Does hostinger.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
hostinger.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from hostinger.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 2 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 11
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,773)
Can AI assistants cite hostinger.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
hostinger.com opts out of AI training by Common Crawl, 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 hostinger.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 | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How hostinger.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; hostinger.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; hostinger.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; hostinger.com does not.
- Among 150 sites of similar popularity, 22% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*clid= Disallow: /*?*_ga= Disallow: /*?e= Disallow: /*?j= Disallow: /*?b= Disallow: /*?m= Disallow: /*?detail/ Disallow: /*?items/ Disallow: /*?page_id= Disallow: /*?col= Disallow: /*?id=*&brand= Disallow: /*?_bdsid= Disallow: /*?_bd_prev_page= Disallow: */_nuxt/* Disallow: */tag/* Disallow: /cart-hosting/* Disallow: /api-proxy/ Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /cake/ Disallow: /domain-name-results Disallow: /transfer-domain-results Disallow: /special/000webhost Disallow: /special/webhost Disallow: /ae/special/000webhost Disallow: /ae/special/webhost Disallow: /ar/special/000webhost Disallow: /ar/special/webhost Disallow: /ar/especial/000webhost Disallow: /at/special/000webhost Disallow: /at/special/webhost Disallow: /at/spezial/000webhost Disallow: /au/special/000webhost Disallow: /au/special/webhost Disallow: /bd/special/000webhost Disallow: /bd/special/webhost Disallow: /be-nl/special/000webhost Disallow: /be-nl/special/webhost Disallow: /be-fr/special/000webhost Disallow: /be-fr/special/webhost Disallow: /be-fr/speciales/000webhost User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: Gemini-Fetch User-agent: Google-NotebookLM User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher User-agent: DuckAssistBot User-agent: YouBot User-agent: DeepSeek User-agent: MistralAI-User Allow: / Disallow: /*?*clid= Disallow: /*?*_ga= Disallow: /*?e= Disallow: /*?j= Disallow: /*?b= Disallow: /*?m= Disallow: /*?detail/ Disallow: /*?items/ Disallow: /*?page_id= Disallow: /*?col= Disallow: /*?id=*&brand= Disallow: /*?_bdsid= Disallow: /*?_bd_prev_page= Disallow: */_nuxt/* Disallow: */tag/* Disallow: /cart-hosting/* Disallow: /api-proxy/ Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /cake/ Disallow: /domain-name-results Disallow: /transfer-domain-results Disallow: /special/000webhost Disallow: /special/webhost Disallow: /ae/special/000webhost Disallow: /ae/special/webhost Disallow: /ar/special/000webhost Disallow: /ar/special/webhost Disallow: /ar/especial/000webhost Disallow: /at/special/000webhost Disallow: /at/special/webhost Disallow: /at/spezial/000webhost Disallow: /au/special/000webhost Disallow: /au/special/webhost Disallow: /bd/special/000webhost Disallow: /bd/special/webhost Disallow: /be-nl/special/000webhost Disallow: /be-nl/special/webhost Disallow: /be-fr/special/000webhost Disallow: /be-fr/special/webhost User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: ByteSpider Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does hostinger.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, hostinger.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from hostinger.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 hostinger.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — hostinger.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: hostinger.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.