Does justdial.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
justdial.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from justdial.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 1 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 9
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,313)
Can AI assistants cite justdial.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
justdial.com opts out of AI training by Anthropic. 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 justdial.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Allowed |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| 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 justdial.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; justdial.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; justdial.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; justdial.com does not.
- Among 188 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /functions/ Disallow: /webmain/ Disallow: /*/wcdata/ Disallow: /_next/ Disallow: /web-worker/ Disallow: /us/ Disallow: /ca/ Disallow: /jd-trkr Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /jdmart/api/ Disallow: /real-estate/services/api/ Disallow: /api/php/appUserId Disallow: /gapi/ratings Disallow: /api/india_api_write Disallow: /api/india_api_read Disallow: /bestdeals_chatbot/ User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot Allow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does justdial.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, justdial.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot.
Can ChatGPT search show results from justdial.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 justdial.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at justdial.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: justdial.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.