Does google.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
google.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from google.com/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
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 100 (#1)
Can AI assistants cite google.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
google.com 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 google.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 | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How google.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; google.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; google.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; google.com does not.
- Among 90 sites of similar popularity, 39% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * User-agent: Yandex Disallow: /search Allow: /search/about Allow: /search/howsearchworks Disallow: /sdch Disallow: /groups Disallow: /index.html? Disallow: /? Disallow: /goto? Allow: /?hl= Disallow: /?hl=*& Allow: /?hl=*&gws_rd=ssl$ Disallow: /?hl=*&*&gws_rd=ssl Allow: /?gws_rd=ssl$ Allow: /?pt1=true$ Disallow: /imgres Disallow: /u/ Disallow: /setprefs Disallow: /m? Disallow: /m/ Allow: /m/finance Disallow: /wml? Disallow: /wml/? Disallow: /wml/search? Disallow: /xhtml? Disallow: /xhtml/? Disallow: /xhtml/search? Disallow: /xml? Disallow: /imode? Disallow: /imode/? Disallow: /imode/search? Disallow: /jsky? Disallow: /jsky/? Disallow: /jsky/search? Disallow: /pda? Disallow: /pda/? Disallow: /pda/search? Disallow: /local? Disallow: /local_url Disallow: /products? Disallow: /product_
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does google.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, google.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from google.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 google.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at google.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: google.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.