Does litnet.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
litnet.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from litnet.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
- 1
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,272)
Can AI assistants cite litnet.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
litnet.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 litnet.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| 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 | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| 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 litnet.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; litnet.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; litnet.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; litnet.com does not.
- Among 193 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: * Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /auth/ Disallow: /buy/ Disallow: /stat/ Disallow: /site/ Disallow: /book/download Disallow: /search Disallow: /blogs/post/ Disallow: /out Disallow: /*/admin/ Disallow: /*/auth/ Disallow: /*/buy/ Disallow: /*/stat/ Disallow: /*/site/ Disallow: /*/book/download Disallow: /*/search Disallow: /*/out Disallow: /*genre1=* Disallow: /*action=* Disallow: /*showIntro=* Disallow: /*lastUpdate=* Disallow: /*bookType=* Disallow: /*size=* Disallow: /*commentsCount=* Disallow: /*likesCount=* Disallow: /*createdAt=* Disallow: /*onlyFinished=* Disallow: /*widgetCode=* Disallow: /*onlyBrandNew=* Disallow: /*onlyBestsellers=* Disallow: /*onlyRent=* Disallow: /*audio=* Disallow: /*_escaped_fragment_=* Disallow: /*authorId* Disallow: /*& Disallow: /*channel* Disallow: /*discount_code* Disallow: /*extraGenre* Disallow: /*android* Disallow: /*mcp_token*
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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- rightmove.co.uk · 2 blocked
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All sites that are “blocks ai training, allows ai answers” →
Does litnet.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, litnet.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from litnet.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 litnet.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at litnet.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: litnet.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.