Does hbr.org block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
hbr.org blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from hbr.org/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 1,000 (#889)
Can AI assistants cite hbr.org?
- 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
hbr.org opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Google, Common Crawl. 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 hbr.org |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| 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 | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How hbr.org compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; hbr.org is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; hbr.org does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; hbr.org does not.
- Among 202 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /resources/ Allow: /resources/js Allow: /resources/css Allow: /resources/images/ Allow: /resources/xml/sitemaps/ Disallow: /fastanswers Disallow: /my-library* Disallow: /email-colleague/ Disallow: /add-to-cart/ Disallow: /login* Disallow: /shopping-cart/ Disallow: /shipping-payment Disallow: /review-order Disallow: /order/thank-you/ Disallow: /content/ipad/ Disallow: /newsletters* Disallow: /product/recommended* Disallow: /webinar-assessment Disallow: /search* Disallow: /academic-subscriptions Disallow: /alumni-subscriptions Allow: /resources/html/infographics/2018/ceo-activism-desktop/index.html Disallow: /resources/html/error/404.html Disallow: /sponsored/2022/10/disruptors-who-are-changing-their-industries Disallow: /api/recaptcha/enabled Disallow: /register?* Disallow: /resources/css/webscripts.css User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
- figma.com · 5 blocked
- latimes.com · 3 blocked
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- onet.pl · 2 blocked
- moloco.com · 1 blocked
- webmd.com · 3 blocked
- ted.com · 7 blocked
- zillow.com · 2 blocked
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Does hbr.org block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, hbr.org's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from hbr.org?
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 hbr.org have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at hbr.org/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: hbr.org's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.