Does ansa.it block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
ansa.it blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from ansa.it/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 5,000 (#3,503)
Can AI assistants cite ansa.it?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
ansa.it 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 ansa.it |
|---|---|---|
| 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 ansa.it compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; ansa.it is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; ansa.it is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; ansa.it is one of them.
- Among 94 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /elezioni2008/ Disallow: /europarliament/ Disallow: /eurasia/ Disallow: /main/ Disallow: /ricerca/ Disallow: /nseevo/ Disallow: /web/ Disallow: /contribuzione/ Disallow: /canale_saluteebenessere/notizie/professional/ Disallow: /sito/notizie/economia/professional/ Disallow: /contributi/pressrelease/ Disallow: /pressrelease/piemonte/ Disallow: /sito/notizie/mondo/dalla_cina/ Disallow: /sito/notizie/mondo/notiziario_xinhua/ User-agent: Claudebot Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent 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 ansa.it block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, ansa.it's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from ansa.it?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does ansa.it have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at ansa.it/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: ansa.it's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.