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nordstrom.comAllows AI
Its robots.txt (the public rules file for bots) mentions Meta-ExternalAgent and Meta-WebIndexer, but still lets all 12 major AI bots into the site.
Last checked 19 Oct 2026. Rules file read today. Everything we checked · History
Bots that train AI Allowed
0 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 Allowed
0 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 · Allowed | |||
| GPTBotOpenAI | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle · opt-out name, not a bot | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple · opt-out name, not a bot | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | Says yes |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | Allowed | Named, line 12 | Suggests yes |
| BytespiderByteDance | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | 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 · Allowed | |||
| 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 | Allowed | Not named; the catch-all rule applies | 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 | Named, line 9 | 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 | Named | |
| 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)
#Modified:9/8/2026 User-agent: AdsBot-GoogleDisallow: User-agent: Googlebot-ImageDisallow:… 7 lines not about AI bots User-agent: meta-webindexer/1.1Disallow: /api/checkout/web/checkout/v1/shopping-bag User-agent: meta-externalagent/1.1Disallow: /api/checkout/web/checkout/v1/shopping-bag User-agent: Googlebot#PDPDisallow: /s/*/*/full*Disallow: /s/*/*/lite*Disallow: /s/*/write-review*Disallow: /s/*/sizeAndFitInfo*Disallow: /s/-/*Disallow: /s/*/libs/*Disallow: /s/an-test*Disallow: /soajax/Eta$#Search ResultsDisallow: /sr?*Disallow: /search?*Disallow: /sr/#FilterDisallow: /brands/*filterByBrand*#Browse/BrandsDisallow: /brands/*/libs/*Disallow: /browse/*/libs/*#AccountDisallow: /signout*Disallow: /checkout*Disallow: /*shopping-bag*Disallow: /browse/your-profile*Disallow: /c/your-profile*Disallow: /shoppingbag*Disallow: /my-account*Disallow: /signin?Disallow: /signin/order-lookupDisallow: /signup*Disallow: /track*#OtherDisallow: /*vdirs$ Disallow: /wcm/*Disallow: /CookieTest.aspx*Disallow: /m/*Disallow: /o/*Disallow: /System/*Disallow: /ts_s/*Disallow: /th/*Disallow: /creditcard*Disallow: /_bm/*Disallow: /api/*Allow: /api/ng-looks/Allow: /api/recs/Disallow: /shared/*Disallow: /Linkshare*Disallow: /sitemap.axdDisallow: /src/*Disallow: /similar/*Disallow: /styleboard*Disallow: /curation*Allow: /styleboard$Disallow: /stylists/connect* User-agent: *#PDPDisallow: /s/*/*/full*Disallow: /s/*/*/lite*Disallow: /s/*/write-review*Disallow: /s/*/sizeAndFitInfo*Disallow: /s/-/*Disallow: /s/*/libs/*Disallow: /s/an-test*Disallow: /soajax/Eta$#Search ResultsDisallow: /sr?*Disallow: /search?*Disallow: /sr/#FilterDisallow: /brands/*filterByBrand*#Browse/BrandsDisallow: /brands/*/libs/*Disallow: /browse/*/libs/*#AccountDisallow: /signout*Disallow: /checkout*Disallow: /*shopping-bag*Disallow: /browse/your-profile*Disallow: /c/your-profile*Disallow: /shoppingbag*Disallow: /my-account*Disallow: /signin?Disallow: /signin/order-lookupDisallow: /signup*Disallow: /track*#OtherDisallow: /*vdirs$ Disallow: /wcm/*Disallow: /CookieTest.aspx*Disallow: /m/*Disallow: /o/*Disallow: /System/*Disallow: /ts_s/*Disallow: /th/*Disallow: /creditcard*Disallow: /_bm/*Disallow: /api/*Allow: /api/ng-looks/Allow: /api/recs/Disallow: /shared/*Disallow: /Linkshare*Disallow: /sitemap.axdDisallow: /src/*Disallow: /similar/*Disallow: /styleboard*Disallow: /curation*Disallow: /styleboard*Allow: /styleboard$Disallow: /stylists/connect* Sitemap: https://www.nordstrom.com/sitemap.xml… 112 lines not about AI bots
Everything else we checked
| Front door | Let in The homepage loaded normally for our bot, which says who it is (HTTP 200).GET https://www.nordstrom.com/ as WalledWebBot, from a residential connection in the United States |
|---|---|
| Anti-bot software | Served through Fastly.From response headers and cookie names only. A cookie shows the product is there, not how it is set up. |
| Readable by AI | No schema.org structured data on the homepage. Most of the page is script; an agent that does not run JavaScript sees little text.Homepage only. Useful for site owners; not part of the result. |
| Terms of Service | No Terms of Service page found. |
| Not found | No llms.txt, ai.txt, tdmrep.json, Content-Signal or Content-Usage lines, licensing signals (RSL License, HTTP 402) or robots meta tags. |
History
42 versions on record since 1 Jan 2023
One square per month, from Internet Archive copies and our own daily checks. Dark: blocked. Gray: some blocked. Light: allowed. Striped: no copy that month.
- May to Oct 2026Signals Named Meta-ExternalAgent and Meta-WebIndexer explicitly, without changing what they may reach.Changed between the Internet Archive's copy from 1 May 2026 and our own check on 19 Oct 2026. Not confirmed yet: seen once so far. Evidence: before · after
Show exactly what changed
- #Modified:07-26-2022- User-agent: *+ #Modified:9/8/2026++ User-agent: AdsBot-Google+ Disallow:++ User-agent: Googlebot-Image+ Disallow:++ User-agent: meta-webindexer/1.1+ Disallow: /api/checkout/web/checkout/v1/shopping-bag++ User-agent: meta-externalagent/1.1+ Disallow: /api/checkout/web/checkout/v1/shopping-bag++ User-agent: Googlebot#PDP…Disallow: /s/an-test*+ Disallow: /soajax/Eta$#Search ResultsDisallow: /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- Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/kids*- Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/league- Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/league*- Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/top-sports-brands- Disallow: /browse/fan-shop/top-sports-brands*#Account…Disallow: /similar/*+ Disallow: /styleboard*+ Disallow: /curation*+ Allow: /styleboard$+ Disallow: /stylists/connect*+ User-agent: *+ #PDP+ Disallow: /s/*/*/full*+ Disallow: /s/*/*/lite*+ Disallow: /s/*/write-review*+ Disallow: /s/*/sizeAndFitInfo*+ Disallow: /s/-/*… 50 more lines
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