Does livejournal.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
livejournal.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from livejournal.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#861)
Can AI assistants cite livejournal.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
livejournal.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. 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 livejournal.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| 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 livejournal.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; livejournal.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; livejournal.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; livejournal.com does not.
- Among 201 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /allpics.bml Disallow: /update.bml Disallow: /identity Disallow: /login.bml Disallow: /manage Disallow: /poll Disallow: /profile Disallow: /schools Disallow: /todo Disallow: /tools Disallow: /update.bml Disallow: /userinfo.bml Disallow: /users Allow: /ratings/$ Disallow: /ratings Disallow: /syn Disallow: /latest Disallow: /ljtimes Disallow: /talkread Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /misc Disallow: /legal Disallow: /checklistposts Disallow: /away Disallow: /rsearch Disallow: /gsearch Disallow: /register.bml Disallow: /delcomment.bml Disallow: /talkscreen.bml Disallow: /give_tokens.bml
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does livejournal.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, livejournal.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from livejournal.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 livejournal.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at livejournal.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: livejournal.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.