Does actu.fr block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
actu.fr blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from actu.fr/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 12 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 13
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,297)
Can AI assistants cite actu.fr?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
actu.fr opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, 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 actu.fr |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How actu.fr compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; actu.fr is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; actu.fr is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; actu.fr is one of them.
- Among 190 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /wp/wp-admin/ Allow: /wp/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php User-agent: * Disallow: /programme-tv/ User-agent: * Disallow: /mon-actu Disallow: /?s= Disallow: /search/ User-agent: GPTBot Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /infoconso Allow: /publi-communique Allow: /guide-achat Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does actu.fr block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, actu.fr's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from actu.fr?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does actu.fr have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at actu.fr/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: actu.fr's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.