Does fool.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
fool.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from fool.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 1 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 1
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,235)
Can AI assistants cite fool.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
fool.com opts out of AI training by ByteDance. 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 fool.com |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How fool.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; fool.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; fool.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; fool.com does not.
- Among 174 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: * Allow: /a/feeds/ Allow: /ads.txt Disallow: /3910 Disallow: /a/ Disallow: /account/ Disallow: /Account/ Disallow: /admin Disallow: /Admin Disallow: /amptest/ Disallow: /art/ Disallow: /Art/ Disallow: /auth/ Disallow: /betaboards/ Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /Common/ Disallow: /dubs/ Disallow: /ecap/ Disallow: /ext-content/ Disallow: /external/ Disallow: /feeds Disallow: /Feeds Disallow: /fool/free-report Disallow: /foolpics Disallow: /foolPics Disallow: /FoolPics Disallow: /free-report Disallow: /help Disallow: /Help Disallow: /includes Disallow: /Includes Disallow: /investing/businesswire/ Disallow: /investing/fiercemarkets/ Disallow: /investing/FierceMarkets/ Disallow: /investing/stocks/ Disallow: /investor-alert/ Disallow: /localize Disallow: /Localize Disallow: /login/ Disallow: /mailemergency Disallow: /mailEmergency
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does fool.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, fool.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from fool.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 fool.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at fool.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: fool.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.