Does hp.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
hp.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from hp.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
- 8
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#302)
Can AI assistants cite hp.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
hp.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 hp.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Allowed |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Allowed |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Allowed |
| 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 hp.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; hp.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; hp.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; hp.com does not.
- Among 192 sites of similar popularity, 32% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /shop/*ProductConfirmationView Disallow: /*epp/ Disallow: /*LogonForm Disallow: /*api/ Disallow: /us-en/shop/*orderstatusfinalresultview*?* Disallow: /us-en/shop/SearchDisplay* Disallow: /us-en/shop/sitesearch* Disallow: /us-en/shop/MyAccountOrderStatusView* Disallow: /us-en/shop/PDPStdView* Disallow: /us-en/shop/*/OrderShippingBillingView* Disallow: /us-en/shop/*rderCalculate* Disallow: /us-en/shop/*/private-stores* Disallow: /us-en/shop/accessoryattachview/ Disallow: /us-en/shop/*jax*rder*tem*isplay*iew* Disallow: /us-en/shop/myaccountformview Disallow: /us-en/shop/managemydevicesview Disallow: /us-en/shop/myordersview Disallow: /us-en/shop/ordervalidatecmd Disallow: /us-en/shop/paypalgetexpresscheckout Disallow: /us-en/shop/privateregister Disallow: /us-en/shop/sendemailview Disallow: /us-en/shop/topcategoriesdisplay Disallow: /us-en/shop/userregistrationform Disallow: /us-en/shop/userregistrationadd Disallow: /webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/OrderStatusFinalResultView Disallow: /us-en/shop/OrderStatusFinalResultView?* Disallow: /*-prodlive*/us-en/shop* Disallow: /*-prod-drlive*/us-en/shop* Disallow: /*?bvstate=* Disallow: /*bvroute* Disallow: /*tab=vao Disallow: /pdp/*Offer_id Disallow: /us-en/shop/*matchtype Disallow: /*urlRequestType Disallow: /us-en/shop/*ups-sku Disallow: /*=Other* Disallow: /*rating=* Disallow: /*availability=Out-of-Stock Disallow: /*newprod Disallow: /bundles?override User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does hp.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, hp.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot.
Can ChatGPT search show results from hp.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 hp.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at hp.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: hp.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.