Does launchpad.net block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
launchpad.net blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from launchpad.net/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 11 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 11
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#283)
Can AI assistants cite launchpad.net?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
launchpad.net opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. 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 launchpad.net |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How launchpad.net compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; launchpad.net is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; launchpad.net is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; launchpad.net is one of them.
- Among 191 sites of similar popularity, 32% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: CCBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: Applebot-Extended User-agent: Facebookbot User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher User-agent: diffbot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity‑User User-agent: Omgili User-agent: Omgilibot User-agent: webzio-extended User-agent: ImagesiftBot User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: TikTokSpider User-agent: Amazonbot User-agent: Youbot User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB User-agent: Petalbot User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler User-agent: TurnitinBot User-agent: Timpibot User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ICC-Crawler User-agent: AI2Bot User-agent: AI2Bot-Dolma User-agent: DataForSeoBot User-agent: AwarioBot User-agent: AwarioSmartBot User-agent: AwarioRssBot User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot User-agent: PanguBot User-agent: Kangaroo Bot User-agent: Sentibot User-agent: img2dataset User-agent: Meltwater User-agent: Seekr User-agent: peer39_crawler User-agent: cohere-ai User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler User-agent: DuckAssistBot User-agent: Scrapy User-agent: Cotoyogi User-agent: aiHitBot User-agent: Factset_spyderbot User-agent: FirecrawlAgent Disallow: / User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /+loggerhead/ Disallow: /*utouch* Disallow: /ubuntu/+source/utouch*
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does launchpad.net block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, launchpad.net's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from launchpad.net?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does launchpad.net have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at launchpad.net/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: launchpad.net's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.