Does forter.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
forter.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from forter.com/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
- 13
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#279)
Can AI assistants cite forter.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
forter.com 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 forter.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Allowed |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Allowed |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Allowed |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Allowed |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How forter.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; forter.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; forter.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; forter.com does not.
- Among 194 sites of similar popularity, 32% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: DeepSeekBot User-agent: Amazonbot User-agent: cohere-ai User-agent: MistralAI-User User-agent: OpenClaw Allow: / User-agent: CCBot User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: FacebookBot User-agent: meta-externalagent User-agent: ImagesiftBot User-agent: Diffbot User-agent: omgili User-agent: omgilibot Disallow: / User-agent: * Disallow: /?s= Disallow: /page/*/?s= Disallow: /search/ Allow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
- linktr.ee · 2 blocked
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- medium.com · 5 blocked
- trustpilot.com · 2 blocked
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Does forter.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, forter.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot.
Can ChatGPT search show results from forter.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 forter.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — forter.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: forter.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.