Does inc.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
inc.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from inc.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 6 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 13
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,417)
Can AI assistants cite inc.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
inc.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple, 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 inc.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How inc.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; inc.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; inc.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; inc.com is one of them.
- Among 202 sites of similar popularity, 20% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /rest User-agent: Googlebot User-agent: msnbot User-agent: bingbot User-agent: Twitterbot User-agent: Mediapartners-Google User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: Meta-WebIndexer User-agent: facebookexternalhit User-agent: ScoutJet User-agent: Yandex User-agent: baiduspider User-agent: DuckDuckBot User-agent: BomboraBot User-agent: grapeshot Allow: / Disallow: /rest User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Perplexity-User Allow: / Disallow: /rest User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / Disallow: /rest User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: ccbot Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does inc.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, inc.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from inc.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 inc.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at inc.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: inc.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.