Does diretta.it block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
diretta.it blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from diretta.it/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
- 3
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,990)
Can AI assistants cite diretta.it?
- 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
diretta.it opts out of AI training by 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 diretta.it |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| 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 | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How diretta.it compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; diretta.it does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; diretta.it does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; diretta.it does not.
- Among 165 sites of similar popularity, 25% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /classifiche/ Disallow: /tabellone/ Disallow: /newsfeed/ Disallow: /live/ Disallow: /mie/ Disallow: /conclusi/ Disallow: /programma/ Disallow: /guarda/ieri/ Disallow: /tennis/live/ Disallow: /tennis/mie/ Disallow: /tennis/conclusi/ Disallow: /tennis/programma/ Disallow: /tennis/guarda/ieri/ Disallow: /basket/live/ Disallow: /basket/mie/ Disallow: /basket/conclusi/ Disallow: /basket/programma/ Disallow: /basket/guarda/ieri/ Disallow: /hockey/live/ Disallow: /hockey/mie/ Disallow: /hockey/conclusi/ Disallow: /hockey/programma/ Disallow: /hockey/guarda/ieri/ Disallow: /football-americano/live/ Disallow: /football-americano/mie/ Disallow: /football-americano/conclusi/ Disallow: /football-americano/programma/ Disallow: /football-americano/guarda/ieri/ Disallow: /baseball/live/ Disallow: /baseball/mie/ Disallow: /baseball/conclusi/ Disallow: /baseball/programma/ Disallow: /baseball/guarda/ieri/ Disallow: /pallamano/live/ Disallow: /pallamano/mie/ Disallow: /pallamano/conclusi/ Disallow: /pallamano/programma/ Disallow: /pallamano/guarda/ieri/ Disallow: /rugby/live/ Disallow: /rugby/mie/ User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
- pnas.org · 1 blocked
- euronews.com · 3 blocked
- strava.com · 4 blocked
- meetup.com · 1 blocked
- oreilly.com · 4 blocked
- gizmodo.com · 3 blocked
- merkur.de · 7 blocked
- 1c.ru · 1 blocked
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Does diretta.it block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, diretta.it's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from diretta.it?
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 diretta.it have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at diretta.it/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: diretta.it's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.