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aliexpress.comBlocks some
Its robots.txt (the public rules file for bots) treats AI bots differently from each other. It blocks 6 of the 24 AI bots we track from the whole site, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot and Bytespider. Applebot-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot and 4 more can reach most of it.
Last checked 19 Oct 2026. Rules file read today. Everything we checked · History
Bots that train AI Some blocked
5 of 9 blocked
Blocking these keeps the site out of future AI training. It does not stop AI from reading the site to answer questions.
Bots for AI search Some blocked
1 of 8 blocked
Blocking these usually means the site stops showing up as a source in AI answers.
AI assistants Allowed
0 of 7 blocked
5 of these 7 companies say their assistants may ignore robots.txt.
Bot by bot
| AI bot | Allowed? | Where the rule is | Company says it follows robots.txt? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bots that train AI · Some blocked | |||
| GPTBotOpenAI | Blocked | Named, line 80 | Says yes |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | Blocked | Named, line 89 | Says yes |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle · opt-out name, not a bot | Blocked | Named, line 86 | Says yes |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple · opt-out name, not a bot | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | Blocked | Named, line 83 | Says yes |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| BytespiderByteDance | Blocked | Named, line 95 | No statement found |
| MistralAI-TrainingMistral AI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| AI2BotAllen Institute for AI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Does not say |
| anthropic-aiAnthropic (legacy) · old name | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Unknown |
| Bots for AI search · Some blocked | |||
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| AmazonbotAmazon | Blocked | Named, line 92 | Says yes |
| Amzn-SearchBotAmazon | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| DuckAssistBotDuckDuckGo | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| MistralAI-IndexMistral AI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| Meta-WebIndexerMeta | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| AI assistants · Allowed | |||
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says not always |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| Perplexity-UserPerplexity | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says it mostly ignores it |
| Google-AgentGoogle | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says it mostly ignores it |
| Meta-ExternalFetcherMeta | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says not always |
| Amzn-UserAmazon | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says not always |
| MistralAI-UserMistral AI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Suggests yes |
| For comparison | |||
| GooglebotRegular search engine, for comparison | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | |
| BingbotRegular search engine, for comparison | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | |
We test two pages: the homepage, and a made-up page that stands in for the rest of the site. "Blocked" means both are off limits. "Some pages blocked" means only one is. Rules for search results, carts, checkout and accounts don't change these labels, because almost every site keeps all bots out of those pages.
The rules file (robots.txt)
User-agent: *Disallow: /items/*Disallow: /bin/*Disallow: /search/*Allow: /wholesale.html$Allow: /wholesale-page-*.htmlDisallow: /productdetail/*Allow: /api/data_homepage.doDisallow: /api/*Disallow: /api*.doDisallow: /apps/*Disallow: /downloads/*Disallow: /wishlist/*Disallow: /shopcart/*Disallow: /brands/*Disallow: /cp/*Disallow: /item-img/*Disallow: /product/*Disallow: /p4p*list.htmlDisallow: /orderList.htmlDisallow: /ws*api-server.html$Disallow: /*mmend.htm$Disallow: /*Ajax.htm$Disallow: /*ajax.htm$Disallow: /store/*ajax.htm$Disallow: /detail/*Ajax.do$Disallow: /ajax*.do$Disallow: /__pc/*Disallow: /__mobile/*Disallow: /seo/*Disallow: /cross-domain/*Disallow: /*store/group/*Disallow: /*store/sale-items/*Disallow: /store/all-wholesale-products/* Disallow: /*store/top-rated-products/*Allow: /i/api/reviewsDisallow: /i/api/*Disallow: /gcp/300000414/regulatedinformationDisallow: /img/wsproduct/sku/*Disallow: */aeglodetailweb/api/msite/item?productId* User-agent: YandexBotCrawl-delay: 0.5Disallow: /bin/*Disallow: /search/*Disallow: /wholesale*Disallow: /productdetail/*Disallow: /api/*Disallow: /api*.doDisallow: /apps/*Disallow: /downloads/*Disallow: /wishlist/*Disallow: /shopcart/*Disallow: /brands/*Disallow: /cp/*Disallow: /item-img/*Disallow: /product/*Disallow: /p4p*list.htmlDisallow: /orderList.htmlDisallow: /ws*api-server.html$Disallow: /*mmend.htm$Disallow: /*Ajax.htm$Disallow: /*ajax.htm$Disallow: /store/*ajax.htm$Disallow: /detail/*Ajax.do$Disallow: /ajax*.do$Disallow: /__pc/*Disallow: /__mobile/*Disallow: /seo/*Disallow: /cross-domain/*Disallow: /*store/group/*Disallow: /*store/sale-items/*Disallow: /store/all-wholesale-products/* Disallow: /*store/top-rated-products/*Disallow: /i/api/*Disallow: /gcp/300000414/regulatedinformationDisallow: /img/wsproduct/sku/*Disallow: */aeglodetailweb/api/msite/item?productId*… 78 lines not about AI bots User-agent: GPTBotDisallow: / User-agent: CCBotDisallow: / User-agent: Google-ExtendedDisallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBotDisallow: / User-agent: AmazonbotDisallow: / User-agent: BytespiderDisallow: / User-agent: SemrushBotDisallow: / Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-item-item-2026-P0-sitemap-index.xmlSitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-item-item-2026-P1-sitemap-index.xmlSitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-wholesale-2025-w-commercial-local-sitemap-index.xmlSitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-wholesale-2025-w-informational-localsitemap-index.xmlSitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-wholesale-2025-w-brand-local-sitemap-index.xmlSitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-wholesale-2025-p-transactional-local-sitemap-index.xmlSitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-mlh-2026-sitemap-index.xmlSitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-spot-2026-sitemap-index.xml… 11 lines not about AI bots
Everything else we checked
| Front door | No answer The homepage did not answer in time.GET https://www.aliexpress.com/ as WalledWebBot, from a residential connection in the United States |
|---|---|
| Page tags | Homepage not read. |
| Anti-bot software | No sign of anti-bot software in the response.From response headers and cookie names only. A cookie shows the product is there, not how it is set up. |
| Readable by AI | Homepage not read.Homepage only. Useful for site owners; not part of the result. |
| Terms of Service | No Terms of Service page found. |
| Not found | No llms.txt, ai.txt, tdmrep.json, Content-Signal or Content-Usage lines or licensing signals (RSL License, HTTP 402). |
History
43 versions on record since 1 Jan 2023
One square per month, from Internet Archive copies and our own daily checks. Dark: blocked. Gray: some blocked. Light: allowed. Striped: no copy that month.
- Oct 2026More blocking Now blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider and Amazonbot.Changed between the Internet Archive's copy from 10 Sep 2026 and our own check on 19 Oct 2026. Not confirmed yet: seen once so far. Evidence: before · after
Show exactly what changed
Allow: /wholesale.html$- Disallow: /wholesale*+ Allow: /wholesale-page-*.htmlDisallow: /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: /++ User-agent: SemrushBot+ Disallow: /++ Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-item-item-2026-P0-sitemap-index.xml+ Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-item-item-2026-P1-sitemap-index.xml+ Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-wholesale-2025-w-commercial-local-sitemap-index.xml+ Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-wholesale-2025-w-informational-localsitemap-index.xml+ Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-wholesale-2025-w-brand-local-sitemap-index.xml+ Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-wholesale-2025-p-transactional-local-sitemap-index.xml+ Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-mlh-2026-sitemap-index.xml+ Sitemap: https://www.aliexpress.com/sitemap/en-https-spot-2026-sitemap-index.xml
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