Does 123rf.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
123rf.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from 123rf.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 3 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 4
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,433)
Can AI assistants cite 123rf.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
123rf.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Google, Common Crawl. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on 123rf.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How 123rf.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; 123rf.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; 123rf.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; 123rf.com does not.
- Among 119 sites of similar popularity, 24% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /downloadcomp.php Disallow: /profileinterview.php Disallow: /pdf_lightbox.php Disallow: /downloadpubliclightbox.php Disallow: /mylightbox.php Disallow: /similar.php Disallow: /similarmodel_ajax.php Disallow: /bova/ Disallow: /images/verify_image.png Disallow: /images/welcome_image.png Disallow: /images/ga_img_handler.php Disallow: /bigdata/logging/ Disallow: /visual/ User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does 123rf.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, 123rf.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from 123rf.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does 123rf.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at 123rf.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: 123rf.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.