletic/forgot-password2/*
    - Allow: /athletic/forgot-password2/$
    Disallow: /athletic/amp-social-login*
    …
    Disallow: /wirecutter/*?merchant=
    + Disallow: /wirecutter/out/
    Disallow: /search
    …
    Allow: /svc/news/v3/all/pshb.rss
    + Allow: /wirecutter/reviews/*?*utm_source=
    + Allow: /wirecutter/blog/*?*utm_source=
    + Allow: /wirecutter/lists/*?*utm_source=
    + Allow: /wirecutter/gifts/*?*utm_source=
    …
    - User-agent: Amazonbot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
    Allow: /wirecutter/
    + Allow: /athletic/
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.nytimes.com/sitemaps/new/best-sellers.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.nytimes.com/sitemaps/new/subscription-landing-pages.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.nytimes.com/sitemaps/new/weather.xml.gz
    …
    -
  • Oct 2025
    The New Yorker Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, DuckAssistBot, Meta-WebIndexer, Claude-User, Perplexity-User, Meta-ExternalFetcher and MistralAI-User. Now allowed: anthropic-ai.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Sep 2025 to 1 Oct 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /com.condenast/yv8*
    + Disallow: /newsletters/
    …
    Disallow: /user-context?referrer
    + Disallow: /newsletters/
    …
    Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    + Disallow: /newsletters/
    User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
    + User-agent: Twitterbot
    Allow: /
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    + User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
    + User-agent: GoogleOther
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: FacebookBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    + User-agent: meta-webindexer
    User-agent: meta-externalagent
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: anthropic-ai
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Claude-Web
    - Disallow: /
    -
  • Oct 2025
    TikTok Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, AI2Bot, anthropic-ai and 8 more.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 2 Sep 2025 to 1 Oct 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: Bytespider
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + User-agent: DuckAssistBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
    + User-agent: GoogleAgent-Mariner
    + User-agent: Google-NotebookLM
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + User-agent: Perplexity-User
    + User-agent: AI2Bot
    + User-agent: MistralAI-User
    Disallow: /
    …
    Disallow: */directory/
    + Disallow: /search/video?
    + Disallow: /search/user?q=
    + Disallow: /shop/view/product/
    + Disallow: /sgtm/g/collect
    + Disallow: /api/share/settings
    + Disallow: /api/recommend/embed_videos
    + Disallow: /discover/trending/detail/
    + Disallow: /search?
    + Disallow: /search/live?
  • Oct 2025
    Tripadvisor Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingTravelArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 1 Oct 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    #
    - # Run - don't crawl - to apply to join TripAdvisor's elite SEO team
    + # Run - don't crawl - to apply to join Tripadvisor's elite SEO team
    #
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/business/sitemap.xml
    - User-Agent: PetalBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-Agent: SentiBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-Agent: magpie-crawler
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-Agent: Bytespider
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-Agent: ClaudeBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-Agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    + User-Agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-Agent: PetalBot
    + User-Agent: Bytespider
    + User-Agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
    User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
    + User-Agent: SentiBot
    + User-Agent: GPTBot
    Disallow: /
    …
    User-Agent: *
    + User-Agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
    + User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + User-Agent: ChatGPT-User/2.0
    + User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
    User-Agent: applebot
    User-Agent: PerplexityBot
  • Oct 2025
    WIRED Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, DuckAssistBot, Meta-WebIndexer, Claude-User, Perplexity-User, Meta-ExternalFetcher and MistralAI-User. Now allowed: anthropic-ai.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Sep 2025 to 1 Oct 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /partners/
    - Disallow: /sponsored/
    Disallow: /video/right_rail*
    …
    Disallow: /com.condenast/yv8*
    + Disallow: */testing-products-
    …
    Disallow: /preview/
    + Disallow: */testing-products-
    …
    Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    + Disallow: */testing-products-
    …
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    + User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
    + User-agent: GoogleOther
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: FacebookBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    + User-agent: meta-webindexer
    User-agent: meta-externalagent
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: anthropic-ai
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Claude-Web

Sep 2025

  • Jun to Sep 2025
    Amazon Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, AI2Bot, DuckAssistBot and MistralAI-User.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Jun 2025 to 3 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GoogleAgent-Mariner
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GoogleAgent-Shopping
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Scrapy
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PetalBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Devin
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AI2Bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PanguBot
    + Disallow: /
  • Sep 2025
    Chewy Now blocked: Amazonbot.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 2 Aug 2025 to 16 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    #
    - # Check out our current openings at https://careers.chewy.com/us/en/search-results?keywords=SEO
    + # Check out our current openings at https://careers.chewy.com/us/en/search-results
    + Sitemap: https://www.chewy.com/app/sitemap/behijkmoqrrtttvvy-sitemap_index.xml
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /app/deals?
    - Disallow: /app/login?
    Disallow: /app/account
    …
    Disallow: /app/dp/*
    + Disallow: /api/login
    + Disallow: /app/login
    + Disallow: /app/register
    + Disallow: /app/resetpassword/
    + Disallow: /auth/
    + Disallow: /ca/app/login
    + Disallow: /ca/app/write-review
    + Disallow: /ca/app/register
    + Disallow: /ca/app/api
    + Disallow: /ca/app/resetpassword
    + Disallow: /ca/app/account
    + Disallow: /ca/ca/
    + Disallow: /ca/auth/
    + Disallow: /ca/api/login
    + Disallow: *adId=*
    + Disallow: /vet-care/scheduler
    + Disallow: /api/event/
    + Disallow: login*targetUrl*
    + Disallow: x_tr*
    + Disallow: /shops/*
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
  • Sep 2025
    Craigslist Now allowed: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, anthropic-ai and Amazonbot.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 2 Aug 2025 to 17 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: Amazonbot
    - User-agent: anthropic-ai
    - User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    - User-agent: Bytespider
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - User-agent: ClaudeBot
    - User-agent: Claude-Web
    - User-agent: cohere-ai
    User-agent: Diffbot
  • Sep 2025
    Expedia Named OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Claude-User and Perplexity-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 8 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    disallow: /Hotel-Search
    + Disallow: /hotel-search
    disallow: /ugc/urs/api/hotelreviews/hotel/HOTELID/
    …
    disallow: /Checkout
    + disallow: /checkout
    disallow: /HotelBookingConfirmation
    …
    disallow: /things-to-do/*/search?
    + disallow: /*/things-to-do/search
    #cruise
    …
    disallow: /user/createaccount
    + Disallow: /signup?*
    + Disallow: /login?*
    disallow: /things-to-do/reviews-external$
    + #test-seo
    + Disallow: /api/uisprime/track
    + Disallow: /trvl-px/
    + Disallow: /egcs/v2/collect
    + Disallow: /api/ucs/shortlist/
    + Disallow: /api/v4/typeahead/
    #
    …
    user-agent: AdsBot-Google
    - allow: /
    + Allow: /
    + #test-seo
    + Disallow: /api/uisprime/track
    + Disallow: /trvl-px/
    + Disallow: /egcs/v2/collect
    + Disallow: /api/ucs/shortlist/
    + Disallow: /api/v4/typeahead/
    …
    allow: /
    +
    + # Allow Agentic Search
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
  • Sep 2025
    Hotels.com Named OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, ChatGPT-User and Claude-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 2 Aug 2025 to 14 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /hotel/hoteldata.html
    + #test-seo
    + Disallow: /api/uisprime/track
    + Disallow: /trvl-px/
    + Disallow: /egcs/v2/collect
    + Disallow: /api/ucs/shortlist/
    + Disallow: /api/v4/typeahead/
    +
    + User-Agent: AdsBot-Google
    + #test-seo
    + Disallow: /api/uisprime/track
    + Disallow: /trvl-px/
    + Disallow: /egcs/v2/collect
    + Disallow: /api/ucs/shortlist/
    + Disallow: /api/v4/typeahead/
    …
    Disallow: /login
    + Disallow: /signup?*
    + Disallow: /login?*
    Disallow: /mobile/search.html*
    …
    Disallow: /Hotel-Search
    + Disallow: /hotel-search
    Disallow: /ugc/urs/api/hotelreviews/hotel/HOTELID/
    …
    Disallow: /Checkout
    + Disallow: /checkout
    Disallow: /HotelBookingConfirmation
    …
    Disallow: /go/hotel/info/
    + #test-seo
    + Disallow: /api/uisprime/track
    + Disallow: /trvl-px/
    + Disallow: /egcs/v2/collect
    + Disallow: /api/ucs/shortlist/
    + Disallow: /api/v4/typeahead/
    + #car
    + Disallow: /carsearch
    + Disallow: /CarCheckout
  • Sep 2025
    IKEA Now allowed: GPTBot, Google-Extended and CCBot.
    Less blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 16 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-Agent: AdsBot-Google
    …
    Disallow: /*-fragment-recursive/
    + Disallow: */fragments/*
    + Disallow: /*-fragments/*
    + Disallow: */energy-fragments/*
    Disallow: /products/container.html
    …
    Disallow: */returns/*?*&ref=
    + Disallow: */hri-fragments/*
    + Disallow: */business-store/*
    + Disallow: */rewards-experience/*
    + Disallow: */energy-insights/*
    Allow: */ces/web/modules/*.css
  • Sep 2025
    LinkedIn Named GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, anthropic-ai and 7 more explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
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  • Sep 2025
    Medium Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent and Amazonbot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 1 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /*/*source=
    - Allow: /_/
    Allow: /_/api/users/*/meta
    …
    Allow: /_/api/posts/*/related
    - Sitemap: https://medium.com/sitemap/sitemap.xml
    + User-Agent: Amazonbot
    User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
    …
    User-Agent: GPTBot
    + User-Agent: meta-externalagent
    Disallow: /
    …
    Allow: /verified-authors
    + Sitemap: https://medium.com/sitemap/sitemap.xml
    License: https://medium.com/license.xml
  • Sep 2025
    Pinterest Now blocked: Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 1 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Allow: /business/create/
    - Allow: /pin/create/
    Allow: /resource/*/get/
    …
    Disallow: /*/*/more_ideas/*
    + Disallow: /*/?*amp_client_id*
    Disallow: /*/?z=1
    + Disallow: /*/__wishlist__/*
    Disallow: /*/_activities/*
    …
    Disallow: /age-appeal/*
    + Disallow: /amp/*
    Disallow: /appealed-pin/
    …
    Disallow: /password/reset/*
    - Disallow: /pin-builder/
    + Disallow: /pin-builder/*
    Disallow: /pin-communities/*
    …
    Disallow: /pin/*/visual-search
    + Disallow: /pin/*/visual-shop
    + Disallow: /pin/create/*
    Disallow: /pin/find/
    …
    Disallow: /upload-lens-image
    + Disallow: /upload-shuffle-draft
    Disallow: /v1/urls/count.json
    …
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_high_engagement_tier_0_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_v_expansion_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_gsc_terms_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/shopping_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/video_hub_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/promoted_today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_expansion_v2_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/promoted_idea_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
  • Sep 2025
    Politico Now blocked: GPTBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, AI2Bot, anthropic-ai, OAI-SearchBot and 9 more.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 2 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /newsletters/politico-toplines
    + Disallow : /*?tab=most-read*
    + Disallow : /*?ml=*
    + Disallow : /*?hp=*
    + Disallow : /*?video=*
    + Disallow : /*?nid=*
    + Disallow : /*?cid=*
    + Disallow : /*?source=*
    + Disallow : /*?slide=*
    + Disallow : /*?category=*
    + Disallow : /*?p=*
    + Disallow : /*?print=*
    +
    User-agent: Googlebot-News
    …
    + User-agent: AddSearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AI2Bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: aiHitBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Andibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /
  • Jul to Sep 2025
    Reddit Now partly blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 17 more.
    Less blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 2 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: *
    + # Allowed for archiving
    + # =====================
    + User-Agent: *
    + Allow: /$
    Disallow: /
  • Sep 2025
    Temu Named GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and 2 more explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 1 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: Bingbot
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    DisAllow: /*oauth_code=
    …
    Disallow: /*-m-*?goods_id=*
    - DisAllow: /pinduoduo-select*
    - DisAllow: /*/pinduoduo-select*
    DisAllow: /blog/*
    …
    User-agent: Applebot
    - User-agent: facebookexternalhit
    User-agent: Pinterestbot
    …
    Disallow: /*-g-*html?*_oak_page_source=*
    - DisAllow: /pinduoduo-select*
    - DisAllow: /*/pinduoduo-select*
    DisAllow: /blog/*
    …
    + User-agent: facebookexternalhit
    + DisAllow: /*oauth_code=
    + DisAllow: /*oauth_token=
    + DisAllow: /bgp_user_profile.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_personal.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_collect.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_footprint.html
    + DisAllow: /bgst_order_success.html
    + DisAllow: /bgst_payment_detail.html
    + DisAllow: /bgst_express.html
    + DisAllow: /personal.html
    + DisAllow: /collect.html
    + DisAllow: /shopping_cart.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_similar_rec.html
  • Sep 2025
    The Atlantic Now blocked: Perplexity-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 11 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /feed/*
    …
    + User-agent: Perplexity-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Quora-Bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Scrapy
  • Sep 2025
    The Economist Now blocked: Perplexity-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 1 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # Specific robot directives:
    + # Sitemaps
    - # Description : Google AdSense delivers advertisements to a broad network of affiliated sites.
    - # A robot analyses the pages that display the ads in order to target the ads to the page content.
    - User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
    - Allow: /
    + Sitemap: https://www.economist.com/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.economist.com/googlenews.xml
    - # Description : The Grapeshot crawler is an automated robot that visits pages to examine and analyse the content.
    - # This adds an exception to crawl delay while preserving disallows.
    - User-agent: grapeshot
    - Allow: /
    + # Bot Directives
    - # GPTBot is OpenAI’s web crawler
    User-agent: GPTBot
    …
    - # Allows us to block Google's bot Bard
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    …
    - # ChatGPT-User is OpenAI’s web crawler
    User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    …
    - # Common Crawl bot
    User-agent: CCBot
    …
    - # PiplBot is PiplBot's web crawler
    User-agent: PiplBot
    …
    - # anthropic-ai is Anthropic's web crawler
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
  • Sep 2025
    USA Today Now blocked: MistralAI-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 10 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: ia_archiver
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: archive.org_bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ia_archiver-web.archive.org
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: aiHitBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amazon Kendra
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Big Sur AI
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Brandwatch
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bravest
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT Operator
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Cotoyogi
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: DigitalOceanGenAICrawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Echobot Bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: EchoboxBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Sep 2025
    Vrbo Named OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User and Perplexity-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 1 Aug 2025 to 17 Sep 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    + Allow: /search/*unitId=*
    + Allow: /search/*noDates=*
    + Allow: /search/*petIncluded=*
    + Allow: /search/*adultsCount=*
    + Allow: /search/*childrenCount=*
    + Allow: /search/*arrival=*
    + Allow: /search/*departure=*
    + Allow: /search/*uni_id=*
    + Allow: /*/list
    +
    Disallow: */units
    …
    Disallow: /auth/
    + Disallow: /auth/ui/*
    + Disallow: /*/auth/ui/*
    Disallow: */traveler/
    …
    Disallow: /en-au/accommodation
    + #hotel-from-bex-robots.txt
    + Disallow: /Hotel-Search
    + Disallow: /hotel-search
    + Disallow: /search?
    + Disallow: /ugc/urs/api/hotelreviews/hotel/HOTELID/
    + Disallow: /LastBooking/ElapsedTime
    + Disallow: /*Hotel-Information?
    + Disallow: /*Informacion-Hotel?
    + Disallow: /HotelCheckout
    + Disallow: /Checkout
    + Disallow: /checkout
    + Disallow: /HotelBookingConfirmation
    + Disallow: /*classic=*
    + Disallow: /*dateless=*
    + Disallow: /*chkin=*
    + Disallow: /*chkout=*
    + Disallow: /*startDate=*
    + Disallow: /*endDate=*
    + Disallow: /*unitId=*
    + Disallow: /*noDates=*
    + Disallow: /*petIncluded=*

Aug 2025

  • Aug 2025
    American Airlines Now allowed: GPTBot.
    Less blockingTravelArchive copies, 3 Jul 2025 to 3 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /i18n/travelInformation/destinationInformation/venice/
    Disallow: /i18n/AAdvantage/
    …
    Disallow: /pubcontent/jbax
    + Disallow: /content/images
    + Disallow: /i18n/fragments
    + Sitemap: https://www.aa.com/pubcontent/en_US/sitemap/sitemap.xml
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
  • Aug 2025
    Associated Press Now blocked: Claude-SearchBot and Claude-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: *?prx_t=*
    - Disallow: /press-release/*
    - Disallow: /blaize*
    Disallow: /zephr*
    + Disallow: /blaize*
    Disallow: /search?q=*
    …
    Disallow: /buyline-personal-finance/*
    + Disallow: *?jw_start
    + Disallow: *&jw_start
    + Disallow: */config/newrelic/prod*
    …
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
  • Apr to Aug 2025
    BBC Now blocked: Amazonbot and Perplexity-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2025 to 1 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # version: ca16af0d01ecf92c8730f124f789053bfbf7293b
    -
    - # HTTP www.bbc.com
    -
    - User-agent: Googlebot
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/index-com-news.xml
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/index-com-archive.xml
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/bbcx/index_sitemap.xml
    -
    + # version: c6c2d0415f0c1d97565a01952c7b2146e2abe17f
    - Disallow: /iplayer/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /iplayer/cy/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /iplayer/gd/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /_programmes
    - Disallow: /606/
    - Disallow: /aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/search
    - Disallow: /academy/chinese-trad/search
    - Disallow: /afrique/search
    - Disallow: /apps/cbbc
    - Disallow: /apps/flash
    - Disallow: /apps/ide
    - Disallow: /apps/ids
    - Disallow: /apps/ifl
    - Disallow: /apps/nr
    - Disallow: /apps/query
    - Disallow: /apps/t
    - Disallow: /arabic/search
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/artdetective/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/feedback/sent/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/images/guidedtours/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/error/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/success/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/unsubscribe/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search*
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/search/
    - Disallow: /azeri/search
    - Disallow: /bbctrust/search
  • Aug 2025
    Bloomberg Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider and Amazonbot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/sitemap_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/bbiz/sitemap_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/bpol/sitemap_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/businessweek/sitemap_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/citylab/sitemap_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/green/sitemap_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/technology/sitemap_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/bbiz/sitemap_securities_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/bbiz/sitemap_profiles_company_index.xml
    + # Major Company Bots
    + User-agent: AmazonBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: AmazonAdBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: ByteSpider
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Feed & Content Aggregators
    + User-agent: Feedly
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: FeedlyBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: FeedlyApp
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: MWFeedParser
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Analytics & Marketing
    + User-agent: comscore
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Comscore
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: HubSpot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: hubspot
    + Disallow: /
  • Aug 2025
    Glassdoor Now allowed: ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and ChatGPT-User.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 5 Jun 2025 to 1 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    #
    -
    + #### Rules for ANY User-Agent
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /about/privacy/
    - Disallow: /about/privacy/
    Disallow: /about/syndicationCenter/
    …
    Disallow: /browse/
    + Disallow: /chat
    Disallow: /Compare/choose
    …
    Allow: /profile/joinNow_input.htm
    + Allow: /member/profile/login
    + Allow: /member/profile/joinNow
    Disallow: /Resume/user-profile/
    Disallow: /rss/*
    - Disallow: /Rungs/
    Disallow: /search/
    …
    Disallow: /surveys
    + Disallow: /surveys/
    Disallow: /util/
    …
    Disallow: /developer/widget/builder/
    - Disallow: /hammer/
    - Disallow: /brand-views
    Disallow: /event-ingestion
    …
    Disallow: /sourcing$
    - Disallow: /searchsuggest$
    Disallow: /knowyourworth/
    - Disallow: /Scoop/*
    - Allow: /Scoop
    - Allow: /Scoop/index.htm
    Disallow: /Reviews/index.htm?
    …
    - Disallow: /geb/*
  • Aug 2025
    Los Angeles Times Now blocked: ClaudeBot and Bytespider.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /test/
    + Disallow: /includes/
    + Disallow: /_comments/
    Disallow: /topic/*?
    …
    Disallow: /test/
    + Disallow: /_comments/
    Disallow: /topic/*?
    …
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: discobot
    …
    - Sitemap: https://www.latimes.com/sitemap.xml
    + User-agent: ImagesiftBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + Sitemap: https://www.latimes.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.latimes.com/news-sitemap.xml
  • Aug 2025
    OpenTable Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 10 more.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: dotbot
    - Disallow: /
    + # By accessing OpenTable's website, you agree to OpenTable's Terms of Use: https://www.opentable.com/c/legal/terms-and-conditions/
    + # Generated on 2025-07-30T08:50:31
    + # Block all bots by default
    User-agent: *
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Allow specific bots
    + User-agent: Googlebot
    Disallow: /_LBStatus
    …
    Disallow: /XML
    + Disallow: /lolz-view-all/
    Disallow: /mwapi/slotlock
    Disallow: /dapi/fe/human
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/proxy/consumer-frontend/bucket-experiment
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=Autocomplete
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=HeaderUserProfile
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=LocationPicker
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=MultiSearchResultsFacets
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=RestaurantMultiDayAvailability
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=RestaurantsAvailability
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=RestaurantsMessages
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=UserTrackingOptIns
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=mutation&opname=RestaurantVisit
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=mutation&opname=SimpleVisit
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=TopReviews
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=NoAvailabilityRestaurants
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=LandmarkRestaurantsLolz
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=BestRestaurantsByCategory
    + Disallow: /dapi/fe/gql?optype=query&opname=HomeModuleLists
    + Disallow: /dapi/v1/session
    Allow: /img/restimages
    …
    + User-agent: Googlebot-Image
    + Disallow: /_LBStatus
    + Disallow: /admin
  • Aug 2025
    Reuters Now blocked: Claude-SearchBot and Claude-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # ADO-726772
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # ADO-727160
    + User-agent: AliyunSecBot/Aliyun
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Alibaba.Security.Heimdall
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # ADO-730264
    + User-agent: Feedfetcher-Google
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /test/
    - Disallow: /commentary
    Disallow: /news/archive/commentary
    …
    Disallow: /practical-law-the-journal/search/
    - Disallow: /fr/
    - Disallow: /info-pages/terms-of-use/custom-services-agreement-23-10/
    - Disallow: /info-pages/custom-services-agreement-23-10/
    - Disallow: /info-pages/advertising-guidelines/
    Disallow: /pf/api/
    + Disallow: /fr/
    + Disallow: /it/
    + Disallow: /es/
    + Disallow: /pt/
    + Disallow: /de/
    + Disallow: /ar/
    + Disallow: /account/subscribe/payment/
  • Aug 2025
    The New York Times Now blocked: Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User and Perplexity-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /athletic*/signed-mp3-redirect-url/*
    + Disallow: /athletic/embedded-interactive/*
    + Disallow: /athletic/interactive/*
    Disallow: /card/panel/
    …
    Allow: /svc/spelling-bee
    - Allow: /svc/vertex
    Allow: /svc/wordle
    + Allow: /svc/connections
    + Allow: /svc/sudoku
    + Allow: /svc/strands
    + Allow: /svc/pips
    Disallow: /video/embedded/*
    …
    + User-agent: AliyunSecBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    …
    + User-agent: AudigentAdBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: AwarioRssBot
    …
    + User-agent: BLEXBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Bytespider
    …
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Claude-Web
  • Aug 2025
    The Washington Post Now allowed: Google-Extended.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jul 2025 to 3 Aug 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    -
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: heritrix

Jul 2025

  • Jul 2025
    IMDb Now blocked: GPTBot, Google-Extended, CCBot and anthropic-ai.
    More blockingReferenceArchive copies, 1 Jun 2025 to 1 Jul 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # robots.txt for https://www.imdb.com properties
    + # See https://m.imdb.com/robots.txt for the mDot equivalent
    +
    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /OnThisDay
    + Disallow: /*/OnThisDay
    Disallow: /ads/
    + Disallow: /*/ads/
    Disallow: /ap/
    + Disallow: /*/ap/
    Disallow: /mymovies/
    + Disallow: /*/mymovies/
    Disallow: /r/
    + Disallow: /*/r/
    Disallow: /register
    + Disallow: /*/register
    Disallow: /registration/
    + Disallow: /*/registration/
    Disallow: /search/name-text
    + Disallow: /*/search/name-text
    Disallow: /search/title-text
    + Disallow: /*/search/title-text
    Disallow: /find
    + Disallow: /*find
    Disallow: /find$
    + Disallow: /*/find$
    Disallow: /find/
    + Disallow: /*/find/
    Disallow: /tvschedule
    + Disallow: /*/tvschedule
    Disallow: /updates
    + Disallow: /*/updates
    Disallow: /watch/_ajax/option
    + Disallow: /*/watch/_ajax/option
    Disallow: /_json/video/mon
    + Disallow: /*/_json/video/mon
    Disallow: /_json/getAdsForMediaViewer/
    + Disallow: /*/_json/getAdsForMediaViewer/
    Disallow: /list/ls*/_ajax
    + Disallow: /*/list/ls*/_ajax
  • Jul 2025
    Medium Now allowed: Google-Extended. Added an RSL License: line pointing to licensing terms.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jun 2025 to 1 Jul 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-Agent: GoogleOther
    - User-Agent: Google-Extended
    User-Agent: GPTBot
    …
    Allow: /verified-authors
    + License: https://medium.com/license.xml
  • Jul 2025
    NPR Now blocked: OAI-SearchBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2025 to 1 Jul 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /*/partials*
    - Disallow: /*?live=*
    - Disallow: /*?cacheKill=*
    - Disallow: /*?skipCache=*
    - Disallow: /*?forceCds=*
    - Disallow: /*?forceXml=*
    -
    - # Disallowing non-canonical URLs that contain query strings
    - User-agent: *
    Disallow: /*?*
    -
    - # Disallowing non-audience-facing URLs
    - User-agent: *
    Disallow: /proxy/*
    …
    Disallow: /get/*
    + Disallow: /geolocation
    …
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    # Disallowing Google Bard and Vertex AI web crawlers
    …
    + User-agent: PerplexityUser
    + Disallow: /
    +
    # Allow Google Search Console for sitemap crawling
    …
    - # Explicitly allowing the TTD contextual crawler
    + # Explicitly allowing the TTD contextual crawler for Sponsorship
    User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TTD-Content; +https://www.thetradedesk.com/general/ttd-content)
    …
    + # Explicitly allowing the Google-Mediapartners crawler for Sponsorship
    + User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
    + Allow: /
  • Jul 2025
    Ticketmaster Now allowed: GPTBot.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jun 2025 to 2 Jul 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
  • Jul 2025
    USA Today Now blocked: AI2Bot, DuckAssistBot and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jun 2025 to 1 Jul 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: AI2Bot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AhrefsBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Arquivo-web-crawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AspiegelBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AwarioRssBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Barkrowler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: coccocbot-web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: crawler4j
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Crawlspace
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Jul 2025
    Zillow Now allowed: GPTBot.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 2 Jun 2025 to 4 Jul 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    +
    + Allow: /homes/for_sale/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_sale/fore_lt/$
    + Allow: /homes/fsbo/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_sale/1_open/$
    + Allow: /homes/new_homes/$
    + Allow: /homes/coming_soon/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_rent/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_rent/condo,apartment_duplex_type/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_rent/house,townhouse_type/$
    + Allow: /homes/recently_sold/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartment-communities/$
    +
    + Allow: /homes/for_sale/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_sale/fore_lt/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/fsbo/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_sale/1_open/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/new_homes/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/coming_soon/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_rent/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_rent/condo,apartment_duplex_type/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/for_rent/house,townhouse_type/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/recently_sold/*_p/$
    + Allow: /homes/apartment-communities/*_p/$
    +
    + Disallow: /api/
    + Disallow: /homes/
    Disallow: /?url=
    …
    Disallow: /captcha/
    + Disallow: /captchaPerimeterX/
    Disallow: /careers/apply/
    Disallow: /careers/jobs/
    + Disallow: /chat/finance
    Disallow: /claiming/
    …
    Disallow: /homepage/HomepageVideoMetrics.htm
    - Disallow: /homes/*+
    - Disallow: /homes/*_rb

Jun 2025

  • Jun 2025
    Craigslist Now allowed: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 22 May 2025 to 19 Jun 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: CCBot
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    User-agent: ClaudeBot
    …
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    User-agent: ImagesiftBot
    …
    User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    - User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    User-agent: omgili

May 2025

  • May 2025
    Associated Press Now blocked: Applebot-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2025 to 1 May 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/ap-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/news-sitemap-content.xml
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/hubs-sitemap-content.xml
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/video-sitemap.xml
    +
    + # Disallow Rules
    +
    User-agent: CCBot
    …
    - Sitemap: https://apnews.com/ap-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://apnews.com/news-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://apnews.com/video-sitemap.xml
    -
    - # Disallow Rules
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
    - User-agent: Applebot
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    Disallow: /
    …
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Timpibot
    + Disallow: /
  • May 2025
    Financial Times Now blocked: Perplexity-User and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2025 to 1 May 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: GoogleOther
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
    + User-agent: Perplexity-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Claude-Web
    …
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: FacebookBot
    …
    + User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • May 2025
    Medium Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended and Bytespider.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2025 to 1 May 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /search?q=
    + Disallow: /*/search?q=
    + Disallow: /*/search/*?q=
    Disallow: /*/*source=
    …
    Sitemap: https://medium.com/sitemap/sitemap.xml
    + User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
    + User-Agent: Bytespider
    + User-Agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-Agent: FacebookBot
    + User-Agent: GoogleOther
    + User-Agent: Google-Extended
    User-Agent: GPTBot
    Disallow: /
    + Allow: /about
    + Allow: /business
    + Allow: /earn
    + Allow: /gift
    + Allow: /membership
    + Allow: /partner-program
    + Allow: /verified-authors
  • May 2025
    Reddit Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 17 more.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Apr 2025 to 1 May 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # 80legs
    - User-agent: 008
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - # 80legs' new crawler
    - User-agent: voltron
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-Agent: bender
    - Disallow: /my_shiny_metal_ass
    -
    - User-Agent: Gort
    - Disallow: /earth
    -
    - User-agent: MJ12bot
    - Disallow: /
    + # Welcome to Reddit's robots.txt
    + # Reddit believes in an open internet, but not the misuse of public content.
    + # See https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/26410290525844-Public-Content-Policy Reddit's Public Content Policy for access and use restrictions to Reddit content.
    + # See https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit4researchers/ for details on how Reddit continues to support research and non-commercial use.
    + # policy: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/26410290525844-Public-Content-Policy
    - User-agent: PiplBot
    + User-agent: *
    Disallow: /
    - User-Agent: *
    - Disallow: /*.json
    - Disallow: /*.json-compact
    - Disallow: /*.json-html
    - Disallow: /*.xml
    - Disallow: /*.rss
    - Allow: /r/*.rss
    - Disallow: /r/*/comments/*.rss
    - Disallow: /r/*/config/*.rss
    - Disallow: /r/*/wiki/*.rss
    - Disallow: /*.i
    - Disallow: /*.embed
    - Disallow: /*/comments/*?*sort=
    - Disallow: */comment/*
  • May 2025
    Stack Overflow Now allowed: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider and PerplexityBot.
    Less blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 7 Apr 2025 to 4 May 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Allow: /
    - User-agent: Yahoo Pipes 1.0
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: 008
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: voltron
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Bytespider
    - Disallow: /
    - User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: meta-externalagent
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: cohere-ai
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Omgilibot
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Omgili
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: magpie-crawler
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: TurnitinBot
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: DataForSeoBot
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Twitterbot
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: peer39_crawler
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: scrapy
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: ClaudeBot
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Claude-Web
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Diffbot
  • May 2025
    The Verge Now allowed: Amazonbot.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2025 to 1 May 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: Amazonbot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Applebot-Extended
  • Sep 2024 to May 2025
    Threads Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 17 more.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Sep 2024 to 1 May 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # Notice: Collection of data on Threads through automated means is
    + # prohibited unless you have express written permission from Threads
    + # and may only be conducted for the limited purpose contained in said
    + # permission.
    + # All authorized user-agents listed on this page must comply with Meta’s
    + # Automated Data Collection Terms available at:
    + # https://www.facebook.com/legal/automated_data_collection_terms
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PetalBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: uptimerobot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: viberbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: YaK
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Yandex
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • May 2025
    USA Today Now blocked: Claude-SearchBot and Claude-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2025 to 1 May 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Claude-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /gciaf/
    + Disallow: /gcdn/gciaf/
    + Disallow: /dcc/
    + Disallow: /gcdn/dcc/
    + Disallow: /dc/
    + Disallow: /gcdn/dc/
    + Disallow: /dcjs/
    + Disallow: /gcdn/dcjs/
    + Disallow: /content-queries/
    + Disallow: /zxc/
    + Disallow: /money/homefront/
    Disallow: /exp-cruise
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/online-betting/news-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/money/homefront/sitemap.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/tech/internet/sitemap_index.xml

Apr 2025

  • Apr 2025
    CNN Now blocked: Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, AI2Bot, OAI-SearchBot, Amazonbot, DuckAssistBot and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Mar 2025 to 1 Apr 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/markets/stocks.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/live-story.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/election-center/politics.xml
    + User-agent: AI2Bot
    + User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    User-agent: AwarioRssBot
    User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
    + User-agent: Brightbot 1.0
    User-agent: Bytespider
    …
    User-agent: cohere-ai
    + User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
    + User-agent: Crawlspace
    User-agent: DataForSeoBot
    User-agent: Diffbot
    + User-agent: DuckAssistBot
    User-agent: FacebookBot
    + User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
    User-agent: GPTBot
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: GoogleOther
    + User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
    + User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
    + User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
    + User-agent: ICC-Crawler
    + User-agent: img2dataset
    + User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
    + User-agent: ImagesiftBot
    + User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
    User-agent: magpie-crawler
    + User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    + User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
    User-agent: NewsNow
    User-agent: news-please
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    User-agent: omgili
  • Apr 2025
    The New York Times Now blocked: DuckAssistBot and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Mar 2025 to 1 Apr 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /athletic/rss-feed/
    + Disallow: /athletic/*?*rss=1
    Disallow: /athletic/global-color-test.php
    …
    Disallow: /athletic/feed-test/
    + Disallow: /athletic*/signed-mp3-redirect-url/*
    Disallow: /card/panel/
    + Disallow: /panel/
    Disallow: /puzzles/leaderboards/invite/*
    …
    Disallow: /wirecutter/*?l=
    + Disallow: /wirecutter/*?merchant=
    Disallow: /search
    + Disallow: /subscription/*?*source=
    + Disallow: /subscription/*?*onboarded=
    Disallow: /*?*smid=
    …
    Disallow: /athletic*/?source=*
    - Disallow: /athletic/live-blogs/*embed=1*
    + Disallow: /athletic/*?*embed=1
    …
    + User-agent: DuckAssistBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: FacebookBot
    …
    + User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
    + Disallow: /
    + Allow: /wirecutter/
    +
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    …
    + User-agent: ImagesiftBot
  • Apr 2025
    The Washington Post Now allowed: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Mar 2025 to 1 Apr 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    + Allow: /wp-apps/imrs.php
    +
    # Disallow Rules
    …
    - User-agent: Amazonbot
    - Disallow: /
    …
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Claude-Web
    …
    + User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: DataForSeoBot
    …
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: heritrix
    …
    - User-agent: magpie-crawler
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: meta-externalagent
    …
    - User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    - Disallow: /

Mar 2025

  • Mar 2025
    BBC Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent and OAI-SearchBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2025 to 2 Mar 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # version: 3e6f2cb7e2daadc4cf95676e30744ac4605a3a68
    + # version: ca16af0d01ecf92c8730f124f789053bfbf7293b
    - # HTTPS www.bbc.com
    + # HTTP www.bbc.com
    - User-agent: *
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-archive.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-archive_video.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-video.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/sitemap-com-ws-topics.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sport/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/sitemap-com-ws-topics.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/afrique/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/arabic/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bengali/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/burmese/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/gahuza/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/hausa/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/hindi/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/pashto/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/persian/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/russian/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/swahili/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/tajik/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/turkce/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/ukchina/simp/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/urdu/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/uzbek/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/index_sitemap.xml
    + User-agent: Googlebot
  • Mar 2025
    Bloomberg Now blocked: anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2025 to 1 Mar 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /tc/search/
    - Disallow: /en/news/thp
    Disallow: /subscriptions/group/manage/
    …
    Disallow: /explore/
    + Disallow: /press-releases/
    + Disallow: /artemis/
    + Disallow: /sessions-publisher/
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
    …
    + # Development Tools
    + User-agent: Python-urllib
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: python-requests
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Python-http-client
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # AI/LLM Bots
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: YouBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Google Services
    + User-agent: Google-Apps
    + Disallow: /
  • Mar 2025
    Capital One Named ClaudeBot and Amazonbot explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsFinanceArchive copies, 1 Feb 2025 to 1 Mar 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /search/?
    …
    Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /search/?
    …
    Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /search/?
    …
    Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /search/?
    …
    Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /search/?
    …
    Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /search/?
    …
    Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /search/?
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-agent: Abonti
    + User-agent: Aboundexbot
    + User-agent: Acoon
    + User-agent: Allloadin Favicon Bot
    + User-agent: Blekkobot
    + User-agent: Daum
    + User-agent: Gobuster
    + User-agent: semaltbot
    + User-agent: Tarmot Gezgin
    + User-agent: tchelebi
    + User-agent: UkrNet Mail Proxy
    + User-agent: AmazonAdBot
  • Mar 2025
    Facebook Named PerplexityBot explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Feb 2025 to 1 Mar 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # permission.
    - # See: http://www.facebook.com/apps/site_scraping_tos_terms.php
    + # All authorized user-agents listed on this page must comply with Meta’s
    + # Automated Data Collection Terms available at:
    + # https://www.facebook.com/legal/automated_data_collection_terms
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    …
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: PetalBot
    …
    + User-agent: uptimerobot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: viberbot
    …
    + User-agent: Yandex
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Applebot
    …
    - User-agent: LinkedInBot
    + User-agent: Googlebot-Video
    Disallow: /*/plugins/*
    …
    - User-agent: msnbot
    + User-agent: Googlebot-News
    Disallow: /*/plugins/*
    …
    - User-agent: Naverbot
    + User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
    Disallow: /*/plugins/*
    …
  • Mar 2025
    IHG Hotels Named OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 1 Feb 2025 to 8 Mar 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - #robots.txt for https://www.ihg.com/
    - #AEM 2020
    - #Revised 12-16-19 CH
    + # robots.txt for https://www.ihg.com/
    + # AEM 2020
    + # Updated 2/26/2025 KA
    - User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /*/admin/*
    - Disallow: /*/reservation/searchresult*
    - Disallow: /*/reservation/hotelsearchresult*
    - Disallow: /*/reservation/roomrate*
    - # Disallow: /hotels/*/*/find-hotels/*
    - Disallow: /hotels/*/global/corporate/*
    - Disallow: /hotels/*/global/offers/airline/airline
    - Disallow: /hotels/*/friendsfamily
    - Disallow: /friendsandfamily
    - Disallow: /employees
    - Disallow: /employee
    + User-agent: *
    + Disallow: /*/admin/*
    + Disallow: /*/reservation/searchresult*
    + Disallow: /*/reservation/hotelsearchresult*
    + Disallow: /*/reservation/roomrate*
    + Disallow: /hotels/*/global/corporate/*
    + Disallow: /hotels/*/global/offers/airline/airline
    + Disallow: /hotels/*/friendsfamily
    + Disallow: /friendsandfamily
    + Disallow: /employees
    + Disallow: /employee
    Disallow: /staypreferences/*
    - Allow: /hotels/us/en/find-hotels/offers/last-minute-deals
    Disallow: /*/hoteldetail/printfactsheet
    - Disallow: /sandbox/*
    + Disallow: */sandbox*
    + Disallow: */hotels/*/find-hotels/select-roomrate*
    …
    - #Sitemap: http://www.ihg.com/brands-sitemap-index.xml
  • Mar 2025
    Instacart Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 14 more.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Feb 2025 to 11 Mar 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    ### Instacart's Terms of Service https://www.instacart.com/terms
    - User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
    - Allow: /store/partner_recipes
    + ### Last Updated 2-28-2025
    - User-Agent: Twitterbot
    - Allow: /store/list/*
    + ### Rules for Google search ###
    + User-Agent: Googlebot
    + Allow: /
    + Disallow: /accounts/unlock
    + Disallow: /api/
    + Disallow: /ex/
    + Disallow: /store/orders/
    + Disallow: /redeem_coupon_token
    + Disallow: /store/order_changes/
    + Disallow: /store/*/browse_departments*
    + Disallow: /store/*/ng/l/*
    + Disallow: /store/referrals*
    + Disallow: /store/item*
    + Disallow: /store/pickup/status/*
    + Disallow: /store/*/buy_it_again*
    + Disallow: /store/*/l/*
    + Disallow: /widgets/*
    + Disallow: /client-side-redirect/*
    + Disallow: /track/*
    + Disallow: /affiliate-program*
    + Disallow: /family/invite/*
    + Disallow: /family/accept/*
    + Disallow: /rate/orders/*
    + Disallow: /store_manager_admin
    + Disallow: /rest/v8/
    + Disallow: /login?next=
    + Disallow: /*?*interaction_id=
    + Disallow: /*?*item_detail_product_id=
    + Disallow: /store/*/collections/*?*sisid=
    + Disallow: /store/*/*?*xrs_id=
    - User-Agent: Yandex
    - Disallow: /

Feb 2025

  • Feb 2025
    Axios Now allowed: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User.
    Less blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jan 2025 to 1 Feb 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /sso/
    + Disallow: /api/
    …
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Google-Extended
  • Feb 2025
    Marriott Now allowed: GPTBot.
    Less blockingTravelArchive copies, 1 Jan 2025 to 1 Feb 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    #
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - #
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /en-gb/search/
    + Disallow: /es/search/
    + Disallow: /fr/search/
    + Disallow: /pt-br/search/
    + Disallow: /id/search/
    + Disallow: /zh-hk/search/
    Disallow: /ja/search/
    + Disallow: /ko/search/
    + Disallow: /th/search/
    + Disallow: /vi/search/
    Disallow: /ar/search/
    - Disallow: /fr/search/
    + Disallow: /he/search/
    + Disallow: /da/search/
    + Disallow: /de/search/
    + Disallow: /el/search/
    + Disallow: /it/search/
    + Disallow: /nl/search/
    + Disallow: /no/search/
    Disallow: /ru/search/
    - Disallow: /ko/search/
    + Disallow: /pl-pl/search/
    + Disallow: /fi/search/
    + Disallow: /sv/search/
    + Disallow: /tr-tr/search/
    Allow: /search/default.mi
    Allow: /en-gb/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /es/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /fr/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /pt-br/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /id/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /zh-hk/search/default.mi
    Allow: /ja/search/default.mi
  • Feb 2025
    The Verge Named GPTBot explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jan 2025 to 1 Feb 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    -
    - User-agent: Googlebot-News
    - Disallow: /admin
    - Disallow: /newfanshot
    - Disallow: /users/*/replies
    - Disallow: /users/*/comments
    - Disallow: /search
    - Disallow: /account
    - Disallow: /login
    - Disallow: /chorus_auth
    - Disallow: /sso
    - Disallow: /ad
    - Disallow: /sponsored
    -
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /admin
    - Disallow: /newfanshot
    - Disallow: /users/*/replies
    - Disallow: /users/*/comments
    - Disallow: /search
    - Disallow: /account
    - Disallow: /login
    - Disallow: /chorus_auth
    - Disallow: /sso
    - Disallow: */archives/*/archives*
    + Disallow: /wp-admin/
    + Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Allow: /
    +
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    …
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + Allow: /
    +
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
  • Feb 2025
    The Washington Post Now blocked: OAI-SearchBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 6 Jan 2025 to 14 Feb 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /arcio/fact-checker/
    + Disallow: /recipes/*?q=
    …
    - User-agent: AhrefsBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: SemrushBot
    …
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    +
    + # Disallow Rules
    +
    + User-agent: AhrefsBot
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: CCBot
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Amazonbot
    + User-agent: archive.org_bot
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: YandexBot
    + User-agent: ArchiveBot
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + User-agent: Arquivo-web-crawler
  • Feb 2025
    WebMD Now blocked: ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingHealthcareArchive copies, 1 Jan 2025 to 1 Feb 2025beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # Robots.txt file WebMD
    - # Updated 11/8/2024
    + # Updated 1/8/2025
    …
    - Sitemap: https://www.webmd.com/rx/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.webmd.com/sitemapxml/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.webmd.com/sitemapxml/news.xml
    + User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    + Disallow: /mm/
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /

Dec 2024

  • Dec 2024
    Amazon Now blocked: PerplexityBot.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Nov 2024 to 1 Dec 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /local/ajax/
    - Disallow: */B00M3E1NYI
    - Disallow: */B00M3E1Q5Y
    - Disallow: */B00M3E1TOM
    - Disallow: */B00M3E1WYO
    - Disallow: */B00M3E204K
    - Disallow: */B00M3E236A
    - Disallow: */B00M3E260I
    - Disallow: */B00M3E28WO
    - Disallow: */B00M3E2BC6
    - Disallow: */B00M3E2DPQ
    - Disallow: */B00M3E2GU8
    - Disallow: */B00M3E2J14
    - Disallow: */B00M3E2LOE
    - Disallow: */B00M3E1HJY
    Disallow: /gp/socialmedia/giveaways
    …
    Disallow: /gp/aw/so.html
    - Disallow: /gp/rentallist
    - Disallow: /gp/video/dvd-rental/settings
    - Disallow: /gp/rl/settings
    - Disallow: /gp/video/settings
    - Disallow: /gp/video/library
    - Disallow: /gp/video/watchlist
    Disallow: /reviews/iframe
    …
    Allow: /-/es/
    + Allow: /-/en$
    Allow: /-/zh_TW/
    + Allow: /-/zh_TW$
    Allow: /-/he/
    + Allow: /-/he$
    Disallow: /hz/help/contact/*/message/$
    …
    Disallow: /gp/aw/cr/
    - Disallow: */sim/B001132UEE
    Allow: /gp/offer-listing/B000
    …
    Disallow: /hz/contact-us/ajax/initiate-trusted-contact/
    + Disallow: /hp/video/
  • Dec 2024
    Associated Press Now blocked: Amazonbot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Nov 2024 to 1 Dec 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /press-release/*
    - Disallow: /*blaize
    - Disallow: /*zephr
    + Disallow: /blaize*
    + Disallow: /zephr*
    + Disallow: /search?q=*
    + Disallow: /*.rss
    + Disallow: /buyline-shopping/*
    + Disallow: /buyline-personal-finance/*
    …
    Sitemap: https://apnews.com/ap-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://apnews.com/news-sitemap-content.xml
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/news-sitemap.xml
    Sitemap: https://apnews.com/video-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://apnews.com/buyline-personal-finance/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://apnews.com/buyline-shopping/sitemap.xml
    …
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytedance
    + Disallow: /
  • Dec 2024
    GoodRx Now allowed: GPTBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider and anthropic-ai.
    Less blockingHealthcareArchive copies, 2 Nov 2024 to 2 Dec 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /auth0/*
    -
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: anthropic-ai
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Omgilibot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Omgili
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: FacebookBot
    - Disallow: /
    + Disallow: /good-data/*
    + Disallow: /*?_pxhc=*
    + Disallow: /optimizely-edge/*
    - User-agent: Bytespider
    - Disallow: /
    + User-agent: TagInspector
    + Allow: /
  • Dec 2024
    Stack Overflow Now allowed: Amazonbot.
    Less blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Nov 2024 to 1 Dec 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Amazonbot
    - Disallow: /
    User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    …
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Applebot
    - Disallow: /
    User-agent: Applebot-Extended
  • Dec 2024
    The Washington Post Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Nov 2024 to 1 Dec 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /gog/*
    + Disallow: /arcio/fact-checker/
    …
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml.gz
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/sitemap/section-fronts/list/
    Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/sitemap/video/index/
  • Dec 2024
    Tripadvisor Now blocked: Google-Extended and Applebot-Extended.
    More blockingTravelArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Dec 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attractions_near_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attraction_tours_and_tickets_index.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/business/sitemap.xml
    …
    + User-Agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-Agent: *
    User-Agent: applebot
    + User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    Disallow: /5349
    …
    Disallow: /AffiliateWidgets
    - Disallow: /AgencySetupAjax
    Disallow: /AirlineRegistration
    …
    Disallow: /AuthCheck
    - Disallow: /AuthorizeAgency
    Disallow: /AuthorTool
    …
    Disallow: /BrandOwners
    + Disallow: /BrandSpotlight
    Disallow: /businessinfo
    …
    Disallow: /Consent
    + Disallow: /Content
    Disallow: /CookiePingback
    …
    Disallow: /Hotel_ReviewHAC
    + Disallow: /HotelBookingConfirmation
    Disallow: /HotelBookingController
    …
    Disallow: /HotelBookingRoomSelectionJson
    + Disallow: /HotelCheckout
    Disallow: /HotelGMCApi
    …
  • Dec 2024
    USA Today Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Nov 2024 to 1 Dec 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/money/homefront/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/tech/internet/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/tech/internet/sitemap_index.xml
  • Dec 2024
    WebMD Now blocked: ClaudeBot and CCBot.
    More blockingHealthcareArchive copies, 1 Nov 2024 to 1 Dec 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # Robots.txt file WebMD
    - # Updated 8/24/2023
    + # Updated 11/8/2024
    …
    Disallow: /aim/
    + Disallow: /6-tools-for-managing-your-medications
    + Disallow: /attr-cm-warning-signs
    + Disallow: /bipolar-disorder/bipolar-depression-management
    + Disallow: /bipolar-disorder/video/bipolar-fatherhood
    + Disallow: /bipolar-disorder/video/bipolar-toolbox
    + Disallow: /bluechew-review
    + Disallow: /brain/treating-gmg-video
    + Disallow: /brain/video/treating-gmg-video
    + Disallow: /breast-cancer/bc-treatment-21/provider-select
    + Disallow: /cbd/about-cbd
    + Disallow: /cbd/best-cbd-gummies-for-anxiety
    + Disallow: /cbd/best-cbd-oil-for-anxiety
    + Disallow: /cbd/best-cbd-oil-for-pain
    + Disallow: /cbd/best-cbd-oil-of-2023
    + Disallow: /cbd/best-full-spectrum-cbd-oils
    + Disallow: /cbd/best-gummies-of-2023
    + Disallow: /cbd/cbd-101-concentrated-cannabidiol
    + Disallow: /cbd/cbd-for-dogs
    + Disallow: /cbd/cbd-for-sleep
    + Disallow: /cbd/cbdfx-review
    + Disallow: /cbd/cbdistillery-review
    + Disallow: /cbd/koi-cbd-review
    + Disallow: /chemo-combo
    + Disallow: /cholesterol-management/high-cholesterol-treatment
    + Disallow: /choose-cancer-care
    + Disallow: /diagnosed-with-glioblastoma
    + Disallow: /dna
    + Disallow: /dna/meet-your-match
    + Disallow: /dna/meet-your-match-acne-prone-skin-routine
    + Disallow: /dna/meet-your-match-combination-to-oily-skin-routine
    + Disallow: /dna/meet-your-match-normal-to-dry-skin-routine
    + Disallow: /dupuytrens/default.htm
    + Disallow: /dupuytrens/treatment
    + Disallow: /dupuytrens/what-to-expect

Nov 2024

  • Nov 2024
    Airbnb Named GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, anthropic-ai, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and 1 more explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + #
    # ///////
    …
    # Hello bot, engineer, or very lost layperson! Welcome to your stay on the Airbnb site, we're happy to have you as a guest.
    - # If you're a human who likes solving interesting challenges with other humans, check out our careers page: https://www.airbnb.com/careers/departments/engineering
    + # If you're a human who likes solving interesting challenges with other humans, check out our careers page: https://careers.airbnb.com/positions/?_departments=engineering
    # If you're a bot who likes crawling webpages, please mind the house rules and avoid accessing any disallowed subfolders to earn a 5-star review from us.
    …
    Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub
    + Disallow: /.well-known/assetlinks.json
    + Disallow: /*/skeleton
    + Disallow: /*/sw_skeleton
    + Disallow: /500
    Disallow: /account
    Disallow: /alumni
    - Disallow: /associates/click
    Disallow: /api/v1/trebuchet
    + Disallow: /associates/click
    + Disallow: /book/
    Disallow: /calendar/
    + Disallow: /contact_host
    Disallow: /disaster/lookup
    Disallow: /email/unsubscribe
    + Disallow: /embeddable
    + Disallow: /experiences/*?*scheduled_id
    + Disallow: /experiences/*?*modal
    + Disallow: /experiences/*/book
    + Disallow: /external_link?
    Disallow: /fix-it
    …
    Disallow: /forgot_password
    + Disallow: /google_place_photo
    Disallow: /groups
    - Disallow: /help/search
    + Disallow: /guidebooks
    Disallow: /help/feedback
    + Disallow: /help/search
    + Disallow: /help/search
    Disallow: /home/dashboard
    Disallow: /inbox
  • Nov 2024
    Axios Now blocked: OAI-SearchBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Google-Extended
  • Nov 2024
    Financial Times Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Nov 2024
    Indeed Named Applebot-Extended, Bytespider, OAI-SearchBot, Amazonbot and ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Sep 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /cmp/addvideo
    + Disallow: /cmp/Login*
    Disallow: /cmp/*/analytics
    …
    Disallow: /*sp=0
    + Disallow: /*&start=
    Disallow: /stc
    …
    Disallow: /Zeige-Job?
    + Disallow: //applystart
    User-agent: Googlebot
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    Allow: /
    …
    Allow: /recrutement/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /viewjob?
    Disallow: /*rt=nc
    …
    Disallow: /*&serpstart=
    + Disallow: /*/vaclk
    Disallow: /addlLoc/
    …
    Disallow: /cmp/addvideo
    + Disallow: /cmp/Login*
    Disallow: /cmp/*/analytics
    …
    Disallow: /graphql
    + Disallow: /hire/o/ats-partners
    Disallow: /imgping
    …
    Disallow: /*sp=0
    + Disallow: /*&start=100
    Disallow: /stc
    …
    Disallow: /vacatures/title/
    + Disallow: //applystart
    …
  • Nov 2024
    Realtor.com Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: *
    + # LEGAL NOTICE: Per https://www.realtor.com's Terms of Service, scraping data from this website is unauthorized without the express written permission from Move Sales, Inc., operator of https://www.realtor.com.
    + User-agent: bingbot
    + Crawl-delay: 1
    +
    + User-agent: *
    Disallow: /8058/
    …
    Disallow: /apartments/*/*/pg-*
    - Disallow: /apartments/*/price-*
    + Disallow: /apartments/near-me*
    Disallow: /content
    …
    Disallow: /international/us/
    + Disallow: /international/*?sort=distance
    + Disallow: /international/*?sort=date
    Disallow: /*?lang=
    …
    Disallow: /newhomesconstruction/*
    + Disallow: /newhomecommunities/near-me*
    Disallow: /news/wp-content/themes/realtor/nobots/
    …
    Disallow: /realestateandhomes-detail/M1159985143
    - Disallow: /realestateandhomes-detail/*?ex=
    + Disallow: /realestateandhomes-detail/undefined
    Disallow: /realestateandhomes-print/
    …
    Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/*?from_ldp=true
    - Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/*?cid=prt
    - Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/*?cid=PRT
    - Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/*?cid=pvs
    - Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/*?cid=soc
    + Disallow: /*?cid=
    Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/*/pg-*/show-recently-sold
    - Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/*/price-
    Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/*/radius-
    + Disallow: /realestateandhomes-search/undefined
    Disallow: /realestateteam/bright-birch-real-estate__mn_1639730
    …
  • Aug to Nov 2024
    Reuters Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, PerplexityBot and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # ADO-657700
    + User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    + #
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # ADO-658177
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Timpibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Claude-Web
    …
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    Disallow: /
  • Nov 2024
    The Economist Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # Bytespider is a web crawler operated by ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok. It's allegedly used to download training data for its LLMs including those powering ChatGPT competitor Doubao.
    + User-Agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    # No robots are allowed to index private paths:
  • Nov 2024
    The New Yorker Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    + Disallow: /com.condenast/yv8*
    …
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
  • Nov 2024
    The Wall Street Journal Now blocked: Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent and Meta-ExternalFetcher.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemaps/web/video/en/sitemap_video_en_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_pro_cb_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_pro_ai_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_pro_debt_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_pro_cyber_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_pro_vc_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_pro_pe_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_pro_sb_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/buyside/sitemaps/wsjbuyside_sitemap_index.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/buyside/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/elections2024_index.xml
    …
    # For Buyside Search Results
    - Disallow: /*?*term=德*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=印*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=办*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=西*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=刚*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=网*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=焦*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=澳*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=制*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=仿*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=护*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=雅*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=入*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=订*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=假*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=的*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=一*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=是*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=不*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=了*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=人*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=我*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=在*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=有*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=他*
    - Disallow: /*?*term=这*
  • Nov 2024
    WIRED Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    + Disallow: /com.condenast/yv8*
    …
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: anthropic-ai

Oct 2024

  • Oct 2024
    BBC Now blocked: ClaudeBot and Applebot-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2024 to 1 Oct 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # version: 03e3d0d3861e30b21826aa11558f45235a4d4143
    -
    - # HTTP www.bbc.com
    -
    - User-agent: Googlebot
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/index-com-news.xml
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/index-com-archive.xml
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/bbcx/index_sitemap.xml
    -
    + # version: 3e6f2cb7e2daadc4cf95676e30744ac4605a3a68
    - Disallow: /iplayer/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /iplayer/cy/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /iplayer/gd/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /_programmes
    - Disallow: /606/
    - Disallow: /aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/search
    - Disallow: /academy/chinese-trad/search
    - Disallow: /afrique/search
    - Disallow: /apps/cbbc
    - Disallow: /apps/flash
    - Disallow: /apps/ide
    - Disallow: /apps/ids
    - Disallow: /apps/ifl
    - Disallow: /apps/nr
    - Disallow: /apps/query
    - Disallow: /apps/t
    - Disallow: /arabic/search
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/artdetective/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/feedback/sent/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/images/guidedtours/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/error/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/success/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/unsubscribe/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search*
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/search/
    - Disallow: /azeri/search
    - Disallow: /bbctrust/search
  • Oct 2024
    Stack Overflow Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, CCBot and Meta-ExternalAgent.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2024 to 1 Oct 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Omgili
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: magpie-crawler
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: TurnitinBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: DataForSeoBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Twitterbot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: peer39_crawler
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: scrapy
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: YouBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: AiZBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: AiZBot-Dolma

Sep 2024

  • May to Sep 2024
    The New Yorker Now blocked: Applebot-Extended and Bytespider. Now allowed: GPTBot and ChatGPT-User.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2024 to 1 Sep 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    …
    - User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: omgili
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: YouBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Twitterbot
  • Sep 2024
    The Washington Post Now blocked: Applebot-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2024 to 1 Sep 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /ac2/
    - Disallow: /archive/lifestyle/wellness/1999/01/19/an-illness-no-one-understands-tourettes-syndrome/852df0cc-2164-4c83-be8d-0c770d028547/
    Disallow: /blogs/slow-ride/
    …
    Disallow: /wp-dyn/
    + Disallow: /wp-srv/
    Disallow: /bandito/
    …
    Disallow: /subscribe/user/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/signin/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/signup/
    Disallow: /wpost/proxy
    …
    Disallow: /ehf/*
    + Disallow: /subscribe/logging/*
    + Disallow: /blogs/*
    + Disallow: /gog/*
    …
    + User-agent: YandexBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
    - Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/sitemap/master/index/
    - Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/news-sitemap/
    - Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/news-sitemap-elections/
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    + Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sitemaps/news-sitemap.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sitemaps/author-sitemap.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sitemaps/section-sitemap.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/sitemap/section-fronts/list/
    + Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/sitemap/video/index/
  • Sep 2024
    Ticketmaster Now allowed: ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training, AI2Bot and 16 more.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2024 to 1 Sep 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /
    + Disallow: /beta/
    + Disallow: /goto*
    + Disallow: /seatingchart/
    + Disallow: /change_area
    + Disallow: /find_area
    + Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /cgi/outsider.plx
    + Disallow: /cgi/sfxoutsider.plx
    + Disallow: /cgi/tt.plx
    + Disallow: /healthcheck
    + Disallow: /cgi/mail/mailform2.plx
    + Disallow: /CustomerServiceMailer
    + Disallow: /feedback/mavs
    + Disallow: /member/
    + Disallow: /member?
    + Disallow: /ada/
    + Disallow: /member/login
    + Disallow: /member/logout
    + Disallow: /member/edit_profile
    + Disallow: /member/edit_billing
    + Disallow: /member/edit_alerts
    + Disallow: /member/edit_subscriptions
    + Disallow: /member/unsubscribe
    + Disallow: /member/order_history
    + Disallow: /checkout/reserve
    + Disallow: /checkout/reserve_search
    + Disallow: /checkout/order
    + Disallow: /checkout/delete_account
    + Disallow: /checkout/subscribe_ewsi
    + Disallow: /checkout/abandon
    + Disallow: /member/optik
    + Disallow: /offering
    + Disallow: /ada/
    + Disallow: /learnmore
    + Disallow: /img/
    + Disallow: /dbimages
    + Disallow: /css/
    + Disallow: /js/
  • Sep 2024
    Tumblr Now blocked: Meta-ExternalAgent.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2024 to 1 Sep 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # TurnitinBot crawler
    + User-agent: TurnitinBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Meta AI crawler
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Sep 2024
    USA Today Now blocked: Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent and OAI-SearchBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2024 to 1 Sep 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: meta-externalagent
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/sitemap-news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/betting/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/betting/news-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/online-betting/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/online-betting/news-sitemap.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/money/homefront/sitemap.xml
  • May to Sep 2024
    WIRED Now blocked: Applebot-Extended and Bytespider. Now allowed: GPTBot and ChatGPT-User.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2024 to 1 Sep 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /account/*
    + Disallow: /preview/
    Allow: /wp-content/
    …
    Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    + Disallow: /preview/
    …
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    …
    - User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: omgili
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: YouBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/sitemap.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/branded-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/coupons/sitemap.xml

Aug 2024

  • Aug 2024
    Angi Now allowed: CCBot.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2024 to 1 Aug 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: CCBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    …
    - User-agent: dotbot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    # Everyone Else:
    …
    Disallow: /companylist/us/xx/
    - Disallow: /sitemap-index
    Disallow: /write-review/
    + # Yandex
    + User-agent: Yandex
    + Disallow: /
    +
    # Sitemaps:
  • May to Aug 2024
    Axios Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, Amazonbot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2024 to 1 Aug 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    +
    + # Disallow Rules
    +
    User-agent: Twitterbot/*
    …
    Disallow: /core/*
    + Disallow: /admin/
    + Disallow: /login/
    + Disallow: /sso/
    + # Disallow Rules (bot-specific)
    +
    User-agent: GPTBot
    …
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ImagesiftBot
  • Aug 2024
    Craigslist Now blocked: GPTBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, anthropic-ai, OAI-SearchBot and 3 more.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2024 to 4 Aug 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: claudebot
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: ImagesiftBot
    + User-agent: img2dataset
    + User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
    + User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
    + User-agent: omgili
    + User-agent: omgilibot
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: Timpibot
    + User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
    + User-agent: YouBot
    Disallow: /
  • Aug 2024
    Facebook Named ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended and Amazonbot explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2024 to 1 Aug 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # See: http://www.facebook.com/apps/site_scraping_tos_terms.php
    - User-agent: Applebot
    - Disallow: /*/plugins/*
    - Disallow: /a/bz?
    - Disallow: /ajax/
    - Disallow: /album.php
    - Disallow: /checkpoint/
    - Disallow: /contact_importer/
    - Disallow: /dialog/
    - Disallow: /fbml/ajax/dialog/
    - Disallow: /feeds/
    - Disallow: /file_download.php
    - Disallow: /job_application/
    - Disallow: /l.php
    - Disallow: /login.php?next=
    - Disallow: /login/?next=
    - Disallow: /moments_app/
    - Disallow: /p.php
    - Disallow: /photos.php
    - Disallow: /plugins/
    - Disallow: /share.php
    - Disallow: /share/
    - Disallow: /sharer.php
    - Disallow: /sharer/
    - Disallow: /tr/
    - Disallow: /tr?
    - Disallow: /ufi/reaction/profile/browser/
    - Disallow: /x/oauth/
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    - User-agent: baiduspider
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
  • Aug 2024
    Financial Times Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, anthropic-ai and PerplexityBot. Now allowed: GPTBot.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jul 2024 to 1 Aug 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # all use of FT content is subject to the Terms & Conditions and Copyright Policy set out on FT.com
    + # All use of FT content is subject to the Terms & Conditions and
    + # Copyright Policy set out on FT.com
    +
    + # We expressly prohibit any use of our content or data for any
    + # machine learning or artificial intelligence purposes, including
    + # the training or development of AI technologies or machine learning
    + # language models.
    + #
    + # For any licensing queries please contact content.licensing@ft.com
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.ft.com/sitemaps/index.xml
    …
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: CCBot
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: magpie-crawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: NewsNow
  • Aug 2024
    Glassdoor Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended and PerplexityBot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2024 to 1 Aug 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # Block ChatGPT Bot
    + #### Block AI/LLM Bots
    User-agent: GPTBot
    …
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Youbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: img2dataset
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + #### End AI/LLM Bot Blocks
    +
  • Aug 2024
    Instagram Named ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended and Amazonbot explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2024 to 1 Aug 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # Notice: Collection of data on Instagram through automated means is
    + # prohibited unless you have express written permission from Instagram
    + # and may only be conducted for the limited purpose contained in said
    + # permission.
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PetalBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: viberbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: YaK
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Applebot
    Disallow: /ajax/
    - Disallow: /publicapi/
    - Disallow: /query/
    - Disallow: /logging/
    - Disallow: /qp/batch_fetch_web/
    Disallow: /client_error/
    -
    - User-agent: baiduspider
    - Disallow: /ajax/
    - Disallow: /publicapi/
    - Disallow: /query/
  • Aug 2024
    The New York Times Now blocked: Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent and OAI-SearchBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jun 2024 to 1 Aug 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    + User-agent: Googlebot
    Disallow: /ads/
    Disallow: /adx/bin/
    + Disallow: /athletic/wp/wp-admin/
    + Allow: /athletic/wp/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
    + Disallow: /athletic/async-*
    + Disallow: /athletic/search/*
    + Allow: /athletic/search/$
    + Disallow: /athletic/checkout/
    + Disallow: /athletic/checkout?plan_id*
    + Allow: /athletic/checkout/$
    + Disallow: /athletic/checkout2*
    + Disallow: /athletic/login/
    + Disallow: /athletic/login?login_source*
    + Disallow: /athletic/login?ref_page*
    + Allow: /athletic/login/$
    + Disallow: /athletic/login2/
    + Disallow: /athletic/login2?login_source*
    + Disallow: /athletic/login2?ref_page*
    + Allow: /athletic/login2/$
    + Disallow: /athletic/report/
    + Disallow: /athletic/*/discuss/*
    + Disallow: /athletic/register/
    + Disallow: /athletic/register?welcome_redirect*
    + Disallow: /athletic/register2/
    + Disallow: /athletic/register2?welcome_redirect*
    + Disallow: /athletic/betmgm-redirect*
    + Disallow: /athletic/cdn-cgi/
    + Disallow: /athletic/verizon/*
    + Disallow: /athletic/forgot-password/*
    + Allow: /athletic/forgot-password/$
    + Disallow: /athletic/forgot-password2/*
    + Allow: /athletic/forgot-password2/$
    + Disallow: /athletic/amp-social-login*
    + Disallow: /athletic/track-analytics/
    + Disallow: /athletic/amp-auth/
    + Disallow: /athletic/rss-feed/
    + Disallow: /athletic/global-color-test.php
    + Disallow: /athletic/global-font-test.php

Jul 2024

  • Jul 2024
    NPR Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, anthropic-ai and PerplexityBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jun 2024 to 1 Jul 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # Disallowing non-canonical URLs that contain query strings
    + User-agent: *
    + Disallow: /*?*
    +
    + # Disallowing non-audience-facing URLs
    + User-agent: *
    + Disallow: /proxy/*
    + Disallow: /player/*
    + Disallow: /get/*
    +
    # Disallowing the OpenAI web crawler
    …
    + # Disallowing Common Crawl
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    # Disallowing Google Bard and Vertex AI web crawlers
    …
    + # Disallowing various bots
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Jul 2024
    The Atlantic Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot and Amazonbot. Now allowed: GPTBot and ChatGPT-User.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2024 to 1 Jul 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AwarioRssBot
    + User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: CCBot
    …
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: DataForSeoBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Google-Extended
  • Jul 2024
    The Economist Now blocked: Applebot-Extended and PerplexityBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jun 2024 to 1 Jul 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # omgili is Omgili’s web crawler
    - User-Agent: omgili
    + # Applebot-Extended is Apple's secondary user agent
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    Disallow: /
    - # omgilibot is Omgili’s web crawler
    - User-Agent: omgilibot
    + # PerplexityBot is the crawler for perplexity AI
    + User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    Disallow: /
    …
    Disallow: /whichmba/webinars?
    + Disallow: /checkout
    # Paths (no clean URLs)
  • Jul 2024
    The Verge Now blocked: Applebot-Extended. Now allowed: GPTBot.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Jun 2024 to 1 Jul 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    …
    - User-agent: Applebot
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    Disallow: /
  • Jul 2024
    Tumblr Now blocked: Applebot-Extended.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Jun 2024 to 1 Jul 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # Bing's crawler
    - User-agent: Bingbot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    # ClaudeBot's crawler
    …
    + # ImageSift's AI crawler
    + User-agent: ImagesiftBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Apple's AI crawler
    + User-agent: Applebot-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Jul 2024
    Venmo Now allowed: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 17 more.
    Less blockingFinanceArchive copies, 1 Jun 2024 to 1 Jul 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: SearchmetricsBot
    - Disallow:
    -
    User-agent: *
    - Sitemap: http://venmo.com/sitemap.xml
    - Allow: /
    - Allow: /about/*
    - Allow: /business
    - Allow: /business/*
    - Allow: /contact-us
    - Allow: /contact-us/*
    - Allow: /index.html
    - Allow: /jobs
    - Allow: /jobs/*
    - Allow: /legal
    - Allow: /legal/*
    - Allow: /signup
    - Allow: /signup/*
    - Allow: /team
    - Allow: /team/*
    - Allow: /w/signup
    - Allow: /card
    - Allow: /card/*
    - Allow: /purchases
    - Allow: /purchases/*
    - Disallow: /*
    + Disallow: /code*
    + Disallow: /?utm*
    + Disallow: /account*
    + Disallow: /identity*
    + Disallow: /cashout*
    + Disallow: /incomplete*
    + Disallow: /statements*
    + Disallow: /recover*
    + Allow: /account/sign-in
    +
    + Sitemap: https://venmo.com/sitemap.xml
    +

Jun 2024

  • Jun 2024
    Pinterest Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 May 2024 to 1 Jun 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /kwanzaa-spotlight/
    + Disallow: /lens-search/*
    Disallow: /linked/*
    …
    Disallow: /unlink/
    + Disallow: /upload-image-lens-history
    + Disallow: /upload-lens-image
    Disallow: /v1/urls/count.json
    …
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/shopping_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/video_hub_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/promoted_today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/promoted_idea_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_interest_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/user_link_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_video_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/video_product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_image_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_video_product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/video_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/Enriched_Pin_Sitemap_202402_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/shopping_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/Enriched_Pin_Sitemap_202401_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/Holiday_Sitemap_2023_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_interest_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_video_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/user_link_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_video_product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
  • Jun 2024
    Politico Now blocked: ClaudeBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2024 to 1 Jun 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.politico.com/2024-election/results/sitemap-2024-elections.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.politico.com/liveupdates-sitemap-latest.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.politico.com/liveupdates-sitemap-content.xml
    …
    Disallow: /_styleguide
    + Disallow: /newsletters/politico-toplines
    …
    Disallow: /magazine/sponsor-content
    + Disallow: /newsletters/politico-toplines
    …
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
  • Jun 2024
    The Wall Street Journal Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Bytespider and PerplexityBot. Now allowed: GPTBot and ChatGPT-User.
    MixedNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2024 to 1 Jun 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_pro_sb_google_news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/coupons/sitemap.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/buyside/sitemaps/wsjbuyside_sitemap_index.xml
    …
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: anthropic-ai
    …
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: magpie-crawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: NewsNow
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: news-please
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Perplexity-ai
    + Disallow: /
  • Jun 2024
    USA Today Now blocked: PerplexityBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 May 2024 to 1 Jun 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: DataForSeoBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: magpie-crawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: NewsNow
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: news-please
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: peer39_crawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: peer39_crawler/1.0
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Scrapy
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: TurnitinBot
    + Disallow: /
    +

May 2024

  • May 2024
    Angi Now allowed: GPTBot.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # robots.txt
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    +
    + # -+++++++- .:.
    + # =+++++++= +++++.
    + # .+++++++++. +++++.
    + # :++++.++++: .-=-.
    + # =++++ ++++-
    + # .++++- =+++=. +++=: .=+++++: .=++++=. -+++= +++++
    + # .++++. -++++: ++++++++++++++- -++++++++++++++ +++++.
    + # -++++ ++++- ++++++-:-+++++= .++++++::=++++++ +++++.
    + # +++++ ++++= +++++: -++++= :+++++ =+++++ +++++.
    + # .:++++= =++++. +++++: -++++= :+++++ -+++++ +++++.
    + # :=+++++++++++==++++: +++++: -++++= :+++++ -+++++ +++++.
    + # =++++++++++++++++++++= +++++: -++++= :+++++ -++++= +++++.
    + # :+++++++=*###*=+++++++++ +++++: -++++= :+++++ -++++= +++++.
    + # :+++++- :**##= =++++++. +++++: -++++= :+++++ -++++= +++++.
    + # +++++. +++*#: :+++++- +++++: -++++= :+++++ =++++= +++++.
    + # .++++= ++++*. -+++++ +++++: -++++= .++++++::=+++++= +++++.
    + # .++++= :++++= +++++. +++++: -++++= -++++++++=++++= +++++.
    + # +++++=:-+++++. =++++: +++++: -++++= .=++++-.:++++= +++++.
    + # .=++++++++++- ..... ..... ..... :++++= .....
    + # :+++++++=. ::::: -++++-
    + # ... .+++++=..-+++++
    + # :++++++++++++:
    + # :=++++++=:
    + #
    + # Hello, Home Improvement Hero! Stumbled into the attic instead of the front door?
    + # Here's a thought: Instead of snooping through our crawl space, why not build up your career with us?
    + # Swing by https://www.angi.com/careers - it's the blueprint for your next big project.
    + # Hammer time's over for now, human.
    + # Onward, bots:
    +
    + # Door is Locked for These Bots:
    + User-agent: AhrefsBot
    Disallow: /
    …
    - User-agent: AhrefsBot
    + User-agent: SemrushBot
  • May 2024
    Associated Press Now blocked: ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai and PerplexityBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /press-release/*
    + Disallow: /*blaize
    + Disallow: /*zephr
    …
    Sitemap: https://apnews.com/video-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/buyline-personal-finance/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/buyline-shopping/sitemap.xml
    +
    + # Disallow Rules
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
  • May 2024
    BBC Now blocked: Bytespider and PerplexityBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # version: 67bd3d2ec23ece87c425b2a0f59e48241e40e053
    + # version: 03e3d0d3861e30b21826aa11558f45235a4d4143
    - # HTTPS www.bbc.com
    + # HTTP www.bbc.com
    - User-agent: *
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-archive.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-news.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-archive_video.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-video.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/sitemap-com-ws-topics.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sport/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/sitemap-com-ws-topics.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/afrique/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/arabic/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bengali/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/burmese/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/gahuza/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/hausa/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/hindi/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/pashto/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/persian/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/russian/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/swahili/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/tajik/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/turkce/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/ukchina/simp/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/urdu/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/uzbek/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/index_sitemap.xml
    + User-agent: Googlebot
  • May 2024
    CNN Now blocked: ClaudeBot, CCBot, Bytespider, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/cnn-underscored.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/money/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/money/sitemap-news.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/politics.xml
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/gallery.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/markets/stocks.xml
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + User-agent: AwarioRssBot
    + User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + User-agent: DataForSeoBot
    + User-agent: Diffbot
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    User-agent: Google-Extended
    + User-agent: magpie-crawler
    + User-agent: NewsNow
    + User-agent: news-please
    + User-agent: omgili
    + User-agent: omgilibot
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
    + User-agent: Scrapy
    + User-agent: TurnitinBot
    Disallow: /
  • May 2024
    Craigslist Now blocked: ClaudeBot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /eaf
    - Disallow: /*.html?lang=
    - Sitemap: https://craigslist.org/sitemap_index.xml
    + User-agent: claudebot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    +
  • May 2024
    CVS Health Named GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, anthropic-ai and ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsHealthcareArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # CVS.com Robots File
    - # Updated 12/30/2022
    + # Updated 4/16/2024
    +
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /ecdeals
    + Disallow: /shop/*DNC-9
    + Disallow: /shop/*/SELECT_A_VALUE/*
    + Disallow: /shop/merch/*/c1*
    + Disallow: /shop/*?skuId=*?page=*
    + Disallow: *?scrollToReview=true
    + Disallow: *?sort=
    + Disallow: /shop/review-submission?
    + Disallow: /search/
    + Disallow: /account/
    + Disallow: *skuId=undefined
    + Disallow: /shop/*-prodid-*-reviewspage=*
    + Disallow: /shop/ecdeals/
    Disallow: /ruicket-of-Graue-on-Withou-when-Frogge-name-nors
    …
    Disallow: /QxtH_QcSxhbqXUhyWA/5fk3hpwbN1/QTcvXmg7/Okd/FHDENAD4
    - Disallow: /YJYLtcMKv/4/gCEjuBsQ/7LiGSXcza9Oh/UEtAAzo/Cwx7Iw9/RJC4
    - Disallow: /uRnFBaFDOcfJR50H4YD34OHkU2g/at7DtbmXa13D/dSdYAlNnRw/YwEu/AyoFcXw
    - Disallow: /UY7LyQSskbVt2el-2gxxQialoCg/7z1hhmXck7/QD9g/WjB0amE/2eAMB
    - Disallow: /kd7Jxj/rk5O-/xNq-o/Eg/OJc5hVGc/Ty5sDFsCOg/ZHlnPD/0uN30
    - Disallow: /RFMJ/29Qz/tvL/w9H/EvUw/5NVYwLwhtak9/UFlZ/RU/kyangfTQE
    - Disallow: /3xUGvhXL6WkFU10AMMKh/3mGuDpfXD9/QRgwWis/RA57/eBtbAwMB
    - Disallow: /Cgtx5vGkgHUNgqIPtdLN/9it1zphQ5EEf/SQgqJ1wMBA/GG/FcKVkNOgIB
    - Disallow: /drFywG/Uk/0J/1yC9/GEiKCi_T55/iJO1pXbpk93b/T2MwUgIy/NF5nd/0JKETI
    - Disallow: /m/DJlAwnYz5dYR8Ia1rpXt/iY5tcDS0/Z0xzNEUp/UhZsKmd/jRWA
    - Disallow: /vUItUx9gsTr5/BhI455O26e/wi/t3iihLNLb3/XUd3R1VALg/QEMNfSED/XmU
    + Disallow: /YJYLtcMKv/4/gCEjuBsQ/7LiGSXcza9Oh/UEtAAzo/Cwx7Iw9/RJC4
    + Disallow: /uRnFBaFDOcfJR50H4YD34OHkU2g/at7DtbmXa13D/dSdYAlNnRw/YwEu/AyoFcXw
    + Disallow: /UY7LyQSskbVt2el-2gxxQialoCg/7z1hhmXck7/QD9g/WjB0amE/2eAMB
    + Disallow: /kd7Jxj/rk5O-/xNq-o/Eg/OJc5hVGc/Ty5sDFsCOg/ZHlnPD/0uN30
    + Disallow: /RFMJ/29Qz/tvL/w9H/EvUw/5NVYwLwhtak9/UFlZ/RU/kyangfTQE
    + Disallow: /3xUGvhXL6WkFU10AMMKh/3mGuDpfXD9/QRgwWis/RA57/eBtbAwMB
    + Disallow: /Cgtx5vGkgHUNgqIPtdLN/9it1zphQ5EEf/SQgqJ1wMBA/GG/FcKVkNOgIB
    + Disallow: /drFywG/Uk/0J/1yC9/GEiKCi_T55/iJO1pXbpk93b/T2MwUgIy/NF5nd/0JKETI
  • May 2024
    The Verge Now blocked: ClaudeBot, CCBot, Bytespider, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot, Amazonbot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /sso
    + Disallow: */archives/*/archives*
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
  • May 2024
    TikTok Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: Yisouspider
    + User-agent: PetalBot
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    Disallow: /
    …
    Disallow: /embed/curated
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_tag_jpagency_index_20200509_-1553821641.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_tag_jpagency_index_20200525_-1553821583.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_tag_jpagency_index_20200615_-1553820653.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_tag_jpagency_index_20200814_-1553818732.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_tag_jpagency_index_20200817_-1553818729.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_tag_jpagency_index_20200923_-1553817741.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_tag_jpagency_index_20201027_-1553796595.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_JP-sitemap-202011_20201118_500859092.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_JP-sitemap-202012_20210110_-1305701649.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_JP-sitemap-202101_20210110_-1098685040.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_JP-sitemap_20210204_1693176571.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_JP-sitemap-202103-SG_20210305_1559370417.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_JP-sitemap-202104_20210429_2068889086.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tiktok.com/tos/node/sitemaps/sitemap_JP-sitemap-202106_20210611_-1546017957.xml
    + Disallow: /link
    + Disallow: */directory/
    + User-agent: Bingbot
    + Disallow: /discover
    +
  • May 2024
    Tripadvisor Now blocked: ClaudeBot.
    More blockingTravelArchive copies, 1 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/vr/en_US/sitemap_en_US_vacation_rentals_near_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/vr/en_US/sitemap_en_US_vr_show_user_reviews_index.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attractions_index.xml
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/att/en_US/sitemap_en_US_attraction_tours_and_tickets_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/sitemap/2/en_US/sitemap_en_US_lpdltest_index.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.tripadvisor.com/business/sitemap.xml
    User-Agent: PetalBot
    …
    + User-Agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-Agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /AccountMerge
    + Disallow: /Achievements
    Disallow: /ActionRecord
    …
    Disallow: /AdsTest
    - Disallow: /AeroflotCampaignRegistration
    Disallow: /AffiliateWidgets
    Disallow: /AgencySetupAjax
    - Disallow: /AirAsiaRegistration
    Disallow: /AirlineRegistration
    …
    Disallow: /AirWatchSubscriptionWidget
    - Disallow: /AlfursanRegistration
    + Disallow: /AITripBuilder
    Disallow: /allanalytics
    …
    Disallow: /AnalyticsSuite
    - Disallow: /ANAMileRegistration
    Disallow: /AnswersAjax
    …
    Disallow: /AsHeardOn
    - Disallow: /AsiaMilesRegistration
    - Disallow: /AsianaAirlineRegistration
    Disallow: /Attraction_Products
    …

Apr 2024

  • Apr 2024
    GoodRx Now blocked: Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider and anthropic-ai.
    More blockingHealthcareArchive copies, 6 Mar 2024 to 6 Apr 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /webview
    + Disallow: /auth0/*
    …
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.goodrx.com/sitemap.xml
  • Apr 2024
    IKEA Now blocked: CCBot.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 2 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    #
    - # https://en-global-jobs.about.ikea.com/
    + # https://jobs.ikea.com/en
    …
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-Agent: AdsBot-Google
    …
    Disallow: /iows/
    - Disallow: /ms/en_SE/
    - Disallow: /webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/*
    Disallow: *OrderItemDisplay*
    …
    Disallow: /se/sv/sok/?q=*
    - Disallow: /ms/en_US/usearch/?query=*
    - Disallow: /ms/en_us/usearch/
    Disallow: /*-fragment.html
    + Disallow: /*-fragment-recursive.html
    + Disallow: /*-fragment-dynamic.html
    + Disallow: /*-fragment/
    + Disallow: /*-fragment-recursive/
    Disallow: /products/container.html
    …
    Disallow: */asisonline/*
    + Disallow: */asisonline
    Disallow: */nudge/*
    …
    Disallow: */watch-fragments/*
    + Disallow: */editorial-components/*
    Disallow: */monthlyfragments/*
    …
    Disallow: */home-design/share/*
    + Disallow: */ikea-family/cancel-signup/
    + Disallow: */returns/*?*&liteToken=
    + Disallow: */returns/*?liteToken=
    + Disallow: */returns/*?ref=
    + Disallow: */returns/*?*&ref=
  • Apr 2024
    Pinterest Now blocked: ClaudeBot.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /*/_following/*
    + Disallow: /*/_quick_saves/*
    Disallow: /*/_saved/*
    …
    Disallow: /*/organize/*
    + Disallow: /*/pins/
    Disallow: /*/profile-about/
    …
    Disallow: /business/business-hierarchy/*
    + Disallow: /business/business-manager/*
    Disallow: /business/catalogs/*
    …
    Disallow: /recently-viewed/
    + Disallow: /refresh_stored_accounts
    + Disallow: /refresh_token
    Disallow: /register/
    …
    Disallow: /source/*
    + Disallow: /sso/*
    Disallow: /story-pin-builder/*
    …
    Disallow: /theme/*
    - Disallow: /trends-carousel/
    Disallow: /tv/*
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/promoted_today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_expansion_v2_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/promoted_idea_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_expansion_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/video_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_video_product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_interest_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/user_link_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/high_score_video_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/video_product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
  • Apr 2024
    Stack Overflow Now blocked: PerplexityBot. Now allowed: GPTBot.
    MixedSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /users/rep/show?
    - Disallow: /users/prediction-data
    - Disallow: /users/prediction-data/
    - Disallow: /users/prediction-data?
    Disallow: /unanswered/
    …
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    User-agent: Amazonbot
    Disallow: /
    + User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    User-agent: Googlebot-Image
  • Apr 2024
    Thumbtack Now allowed: Bytespider.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 4 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-Agent: OmniExplorer_Bot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-Agent: Bytespider
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /find-work/
    - Disallow: /instant-results/
    Disallow: /logout
    …
    Disallow: /media/
    - Disallow: /profile
    Disallow: /profile/widgets?
    …
    Disallow: /tracking/
    - Disallow: /websites/
    Disallow: /help/mobile
    …
    Disallow: /pro-inbox/
    - Disallow: /redirect
    Disallow: /track_event/
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.thumbtack.com/sitemap_misc.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.thumbtack.com/sitemap_seo_showroom.xml
  • Apr 2024
    USA Today Now blocked: ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, Amazonbot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AmazonBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Googlebot-News
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/money/homefront/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/tech/internet/sitemap.xml
  • Apr 2024
    X Named Google-Extended explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Mar 2024 to 1 Apr 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-Agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: *

Mar 2024

  • Mar 2024
    Airbnb Now allowed: GPTBot.
    Less blockingTravelArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    User-Agent: *
  • Mar 2024
    Facebook Named GPTBot and Google-Extended explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Jan 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # See: http://www.facebook.com/apps/site_scraping_tos_terms.php
    -
    User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /*/plugins/*
    + Disallow: /a/bz?
    Disallow: /ajax/
    …
    Disallow: /l.php
    + Disallow: /login.php?next=
    + Disallow: /login/?next=
    Disallow: /moments_app/
    Disallow: /p.php
    - Disallow: /photo.php
    Disallow: /photos.php
    …
    Disallow: /tr?
    + Disallow: /ufi/reaction/profile/browser/
    + Disallow: /x/oauth/
    User-agent: baiduspider
    + Disallow: /*/plugins/*
    + Disallow: /a/bz?
    Disallow: /ajax/
    …
    Disallow: /l.php
    + Disallow: /login.php?next=
    + Disallow: /login/?next=
    Disallow: /moments_app/
    Disallow: /p.php
    - Disallow: /photo.php
    Disallow: /photos.php
    …
    Disallow: /tr?
    + Disallow: /ufi/reaction/profile/browser/
    + Disallow: /x/oauth/
    User-agent: Bingbot
    + Disallow: /*/plugins/*
    + Disallow: /a/bz?
    Disallow: /ajax/
  • Mar 2024
    Glassdoor Now blocked: CCBot, Bytespider, anthropic-ai, Amazonbot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jan 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # USA (en_US)
    # Greetings, human beings!,
    …
    - # Block ChatGPT Bot
    + # Block ChatGPT Bot
    User-agent: GPTBot
    …
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GoogleOther
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Mar 2024
    Instagram Named GPTBot and Google-Extended explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: Applebot
    + Disallow: /ajax/
    Disallow: /publicapi/
    …
    User-agent: baiduspider
    + Disallow: /ajax/
    Disallow: /publicapi/
    …
    User-agent: Bingbot
    + Disallow: /ajax/
    Disallow: /publicapi/
    …
    Disallow: /client_error/
    + Disallow: /*/comments/
    + Disallow: /*/c/
    + Disallow: /*/liked_by/
    User-agent: DuckDuckBot
    + Disallow: /ajax/
    Disallow: /publicapi/
    …
    User-agent: Googlebot
    + Disallow: /ajax/
    Disallow: /publicapi/
    …
    Disallow: /client_error/
    + Disallow: /*/comments/
    + Disallow: /*/c/
    + Disallow: /*/liked_by/
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: ia_archiver
    + Disallow: /ajax/
    Disallow: /publicapi/
    …
  • Mar 2024
    NPR Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /transcripts/480128005*
    + Disallow: /2020/04/08/830237502/episode-989-what-if-no-one-pays-rent
    + Disallow: /transcripts/830237502*
    + Disallow: /sections/goatsandsoda/2015/06/09/406744975/a-gender-revolution-hits-the-streets-two-wheels-at-a-time
    + Disallow: /transcripts/406744975*
    Disallow: /sureroute
    …
    + # Disallowing Google Bard and Vertex AI web crawlers
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Explicitly allowing the TTD contextual crawler
    + User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TTD-Content; +https://www.thetradedesk.com/general/ttd-content)
    + Allow: /
    +
    # Ensures that we're using the correct sitemap. The fact that this is legacy*.npr.org is OK because the crawler will only accept
  • Mar 2024
    The New York Times Now blocked: ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot, Amazonbot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # New York Times content is made available for your personal, non-commercial
    + # use subject to our Terms of Service here:
    + # https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014893428-Terms-of-Service.
    + # Use of any device, tool, or process designed to data mine or scrape the content
    + # using automated means is prohibited without prior written permission from
    + # The New York Times Company. Prohibited uses include but are not limited to:
    + # (1) text and data mining activities under Art. 4 of the EU Directive on Copyright in
    + # the Digital Single Market;
    + # (2) the development of any software, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI),
    + # and/or large language models (LLMs);
    + # (3) creating or providing archived or cached data sets containing our content to others; and/or
    + # (4) any commercial purposes.
    + # Contact https://nytlicensing.com/contact/ for assistance.
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AwarioRssBot
    + User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Bytespider
    …
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: DataForSeoBot
  • Mar 2024
    The New Yorker Now blocked: PerplexityBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /product/
    + Disallow: /user-context?referrer
    + Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    …
    Disallow: /search
    -
    + Disallow: /user-context?referrer
    …
    Disallow: /search
    -
    + Disallow: /user-context?referrer
    + Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    …
    + User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Twitterbot
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.newyorker.com/categories-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.newyorker.com/bundles-sitemap.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.newyorker.com/sitemap-archive-1.xml
  • Mar 2024
    The Washington Post Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Bytespider, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot and Amazonbot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 5 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AwarioRssBot
    + User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: DataForSeoBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: magpie-crawler
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: peer39_crawler
    + User-agent: peer39_crawler/1.0
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: PerplexityBot
  • Mar 2024
    Ticketmaster Now blocked: ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training, AI2Bot and 16 more.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /beta/
    - Disallow: /goto*
    - Disallow: /seatingchart/
    - Disallow: /change_area
    - Disallow: /find_area
    - Disallow: /error
    - Disallow: /cgi/outsider.plx
    - Disallow: /cgi/sfxoutsider.plx
    - Disallow: /cgi/tt.plx
    - Disallow: /healthcheck
    - Disallow: /cgi/mail/mailform2.plx
    - Disallow: /CustomerServiceMailer
    - Disallow: /feedback/mavs
    - Disallow: /member/
    - Disallow: /member?
    - Disallow: /ada/
    - Disallow: /member/login
    - Disallow: /member/logout
    - Disallow: /member/edit_profile
    - Disallow: /member/edit_billing
    - Disallow: /member/edit_alerts
    - Disallow: /member/edit_subscriptions
    - Disallow: /member/unsubscribe
    - Disallow: /member/order_history
    - Disallow: /checkout/reserve
    - Disallow: /checkout/reserve_search
    - Disallow: /checkout/order
    - Disallow: /checkout/delete_account
    - Disallow: /checkout/subscribe_ewsi
    - Disallow: /checkout/abandon
    - Disallow: /member/optik
    - Disallow: /offering
    - Disallow: /ada/
    - Disallow: /learnmore
    - Disallow: /img/
    - Disallow: /dbimages
    - Disallow: /css/
    - Disallow: /js/
    - Disallow: /server-status
  • Mar 2024
    Tumblr Now blocked: ClaudeBot and anthropic-ai. Now allowed: GPTBot.
    MixedSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # OpenAI's crawler
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    # Common Crawl's crawler
    …
    + # ClaudeBot's crawler
    + User-agent: ClaudeBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # anthropic-ai's crawler
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Mar 2024
    WIRED Now blocked: PerplexityBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Feb 2024 to 1 Mar 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /product/
    + Disallow: /user-context?referrer
    + Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    …
    Disallow: /product/
    + Disallow: /user-context?referrer
    + Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    …
    Disallow: /product/
    + Disallow: /user-context?referrer
    + Disallow: /services.min.js?_=
    …
    + User-Agent: PerplexityBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/sitemap.xml
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/sitemap-archive-1.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/bundles-sitemap.xml

Feb 2024

  • Feb 2024
    BBC Now blocked: Google-Extended and anthropic-ai.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Dec 2023 to 1 Feb 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # version: f6f959638af29cbc598b7adab27fd84e19d0d062
    + # version: 67bd3d2ec23ece87c425b2a0f59e48241e40e053
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/index_sitemap.xml
    …
    Disallow: /news/0
    + Disallow: /sport/alpha/
    Disallow: /ugc$
    …
    Disallow: /radio/imda
    + Disallow: /storyworks/preview/*
    …
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-Agent: omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-Agent: omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
  • Feb 2024
    Indeed Named CCBot and anthropic-ai explicitly, without changing what they may reach.
    SignalsLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jan 2024 to 1 Feb 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    - Disallow: /applystart/
    + Disallow: /applystart
    Disallow: /cmp/_/
    …
    Disallow: /m/jobalerts?
    + Disallow: /m/moreLoc
    Disallow: /m/newjobs
    …
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    - Disallow: /applystart/
    + Disallow: /applystart
    Disallow: /cmp/_/
    …
    Disallow: /m/jobalerts?
    + Disallow: /m/moreLoc
    Disallow: /m/newjobs
    …
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    - Disallow: /applystart/
    + Disallow: /applystart
    Disallow: /cmp/_/
    …
    Disallow: /m/jobalerts?
    + Disallow: /m/moreLoc
    Disallow: /m/newjobs
    …
    User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /c/info/
    - Disallow: /hire/how-to-hire/
    - Disallow: /hire/interview-questions/
    - Disallow: /recruiting/interviewfragen/
    - Disallow: /recruiting/stellenbeschreibung/
    - Disallow: /recrutement/description-du-poste/
    - Disallow: /recrutement/questions-entretien-dembauche/
    - Disallow: /personeel/functiebeschrijving/
    - Disallow: /companies/
    - Disallow: /cmp/
    - Disallow: /career-advice/
    - Disallow: /conselho-de-carreira/
  • Feb 2024
    OpenTable Now allowed: GPTBot and ChatGPT-User.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jan 2024 to 1 Feb 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    - Disallow: /
    -
    - User-agent: GPTBot
    - Disallow: /
    -
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_delivery-in-metro_unknown_1.xml.gz
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_cuisine_2.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_cuisine_3.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_cuisine_4.xml.gz
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_feature_1.xml.gz
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_feature_2.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_feature_3.xml.gz
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_landmark_1.xml.gz
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_landmark_6.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_landmark_7.xml.gz
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_poi_nearby_1.xml.gz
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_restaurant-profile_listing_3.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_restaurant-profile_listing_4.xml.gz
    Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_restaurant-profile_network_1.xml.gz
  • Feb 2024
    Stack Overflow Now allowed: Google-Extended.
    Less blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Jan 2024 to 1 Feb 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    - User-agent: Google-Extended
    - Disallow: /
    User-agent: Googlebot-Image
  • Feb 2024
    Stripe Docs Now allowed: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 17 more.
    Less blockingDeveloper and docsArchive copies, 7 Jan 2024 to 13 Feb 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + Sitemap: https://docs.stripe.com/sitemap.xml
    +
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /
    + Allow: /
    + Allow: /$
    + Disallow: /handoff-healthcheck
    + Disallow: /handoff
  • Feb 2024
    Zillow Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jan 2024 to 1 Feb 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # Access to and use of Zillow.com is governed by our Terms of Use. See https://www.zillow.com/corp/Terms.htm
    -
    + # Access to and use of Zillow.com is governed by our Terms of Use. See http://www.zillow.com/corp/Terms.htm
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /r/
    + Disallow: /?url=
    + Disallow: /*_rect
    + Disallow: /*_rect/
    + Disallow: /*_rid
    + Disallow: /*_sort/
    + Disallow: /*.sdirect
    + Disallow: /*1_fs/
    + Disallow: /*3ab9b0d/
    + Disallow: /*3bec89b
    + Disallow: /*/_type/
    + Disallow: /*/0-0_beds/
    + Disallow: /*/admin-ajax.php
    + Disallow: /*/apartments-are_att/
    + Disallow: /*/apartments-madden_att/
    + Disallow: /*/apartments-offers_att/
    + Disallow: /*/apartments-rent_att/
    + Disallow: /*cbpartner=
    + Disallow: /*/CountyAssessorPage.htm?*
    + Disallow: /*/duplex-apartments_att/
    + Disallow: /*/floor-map-annotator/*
    + Disallow: /*/foreclosure--
    + Disallow: */foreclosed/*
    + Disallow: /*/GetResults.htm*
    + Disallow: /*/house_type/
    + Disallow: /*/house,apartment_duplex_type/
    + Disallow: /*/house,mobile_type/
    + Disallow: /*/house,mobile,land_type/
    + Disallow: /*/house,mobile,townhouse_type/
    + Disallow: /*/loft-apartments_att/
    + Disallow: /*/mostrecentchange_sort/
    + Disallow: /*/node_modules/.bin/
    + Disallow: /*/plus/
    + Disallow: /*/rent-house_att/
    + Disallow: /*/rino-_att/

Jan 2024

  • Jan 2024
    Politico Now blocked: CCBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Dec 2023 to 1 Jan 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.politico.com/news-sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.politico.com/pro/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.politico.com/2024-election/results/sitemap-2024-elections.xml
    …
    Disallow: /2014-election/results/mobile/ipad
    - Disallow: /staff
    Disallow: /_preview
    …
    Disallow: /magazine/sponsor-content
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
  • Jan 2024
    The New York Times Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Dec 2023 to 1 Jan 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: CCBot
  • Jan 2024
    USA Today Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Dec 2023 to 1 Jan 2024beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/betting/news-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/money/homefront/sitemap.xml

Dec 2023

  • Dec 2023
    The New Yorker Now blocked: Google-Extended, anthropic-ai and Amazonbot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Dec 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /product/
    + Disallow: /search
    +
    User-agent: Bingbot
    …
    Disallow: /product/
    + Disallow: /search
    +
    User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
    …
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: Twitterbot
  • Dec 2023
    The Wall Street Journal Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Nov 2023 to 1 Dec 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /user/fpd/api/*
    + Disallow: /Date(*
    + Disallow: /auth/sso/proxy-login*
    + Disallow: /client/
    # For Buyside Search Results
    …
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Dec 2023
    The Washington Post Now blocked: Google-Extended and CCBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Dec 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /wpost/proxy
    + Disallow: /ehf/
    + Disallow: /ehf/*
    …
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/sitemap/master/index/
  • Dec 2023
    WIRED Now blocked: Google-Extended, anthropic-ai and Amazonbot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Dec 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: cohere-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/sitemap.xml

Nov 2023

  • Nov 2023
    Associated Press Now blocked: GPTBot and CCBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow:
    -
    Disallow: *_ptid=*
    …
    - Sitemap: https://apnews.com/sitemap/sitemap_index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://apnews.com/sitemap/google-news-sitemap/sitemap_index.xml
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/ap-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/news-sitemap-content.xml
    + Sitemap: https://apnews.com/video-sitemap.xml
  • Nov 2023
    BBC Now blocked: GPTBot, CCBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # version: 587aced11b074061603bab7e2b21f94ae7f96821
    -
    - # HTTP www.bbc.com
    -
    - User-agent: Googlebot
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/index-com-news.xml
    - Sitemap: http://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/index-com-archive.xml
    -
    -
    - Disallow: /iplayer/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /iplayer/cy/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /iplayer/gd/episode/*?from=r*
    - Disallow: /_programmes
    - Disallow: /606/
    - Disallow: /aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/search
    - Disallow: /academy/chinese-trad/search
    - Disallow: /afrique/search
    - Disallow: /apps/cbbc
    - Disallow: /apps/flash
    - Disallow: /apps/ide
    - Disallow: /apps/ids
    - Disallow: /apps/ifl
    - Disallow: /apps/nr
    - Disallow: /apps/query
    - Disallow: /apps/t
    - Disallow: /arabic/search
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/artdetective/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/feedback/sent/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/images/guidedtours/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/error/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/success/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/newsletter/unsubscribe/
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search*
    - Disallow: /arts/yourpaintings/search/
    - Disallow: /azeri/search
    - Disallow: /bbctrust/search
    - Disallow: /bengali/search
    - Disallow: /burmese/search
  • Aug to Nov 2023
    Bloomberg Now blocked: GPTBot, Google-Extended and CCBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /tosv*.html
    + Disallow: /search
    + Disallow: /company/search/
    + Disallow: /professional/search/
    + Disallow: /impact/search/
    + Disallow: /ux/search/
    + Disallow: /wnwi/search/
    + Disallow: /gei/search/
    + Disallow: /impact/search/
    + Disallow: /netzeropathfinders/search/
    + Disallow: /notices/search/
    + Disallow: /distribution/search/
    + Disallow: /ukinnovators/search/
    + Disallow: /latam/search/
    + Disallow: /faq/search/
    + Disallow: /tc/search/
    + Disallow: /en/news/thp
    + Disallow: /subscriptions/group/manage/
    + Disallow: /preview/lineup
    + Disallow: /preview/articles
    + Disallow: /explore/
    …
    Disallow: /apps/news
    - Disallow: /search
    …
    + User-agent: Twitterbot
    + Allow: /en/news/thp
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Nov 2023
    CNN Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/video.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/gallery.xml
    User-agent: GPTBot
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    User-agent: *
  • Nov 2023
    Glassdoor Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # Block Google Extended bot
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Nov 2023
    IKEA Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-Agent: AdsBot-Google
    …
    Disallow: */gcbalance/*
    + Disallow: */home-design/share/*
    Allow: */ces/web/modules/*.css
    - Clean-param: tag_id&token&storeID&state&locale&id&return_url&lang&uiPlatform&range&itm_campaign
    - Clean-param: tduid&ikeacookiekokpopup&type&orderId&sub1&etext
    Sitemap: https://www.ikea.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
  • Nov 2023
    Indeed Named Google-Extended explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    + Disallow: /applystart/
    Disallow: /cmp/_/
    …
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    + Disallow: /applystart/
    Disallow: /cmp/_/
    …
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    + Disallow: /applystart/
    Disallow: /cmp/_/
    …
    Disallow: /career/
    - Disallow: jobs.html
    + Disallow: /*jobs.html
    Disallow: /jobs
    Disallow: /viewjob
    - Disallow: /certifications/
    + Disallow: /certifications/
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /c/info/
    + Disallow: /hire/how-to-hire/
    + Disallow: /hire/interview-questions/
    + Disallow: /recruiting/interviewfragen/
    + Disallow: /recruiting/stellenbeschreibung/
    + Disallow: /recrutement/description-du-poste/
    + Disallow: /recrutement/questions-entretien-dembauche/
    + Disallow: /personeel/functiebeschrijving/
    + Disallow: /companies/
    + Disallow: /cmp/
    + Disallow: /career-advice/
    + Disallow: /conselho-de-carreira/
    + Disallow: /hire/job-description/
    + Disallow: /karriere-guide/
    + Disallow: /conseils-carrieres/
    + Disallow: /conseils-carriere/
    + Disallow: /orientacion-profesional/
    + Disallow: /porady-zawodowe/
    + Disallow: /guida-alla-carriera/
  • Nov 2023
    Marriott Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingTravelArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    #
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + #
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /einterface/
    - Disallow: /search/
    - Allow: /search/default.mi
    Disallow: /hotels/newAdaptiveRoomTypePhotoViewer
    …
    Disallow: /*~X~
    -
    + Disallow: /offers/preview/
    + Disallow: /search/
    + Disallow: /en-gb/search/
    + Disallow: /ja/search/
    + Disallow: /ar/search/
    + Disallow: /fr/search/
    + Disallow: /ru/search/
    + Disallow: /ko/search/
    + Allow: /search/default.mi
    + Allow: /en-gb/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /ja/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /ar/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /fr/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /ru/search/default.mi
    + Allow: /ko/search/default.mi
  • Aug to Nov 2023
    Reuters Now blocked: Google-Extended, CCBot and anthropic-ai.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # robots_allow.txt for www.reuters.com
    - # Disallow: /*/key-developments/article/*
    + # robots.txt for www.reuters.com
    + User-agent: PiplBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /beta
    - Disallow: /designtech*
    + Disallow: /designtech
    Disallow: /featured-optimize
    …
    Disallow: /news/archive/commentary
    - Disallow: /brandfeatures/venture-capital*
    + Disallow: /brandfeatures/venture-capital
    Disallow: /journalists/
    …
    Disallow: /article/api/
    + Disallow: /practical-law-the-journal/search/
    + Disallow: /practical-law-the-journal/contributors/
    + Disallow: /fr/
    - SITEMAP: https://www.reuters.com/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml
    + SITEMAP: https://www.reuters.com/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml
    SITEMAP: https://www.reuters.com/arc/outboundfeeds/news-sitemap-index/?outputType=xml
    SITEMAP: https://www.reuters.com/sitemap_video_index.xml
  • Nov 2023
    Stack Overflow Now blocked: Google-Extended and Amazonbot.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    User-agent: Googlebot-Image
  • Nov 2023
    Temu Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: Googlebot
    + User-agent: Googlebot-Image
    User-agent: Bingbot
    + DisAllow: /*oauth_code=
    + DisAllow: /*oauth_token=
    + DisAllow: /bgp_user_profile.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_personal.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_collect.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_footprint.html
    + DisAllow: /bgst_order_success.html
    + DisAllow: /bgst_payment_detail.html
    + DisAllow: /bgst_express.html
    + DisAllow: /personal.html
    + DisAllow: /collect.html
    + DisAllow: /shopping_cart.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_similar_rec.html
    + DisAllow: /bgcp_shipping_add_items.html
    + DisAllow: /bgcp_coupon.html
    + DisAllow: /bgcp_cart_coupon.html
    + DisAllow: /bgcp_coupon_add_items.html
    + DisAllow: /bgt_order_checkout.html
    + DisAllow: /bgt_bank_foreign_card_info.html
    + DisAllow: /bgt_3ds.html
    + DisAllow: /bgt_orders.html
    + DisAllow: /bgt_order_detail.html
    + DisAllow: /bgt_card_list_management.html
    + DisAllow: /bgt_bind_card.html
    + DisAllow: /address.html
    + DisAllow: /create_address.html
    + DisAllow: /bgst_order_cancelled.html
    + DisAllow: /bgt_reviewed.html
    + DisAllow: /bgas_return_application.html
    + DisAllow: /bgas_refund_detail.html
    + DisAllow: /bgas_return_history.html
    + DisAllow: /bgas_refund_success.html
    + DisAllow: /bgas_cancel_order.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_redirect.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_setting.html
    + DisAllow: /bgp_account_security.html
    + DisAllow: /bgn_verification.html
  • Nov 2023
    The Atlantic Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: ChatGPT-User
  • Nov 2023
    The Economist Now blocked: Google-Extended, CCBot, anthropic-ai and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # Description : GPTBot is OpenAI’s web crawler.
    + # GPTBot is OpenAI’s web crawler
    User-agent: GPTBot
    …
    + # Allows us to block Google's bot Bard
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # ChatGPT-User is OpenAI’s web crawler
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Common Crawl bot
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # PiplBot is PiplBot's web crawler
    + User-agent: PiplBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # anthropic-ai is Anthropic's web crawler
    + User-agent: anthropic-ai
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Claude-Web is Claude’s web crawler
    + User-agent: Claude-Web
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # TurnitinBot is Turnitin’s web crawler
    + User-agent: TurnitinBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # PetalBot is Petal’s web crawler
    + User-agent: PetalBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # MoodleBot is Moodle’s web crawler
    + User-agent: MoodleBot
  • Nov 2023
    The New York Times Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: GPTBot
  • Nov 2023
    The Verge Now blocked: Google-Extended.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
  • Nov 2023
    Ticketmaster Now allowed: ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training, AI2Bot and 16 more.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Sep 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /
    + Disallow: /beta/
    + Disallow: /goto*
    + Disallow: /seatingchart/
    + Disallow: /change_area
    + Disallow: /find_area
    + Disallow: /error
    + Disallow: /cgi/outsider.plx
    + Disallow: /cgi/sfxoutsider.plx
    + Disallow: /cgi/tt.plx
    + Disallow: /healthcheck
    + Disallow: /cgi/mail/mailform2.plx
    + Disallow: /CustomerServiceMailer
    + Disallow: /feedback/mavs
    + Disallow: /member/
    + Disallow: /member?
    + Disallow: /ada/
    + Disallow: /member/login
    + Disallow: /member/logout
    + Disallow: /member/edit_profile
    + Disallow: /member/edit_billing
    + Disallow: /member/edit_alerts
    + Disallow: /member/edit_subscriptions
    + Disallow: /member/unsubscribe
    + Disallow: /member/order_history
    + Disallow: /checkout/reserve
    + Disallow: /checkout/reserve_search
    + Disallow: /checkout/order
    + Disallow: /checkout/delete_account
    + Disallow: /checkout/subscribe_ewsi
    + Disallow: /checkout/abandon
    + Disallow: /member/optik
    + Disallow: /offering
    + Disallow: /ada/
    + Disallow: /learnmore
    + Disallow: /img/
    + Disallow: /dbimages
    + Disallow: /css/
    + Disallow: /js/
  • Aug to Nov 2023
    Tumblr Now blocked: GPTBot, Google-Extended, CCBot and Amazonbot.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Nov 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + # OpenAI's crawler
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Common Crawl's crawler
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # SentiBot's crawler
    + User-agent: sentibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Google Bard's crawler
    + User-agent: Google-Extended
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Facebook's crawler
    + User-agent: FacebookBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # webz.io's crawler
    + User-agent: omgili
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # webz.io's crawler
    + User-agent: omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Amazon's crawler
    + User-agent: Amazonbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Bing's crawler
    + User-agent: Bingbot
    + Disallow: /
    +

Oct 2023

  • Oct 2023
    Amazon Now blocked: GPTBot and CCBot.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
  • Oct 2023
    Angi Now blocked: GPTBot and CCBot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Sep 2023 to 1 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - #
    # robots.txt
    - #
    - # This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
    - # of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
    - # and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
    - # you save bandwidth and server resources.
    - #
    - # This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
    - # Used: http://example.com/robots.txt
    - # Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
    - #
    - # For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
    - # http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: AhrefsBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: dotbot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: SemrushBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    + Disallow:
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.angi.com/sitemap/leaf-sitemap-index.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.angi.com/sitemap/geo-sitemap-index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.angi.com/sitemap/task-sitemap-index.xml
    Sitemap: https://www.angi.com/sitemap/articles-sitemap-index.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.angi.com/sitemap/pages-sitemap.xml
  • Oct 2023
    Financial Times Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Sep 2023 to 1 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /preferences/cookies
    - Allow: /myft/list/
    + Disallow: /login
    Allow: /__origami/
    Allow: /__assets/
    + Crawl-Delay: 1
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Oct 2023
    GoodRx Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingHealthcareArchive copies, 3 Sep 2023 to 1 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.goodrx.com/sitemap.xml
  • Oct 2023
    NPR Now blocked: GPTBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Sep 2023 to 1 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /transcripts/480128005*
    - Disallow: /tags*
    Disallow: /sureroute
    …
    + # Disallowing the OpenAI web crawler
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + # Disallowing OpenAI plugins
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    # Ensures that we're using the correct sitemap. The fact that this is legacy*.npr.org is OK because the crawler will only accept
  • Oct 2023
    Pinterest Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Sep 2023 to 1 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /business/business-access/*
    + Disallow: /business/business-hierarchy/*
    + Disallow: /business/catalogs/*
    Disallow: /business/commerce-integrations/*
    …
    Disallow: /business/update/
    + Disallow: /business/verified-merchant/status/
    Disallow: /christmas-spotlight/
    …
    Disallow: /create_pin/
    + Disallow: /creative-studio/
    Disallow: /creative_editor/
    …
    Disallow: /homefeed/*
    + Disallow: /idea-ads-tool/*
    Disallow: /idea-pin-builder/*
    …
    Disallow: /parental-consent/confirmation/
    + Disallow: /parental-passcode/
    Disallow: /password/reset/
    …
    Disallow: /pin-communities/*
    + Disallow: /pin-creation-tool/*
    Disallow: /pin-editor/
    …
    Disallow: /product-catalogs/
    + Disallow: /product-catalogs/*
    Disallow: /product-feed/
    …
    Disallow: /register/
    + Disallow: /reports-and-violations/
    + Disallow: /request-data/
    Disallow: /resource/
    …
    Disallow: /theme/*
    + Disallow: /trends-carousel/
    Disallow: /tv/*
    …
    - Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
  • Oct 2023
    The Wall Street Journal Now blocked: GPTBot, CCBot, anthropic-ai and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Sep 2023 to 1 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /user/fpd/api/*
    + # For Buyside Search Results
    + Disallow: /*?*term=德*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=印*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=办*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=西*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=刚*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=网*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=焦*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=澳*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=制*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=仿*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=护*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=雅*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=入*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=订*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=假*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=的*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=一*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=是*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=不*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=了*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=人*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=我*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=在*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=有*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=他*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=这*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=为*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=之*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=大*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=来*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=以*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=个*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=中*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=上*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=们*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=到*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=说*
    + Disallow: /*?*term=国*
  • Oct 2023
    Thumbtack Now blocked: Bytespider.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 2 Sep 2023 to 2 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-Agent: Bytespider
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
  • Oct 2023
    USA Today Now blocked: GPTBot and CCBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Oct 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /.cam-tangent/
    + Disallow: /pbd/
    + Disallow: /gciaf/
    Disallow: /exp-cruise
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/video-sitemap-index.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/sitemap-news.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/betting/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.usatoday.com/betting/news-sitemap.xml

Sep 2023

  • Sep 2023
    Airbnb Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingTravelArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # ///////
    - # // //
    - # // //
    - # // // /// /// ///
    - # // // /// ///
    - # // /// // //// /// /// /// //// /// //// /// //// /// ////
    - # // /// /// // ////////// /// ////////// /////////// ////////// ///////////
    - # // // // // /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
    - # // // // // /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
    - # // // // // /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
    - # // // // // ////////// /// /// ////////// /// /// //////////
    - # // ///// //
    - # // ///// //
    - # // /// /// //
    - # ////// //////
    + # ///////
    + # // //
    + # // //
    + # // // /// /// ///
    + # // // /// ///
    + # // /// // //// /// /// /// //// /// //// /// //// /// ////
    + # // /// /// // ////////// /// ////////// /////////// ////////// ///////////
    + # // // // // /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
    + # // // // // /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
    + # // // // // /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
    + # // // // // ////////// /// /// ////////// /// /// //////////
    + # // ///// //
    + # // ///// //
    + # // /// /// //
    + # ////// //////
    #
    #
    - # We thought you'd never make it!
    - # We hope you feel right at home in this file...unless you're a disallowed subfolder.
    - # And since you're here, read up on our culture and team: https://www.airbnb.com/careers/departments/engineering
    - # There's even a bring your robot to work day.
    -
    + # Hello bot, engineer, or very lost layperson! Welcome to your stay on the Airbnb site, we're happy to have you as a guest.
    + # If you're a human who likes solving interesting challenges with other humans, check out our careers page: https://www.airbnb.com/careers/departments/engineering
    + # If you're a bot who likes crawling webpages, please mind the house rules and avoid accessing any disallowed subfolders to earn a 5-star review from us.
  • Sep 2023
    American Airlines Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingTravelArchive copies, 2 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Sep 2023
    Axios Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.axios.com/sitemap.xml
  • Sep 2023
    CNN Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/politics.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/opinions.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/video.xml
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /aol/
    + Disallow: /api/
    Disallow: /beta/
    …
    Disallow: /QUICKNEWS/
    - Disallow: /search/
    + Disallow: /search
    Disallow: /terms
  • Sep 2023
    Glassdoor Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # USA
    + # USA (en_US)
    # Greetings, human beings!,
    …
    Disallow: /getAdSlotContentsAjax.htm
    + Disallow: /developer/index.htm
    Disallow: /developer/widget/builder/
    …
    Disallow: /Reviews/index.htm?
    + Disallow: *filter.searchKeyword=
    …
    -
    # Blocking bots from crawling DoubleClick for Publisher and Google Analytics related URL's (which aren't real URL's)
    …
    + Disallow: /geb/*
    + Disallow: /brand-views
    +
    User-agent: ia_archiver
    …
    - #
    - # Note that this file has the extension '.text' rather than the more-standard '.txt'
    - # to keep it from being pre-compiled as a servlet. (*.txt files are precompiled, and
    - # there doesn't seem to be a way to turn this off.)
    - #
    -
    + # Block ChatGPT Bot
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
  • Sep 2023
    IKEA Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 2 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    -
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    …
    Allow: /ext/
    + Allow: *filters=*
    + Allow: */monthlyfragments/*
    + Allow: */gcbalance/*
    …
    Allow: /ext/
    + Allow: *filters=*
    + Allow: */monthlyfragments/*
    + Allow: */gcbalance/*
    …
    Disallow: */ideas/tags/
    - Disallow: */search/
    Disallow: *compare=*
    …
    Disallow: */3daas-rotera/*
    - Disallow: */assets/global/rotera/*
    + Disallow: */global/assets/rotera/*
    Disallow: */watch/*
    …
    Disallow: */nudge/*
    + Disallow: */ces/web/modules/*
    + Disallow: *filters=*
    + Disallow: */apply-for-finance/fragments/simulator/
    + Disallow: */electricity-app/
    + Disallow: */watch-fragments/*
    + Disallow: */monthlyfragments/*
    + Disallow: */gcbalance/*
    + Allow: */ces/web/modules/*.css
  • Sep 2023
    Indeed Named GPTBot explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Allow: /hire/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /personeel/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /reclutamiento/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /recruiting/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /recrutement/*?*isid=
    Disallow: /*rt=nc
    …
    Disallow: /*?rss
    + Disallow: /addlLoc/
    + Disallow: /ads/
    Disallow: /advanced_search
    …
    Disallow: /cmp/*/write-review
    - Disallow: /community/*
    + Disallow: /community/
    Disallow: /company/*
    …
    Disallow: /setprefs
    + Disallow: /*sid=
    Disallow: /*sp=0
    …
    Allow: /hire/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /personeel/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /reclutamiento/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /recruiting/*?*isid=
    + Allow: /recrutement/*?*isid=
    Disallow: /*rt=nc
    …
    Disallow: /*?rss
    + Disallow: /*&serpstart=
    Disallow: /addlLoc/
    …
    Disallow: /cmp/*/write-review
    - Disallow: /community/*
    + Disallow: /community/
    Disallow: /company/*
    …
    Disallow: /setprefs
    + Disallow: /*sid=
    Disallow: /*sp=0
  • Sep 2023
    Los Angeles Times Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /recipes/search
    - Disallow: /*/search
    Disallow: /changebrowser
    …
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.latimes.com/sitemap.xml
  • Sep 2023
    Medium Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /search?q=
    + Disallow: /*/*source=
    Allow: /_/
    …
    Sitemap: https://medium.com/sitemap/sitemap.xml
    + User-Agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
  • Sep 2023
    Nextdoor Named GPTBot explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
    …
    - Sitemap: https://nextdoor.com/sitemap-index.xml
  • Sep 2023
    OpenTable Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    User-agent: *
    - Allow: /img/restimages
    - Allow: /img/pdThumbnails
    - Allow: /img/privatediningimages
    - Allow: /img/promo
    - Allow: /img/startpagepromo
    - Allow: /img/restlogos
    Disallow: /_LBStatus
    …
    Disallow: /httphandlers
    - Disallow: /img
    Disallow: /jobs.aspx
    …
    Disallow: /dapi/fe/human
    - Disallow: /lolz-view-all/
    + Allow: /img/restimages
    + Allow: /img/pdThumbnails
    + Allow: /img/privatediningimages
    + Allow: /img/promo
    + Allow: /img/startpagepromo
    + Allow: /img/restlogos
    …
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_delivery-in-metro_unknown_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_delivery_unknown_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_diners-choice_unknown_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_dish-it-individual_unknown_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_dish-it_unknown_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_editorial-list_mothersday_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_editorial-list_tastemaker-list_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_editorial-list_valentines_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_experiences_metro_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_experiences_near-me_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_groceries_unknown_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_home_unknown_1.xml.gz
    + Sitemap: https://www.opentable.com/sitemap_restaurants_location_macro_1.xml.gz
  • Sep 2023
    Stack Overflow Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingSocial and forumsArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    User-agent: Googlebot-Image
  • Sep 2023
    The Atlantic Now blocked: GPTBot, CCBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.theatlantic.com/sitemap.xml
  • Sep 2023
    The Economist Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    # robots.txt
    - #
    - # Sitemap
    - Sitemap: https://www.economist.com/sitemap.xml
    - Sitemap: https://www.economist.com/googlenews.xml
    -
    # Specific robot directives:
    …
    User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
    - Disallow:
    + Allow: /
    …
    User-agent: grapeshot
    - Disallow:
    + Allow: /
    + # Description : GPTBot is OpenAI’s web crawler.
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    # No robots are allowed to index private paths:
    …
    + # Sitemap
    + Sitemap: https://www.economist.com/sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.economist.com/googlenews.xml
    # Directories
    …
    Disallow: /report-abuse/
    + Disallow: /user/
    Disallow: /users/
    …
    Disallow: /vote/
    + Disallow: /taxonomy/term/
    # Paths (no trailing /, beware this will stop file like /admin.html being
    …
    Disallow: /contact
    + Disallow: /lab
  • Sep 2023
    The New York Times Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - User-agent: Twitterbot
    - Allow: /*?*smid=
    -
    - User-Agent: omgilibot
    + User-agent: CCBot
    Disallow: /
    - User-Agent: omgili
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    Disallow: /
    …
    - User-agent: CCBot
    + User-Agent: omgili
    Disallow: /
    + User-Agent: omgilibot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: Twitterbot
    + Allow: /*?*smid=
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.nytimes.com/sitemaps/new/news.xml.gz
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/sitemapindex.xml
    +
  • Sep 2023
    The New Yorker Now blocked: GPTBot, CCBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    -
    User-agent: *
    …
    Disallow: /*?redirectURL=
    + Disallow: /*{{url}}
    + Disallow: /*%7B%7Burl%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /auth/*
    + Disallow: /account/*
    + Disallow: /*{{section}}
    + Disallow: /*%7B%7Bsection%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /cartoon/
    + Disallow: /product/
    …
    Disallow: /projects
    + Disallow: /*?redirectURL=
    + Disallow: /*{{url}}
    + Disallow: /*%7B%7Burl%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /*{{section}}
    + Disallow: /*%7B%7Bsection%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /auth/*
    + Disallow: /account/*
    + Disallow: /product/
    …
    Allow: /*/amp
    + Disallow: /cartoon/
    + Disallow: /*?redirectURL=
    + Disallow: /*{{url}}
    + Disallow: /*%7B%7Burl%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /*{{section}}
    + Disallow: /*%7B%7Bsection%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /auth/*
    + Disallow: /account/*
    + Disallow: /product/
    + User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
  • Sep 2023
    The Verge Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    User-agent: *
  • Sep 2023
    The Washington Post Now blocked: GPTBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /ac2/
    + Disallow: /archive/lifestyle/wellness/1999/01/19/an-illness-no-one-understands-tourettes-syndrome/852df0cc-2164-4c83-be8d-0c770d028547/
    Disallow: /blogs/slow-ride/
    …
    Disallow: /native/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/braintree/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/enterpriseportal/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/foryouapi/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/lagoon/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/offers/service/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/onsiteapi/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/paywall/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/person/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/preferenceapi/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/subscriptionapi/
    + Disallow: /subscribe/user/
    + Disallow: /wpost/proxy
    …
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/sitemap/master/index/
  • Sep 2023
    WebMD Now blocked: GPTBot.
    More blockingHealthcareArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - # Robots.txt file WebMD
    - # Updated: Oct 2022
    + # Robots.txt file WebMD
    + # Updated 8/24/2023
    …
    Disallow: /Share.aspx*
    + Disallow: /mm/
    + Disallow: /kapi/
    + Disallow: /click*
    + Disallow: /drugs/2/search*
    + Disallow: /sponsored/
    + Disallow: /api/
    + Disallow: /search/2/api/
    + Disallow: /webmd_static_vue/
    + Disallow: /aim/
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
  • Sep 2023
    WIRED Now blocked: GPTBot, CCBot and ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Aug 2023 to 1 Sep 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /*%7B%7Bsection%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /product/
    …
    Disallow: /*%7B%7Bsection%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /product/
    …
    Disallow: /*%7B%7Bsection%7D%7D
    + Disallow: /product/
    + User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
    + Allow: /
    +
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: GPTBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/sitemap.xml
    …
    Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/contributors-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/categories-sitemap.xml?hierarchy=tags
    #Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/categories-sitemap.xml
    + Sitemap: https://www.wired.com/sitemap-archive-1.xml

Aug 2023

  • Aug 2023
    Ticketmaster Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bytespider, MistralAI-Training and 17 more.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jul 2023 to 1 Aug 2023beforeafter#
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    User-agent: *
    - Disallow: /beta/
    - Disallow: /goto*
    - Disallow: /seatingchart/
    - Disallow: /change_area
    - Disallow: /find_area
    - Disallow: /error
    - Disallow: /cgi/outsider.plx
    - Disallow: /cgi/sfxoutsider.plx
    - Disallow: /cgi/tt.plx
    - Disallow: /healthcheck
    - Disallow: /cgi/mail/mailform2.plx
    - Disallow: /CustomerServiceMailer
    - Disallow: /feedback/mavs
    - Disallow: /member/
    - Disallow: /member?
    - Disallow: /ada/
    - Disallow: /member/login
    - Disallow: /member/logout
    - Disallow: /member/edit_profile
    - Disallow: /member/edit_billing
    - Disallow: /member/edit_alerts
    - Disallow: /member/edit_subscriptions
    - Disallow: /member/unsubscribe
    - Disallow: /member/order_history
    - Disallow: /checkout/reserve
    - Disallow: /checkout/reserve_search
    - Disallow: /checkout/order
    - Disallow: /checkout/delete_account
    - Disallow: /checkout/subscribe_ewsi
    - Disallow: /checkout/abandon
    - Disallow: /member/optik
    - Disallow: /offering
    - Disallow: /ada/
    - Disallow: /learnmore
    - Disallow: /img/
    - Disallow: /dbimages
    - Disallow: /css/
    - Disallow: /js/
    - Disallow: /server-status

Jul 2023

  • Jul 2023
    Indeed Now allowed: CCBot.
    Less blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Jun 2023 to 1 Jul 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /cmp/*/company-questions
    - Disallow: /cmp/*/jobs/
    Disallow: /cmp/*/people
    …
    Disallow: /Stellen/title
    + Disallow: /survey/*
    Disallow: /tellafriend
    + Disallow: /tmn/ccs/
    Disallow: /tos/banner.js
    …
    Disallow: /cmp/*/company-questions
    - Disallow: /cmp/*/jobs/
    Disallow: /cmp/*/people
    …
    Disallow: /ofertas/title/
    - Disallow: /offerta-lavoro
    Disallow: /offerte-lavoro/IT/
    …
    Disallow: /pagead/
    - Disallow: /poka%C5%BCprac%C4%99?
    Disallow: /praca/
    …
    Disallow: /Stellen/title
    + Disallow: /survey/*
    Disallow: /tellafriend
    + Disallow: /tmn/ccs/
    Disallow: /tos/banner.js
    …
    Disallow: /vacature/
    - Disallow: /vacature-bekijken?
    Disallow: /vacatures/NL/
    Disallow: /vacatures/title/
    - Disallow: /ver-empleo?
    - Disallow: /ver-emprego?
    - Disallow: /ver-oferta?
    - Disallow: /visajobb?
    - Disallow: /voir-emploi?
    - Disallow: /Zeige-Job?
    …

Jun 2023

  • Jun 2023
    OpenTable Now blocked: ChatGPT-User.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 May 2023 to 1 Jun 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /httphandlers
    - Disallow: /i/
    Disallow: /img
    …
    Disallow: /dapi/fe/human
    + Disallow: /lolz-view-all/
    …
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Disallow: /
    +

May 2023

  • May 2023
    The New York Times Now blocked: CCBot.
    More blockingNews and publishingArchive copies, 1 Apr 2023 to 1 May 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + User-agent: CCBot
    + Disallow: /
    +
    Sitemap: https://www.nytimes.com/sitemaps/new/news.xml.gz

Apr 2023

  • Apr 2023
    Expedia Named ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 2 Mar 2023 to 1 Apr 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    + #
    + # OpenAI
    + #
    + user-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + allow: /
  • Apr 2023
    Instacart Named ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsRetail and marketplacesArchive copies, 1 Mar 2023 to 1 Apr 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    ### Instacart's Terms of Service https://www.instacart.com/terms
    + User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Allow: /store/partner_recipes
    +
    User-Agent: Twitterbot
    …
    Disallow: /store/order_changes/
    - Disallow: /store/*/storefront*
    Disallow: /store/*/departments*
    …
    Disallow: /store/*/browse_departments*
    - Disallow: /store/*/collections/*
    Disallow: /store/*/ng/l/*
    …
    Allow: /store/categories/*
    - Allow: /store/walmart/storefront
    - Allow: /store/lowes-home-improvement/storefront
    - Allow: /store/bath-and-body-works/storefront
    Allow: /store/hub/*
    …
    Allow: /store/brands/*
    -
    - Allow: /store/1-west-dupont-circle-wines-liquors/storefront
    - Allow: /store/111-lex-liquors-wine/storefront
    - Allow: /store/3-guys-from-brooklyn/storefront
    - Allow: /store/34-wines-spirits/storefront
    - Allow: /store/7-day-farmers-market/storefront
    - Allow: /store/71st-lisbon-sentry/storefront
    - Allow: /store/92nd-lisbon-sentry/storefront
    - Allow: /store/a1-market/storefront
    - Allow: /store/ada-fresh-market/storefront
    - Allow: /store/adel-wine-liquor/storefront
    - Allow: /store/alaqsa-international-groceries/storefront
    - Allow: /store/aldea-home-baby/storefront
    - Allow: /store/altayebat-market/storefront
    - Allow: /store/amigos/storefront
    - Allow: /store/andys-local-market/storefront
    - Allow: /store/apple-market/storefront
    - Allow: /store/apple-valley-market/storefront
    - Allow: /store/aqui-market/storefront
  • Apr 2023
    KAYAK Named ChatGPT-User explicitly, without changing what it may reach.
    SignalsTravelArchive copies, 1 Mar 2023 to 1 Apr 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    - #Build version: R647b
    - #Generated on: Fri Dec 30 01:00:01 EST 2022
    + #Build version: R660d
    + #Generated on: Fri Mar 31 01:00:02 EDT 2023
    …
    Disallow: /i/api/search/seo
    +
    + User-agent: ChatGPT-User
    + Allow: /flights/
    + Allow: /hotels/
    + Allow: /cars/
    + Allow: /explore/
    + Allow: /sherlock/
    + Disallow: /api/
    + Disallow: /a/
    + Disallow: /i/
    + Disallow: /carreservation
    + Disallow: /hotelreservation
    + Disallow: /flightreservation
    + Disallow: /mscarreservation
    + Disallow: /SNflightreservation
    + Disallow: /msflightreservation
    + Disallow: /mshotelreservation
    + Disallow: /FDcarreservation
    + Disallow: /FDflightreservation
    + Disallow: /FDhotelreservation
    + Disallow: /in
    + Disallow: /h/
    + Disallow: /s/
    + Disallow: /k/
    + Disallow: /r/
    +
    User-agent: AdsBot-Google
    …
    Allow: /flights/$
    + Allow: /flights/*
    Allow: /cars/$
    + Allow: /cars/*
    Allow: /hotels/sitemap

Mar 2023

  • Mar 2023
    Indeed Now blocked: CCBot.
    More blockingLocal, listings and reviewsArchive copies, 1 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 2023beforeafter#
    Show exactly what changed
    Disallow: /alert
    + Disallow: /api/fetch/mc-anon
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    …
    Disallow: /create-resume/lp/
    + Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
    Disallow: /%E4%BB%95%E4%BA%8B?
    …
    Disallow: /g/
    + Disallow: /graphql
    Disallow: /imgping
    …
    Disallow: /me/*/pdf
    + Disallow: /m/basecamp/analytics.js
    Disallow: /m/jobalerts?
    …
    Disallow: /alert
    + Disallow: /api/fetch/mc-anon
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    …
    Disallow: /g/
    + Disallow: /graphql
    Disallow: /imgping
    …
    Disallow: /me/*/pdf
    + Disallow: /m/basecamp/analytics.js
    Disallow: /m/jobalerts?
    …
    Disallow: /alert
    + Disallow: /api/fetch/mc-anon
    Disallow: /api/getrecjobs
    …
    Disallow: /g/
    + Disallow: /graphql
    Disallow: /imgping
    …
    Disallow: /me/*/pdf
    + Disallow: /m/basecamp/analytics.js
    Disallow: /m/jobalerts?
    …