Does houzz.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
houzz.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from houzz.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
- 7
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,499)
Can AI assistants cite houzz.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
houzz.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 houzz.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 houzz.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; houzz.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; houzz.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; houzz.com does not.
- Among 95 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /ad/* Disallow: /discussions/*sort=* Disallow: /discussions/*view=* Disallow: /proMatch/* Disallow: /writeReview/cmd=* Disallow: /writeReview2/cmd=* Disallow: /writeReview2/ew Disallow: /sketches/ Disallow: */badges/* Disallow: /imageClipperUpload* Disallow: /edit/* Disallow: /*/tag=* Disallow: /pro2/* Disallow: /*spf=* Disallow: /trk/* Disallow: /hsc/* Disallow: *jsGalleryWidget Disallow: *reviewWidget Disallow: /feed/ Disallow: /activities/ Disallow: /proMatch/ Disallow: */user/ Disallow: /pro-site/ Disallow: /serviceQuestionnaireAjax Disallow: /siteSwitch Disallow: /projects/ Disallow: /proProjects/ Disallow: /browseReviews Disallow: /error/ Disallow: /reviewSeller Disallow: /houzz-historyzz Disallow: /j/pro-site Disallow: /http Disallow: /thumbs/ Disallow: /builders/ Disallow: /designers/ Disallow: /pro-meeting/ Disallow: /estimates/*/client Disallow: /manage/leads/ Disallow: /grow/ User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: /ad/* Disallow: /discussions/*sort=* Disallow: /discussions/*view=* Disallow: /proMatch/* Disallow: /writeReview/cmd=* Disallow: /writeReview2/cmd=* Disallow: /writeReview2/ew Disallow: /sketches/ Disallow: */badges/* Disallow: /imageClipperUpload* Disallow: /edit/* Disallow: /*/tag=* Disallow: /pro2/* Disallow: /*spf=* Disallow: /trk/* Disallow: /hsc/* Disallow: *jsGalleryWidget Disallow: *reviewWidget Disallow: /feed/ Disallow: /activities/ Disallow: /proMatch/ Disallow: */user/ Disallow: /pro-site/ Disallow: /serviceQuestionnaireAjax Disallow: /siteSwitch Disallow: /projects/ Disallow: /proProjects/ Disallow: /browseReviews Disallow: /error/ Disallow: /reviewSeller Disallow: /houzz-historyzz Disallow: /j/pro-site Disallow: /http Disallow: /thumbs/ Disallow: /builders/ Disallow: /designers/ Disallow: /pro-meeting/ Disallow: /estimates/*/client Disallow: /manage/leads/ Disallow: /grow/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does houzz.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, houzz.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from houzz.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 houzz.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at houzz.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: houzz.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.