Does abc.net.au block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
abc.net.au blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from abc.net.au/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 8 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 9
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,264)
Can AI assistants cite abc.net.au?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
abc.net.au opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. 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 abc.net.au |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How abc.net.au compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; abc.net.au is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; abc.net.au is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; abc.net.au is one of them.
- Among 194 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /classic/contact/concerts.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/default.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/eventsdiary.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/formerror.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/formthanks.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/general.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/limelight.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/mailinglist.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/music.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/presenter.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/website.htm Disallow: /classic/contact/word.htm Disallow: /xmlcontent/ Disallow: /classicfm/ Disallow: /iview/ Disallow: /site-archive/ Disallow: /corp/ Disallow: /contact/ Disallow: /homepage/2013/ Disallow: /beta/ Disallow: /abc4000/ Disallow: /res/ User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: * Disallow: /gives*?query=* Disallow: /gives*&query=*
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does abc.net.au block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, abc.net.au's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from abc.net.au?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does abc.net.au have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at abc.net.au/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: abc.net.au's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.