Does architecturaldigest.in block AI crawlers?
architecturaldigest.in's robots.txt blocked Claude-SearchBot and PerplexityBot. It blocked 5 of the 7 AI training crawlers we track. We read its robots.txt on 20 October 2026 for our India AI crawler index of commercial .in sites; it ranks #63,662 on the Tranco list.
What robots.txt tells AI search crawlers
OAI-SearchBot
Allowed by robots.txt
Allowed (rule for all crawlers).
Claude-SearchBot
Blocked in robots.txt
Blocked (named rule).
PerplexityBot
Blocked in robots.txt
Blocked (named rule).
This index reads robots.txt only. A CDN or firewall can still turn a crawler away that robots.txt allows; a live audit tests that.
This is a snapshot from 20 October 2026.
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At a glance
- AI training crawlers blocked
- 5 of 7 (ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider, CCBot)
- robots.txt
- Published, with rules
- Home page to a browser
- HTTP 200
- Segment
- Commercial .in
All 31 crawlers in architecturaldigest.in's robots.txt
| Crawler | Job | architecturaldigest.in | Indian commercial sites blocking it |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAI-SearchBot | AI search index | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 3.6% |
| Claude-SearchBot | AI search index | Blocked (named rule) | 4.8% |
| PerplexityBot | AI search index | Blocked (named rule) | 4.8% |
| MistralAI-Index | AI search index | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 3.9% |
| YouBot | AI search index | Blocked (named rule) | 6.3% |
| ChatGPT-User | Fetches when a user asks | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 5.4% |
| Claude-User | Fetches when a user asks | Blocked (named rule) | 5.7% |
| Perplexity-User | Fetches when a user asks | Blocked (named rule) | 5.7% |
| Google-GeminiNotebook | Fetches when a user asks | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 4.2% |
| Meta-ExternalFetcher | Fetches when a user asks | Blocked (named rule) | 5.7% |
| Amzn-User | Fetches when a user asks | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 4.2% |
| DuckAssistBot | Fetches when a user asks | Blocked (named rule) | 5.4% |
| MistralAI-User | Fetches when a user asks | Blocked (named rule) | 5.4% |
| Googlebot | Search engine | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 2.4% |
| Bingbot | Search engine | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 2.7% |
| Meta-WebIndexer | Search engine | Blocked (named rule) | 5.4% |
| Amzn-SearchBot | Search engine | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 4.2% |
| Applebot | Search and training under one name | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 3.0% |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | Search and training under one name | Blocked (named rule) | 8.7% |
| Amazonbot | Search and training under one name | Blocked (named rule) | 9.0% |
| GPTBot | Model training | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 9.9% |
| ClaudeBot | Model training | Blocked (named rule) | 9.6% |
| Google-Extended | Model training | Blocked (named rule) | 8.1% |
| Applebot-Extended | Model training | Blocked (named rule) | 8.4% |
| MistralAI-Training | Model training | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 4.8% |
| Bytespider | Model training | Blocked (named rule) | 12% |
| CCBot | Model training | Blocked (named rule) | 10% |
| Google-Agent | Browses and acts for a user | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 4.2% |
| OAI-AdsBot | Ads checks and site-owner services | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 3.9% |
| Google-CloudVertexBot | Ads checks and site-owner services | Blocked (named rule) | 6.0% |
| Meta-ExternalAds | Ads checks and site-owner services | Allowed (rule for all crawlers) | 3.9% |
The last column is the share of sites in the same segment of the index with readable robots.txt rules. Matching follows RFC 9309: a crawler obeys the group that names it, otherwise the rule for all crawlers.
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