Does gmx.net block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
gmx.net doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from gmx.net/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 11
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,510)
Can AI assistants cite gmx.net?
- 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
gmx.net doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. 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 gmx.net |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How gmx.net compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; gmx.net does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; gmx.net does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; gmx.net does not.
- Among 200 sites of similar popularity, 21% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /deals/ Disallow: /test/ User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User Disallow: /deals/ Disallow: /test/ Allow: /magazine/ Allow: / User-agent: AI2Bot User-agent: Ai2Bot User-agent: Amazonbot User-agent: Applebot-Extended User-agent: CCBot User-agent: Cincraw User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: cohere-ai User-agent: Diffbot User-agent: FriendlyCrawler User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: ImagesiftBot User-agent: img2dataset User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: PetalBot User-agent: Semanticbot User-agent: TimpiBot User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler User-agent: Yandex Disallow: /deals/ Disallow: /test/ Disallow: /magazine/ Allow: /magazine/in-eigener-sache/ Allow: /magazine/unicef/ Allow: /magazine/so-arbeitet-die-redaktion/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does gmx.net block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, gmx.net's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from gmx.net?
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 gmx.net have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at gmx.net/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: gmx.net's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.