Does lefigaro.fr block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
lefigaro.fr blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from lefigaro.fr/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 8 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 9
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#834)
Can AI assistants cite lefigaro.fr?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
lefigaro.fr opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Common Crawl. 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 lefigaro.fr |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How lefigaro.fr compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; lefigaro.fr is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; lefigaro.fr is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; lefigaro.fr does not.
- Among 195 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /async/ Disallow: /*?noheader* Disallow: /*?*&noheader* Disallow: /*?sfdebug* Disallow: /*?*&sfdebug* Disallow: /brouillon/ Disallow: /proxy/ Disallow: /synsearch/ Disallow: /a-savoir-en-france/ Disallow: /vos-questions User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: /voyages Allow: /culture Allow: /style Allow: /beaute Allow: /joaillerie Allow: /mode-homme Allow: /horlogerie Allow: /bons-plans Allow: /elections/resultats Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: /voyages Allow: /bons-plans Allow: /elections/resultats Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: /voyages Allow: /culture Allow: /style Allow: /beaute Allow: /joaillerie Allow: /mode-homme Allow: /horlogerie Allow: /bons-plans Allow: /elections/resultats Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: /voyages Allow: /bons-plans Allow: /elections/resultats Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended 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 lefigaro.fr block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, lefigaro.fr's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from lefigaro.fr?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does lefigaro.fr have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at lefigaro.fr/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: lefigaro.fr's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.