Does marca.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
marca.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from marca.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 6 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 7
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,088)
Can AI assistants cite marca.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
marca.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, 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 marca.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| 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 marca.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; marca.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; marca.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; marca.com is one of them.
- Among 198 sites of similar popularity, 33% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /s/ Disallow: /micuenta/ Disallow: /2012/11/03/en/football/spanish_football/1351965522.html Disallow: /2012/11/03/futbol/1adivision/1351945508.html Disallow: /albumes/2015/03/03/nba_malditos_muertos/* Disallow: /eventos/directo/* Disallow: /eventos/marcador/* Disallow: /estadisticas/* Disallow: /encuentros/* Disallow: /eltiempo/ Disallow: /apw.js* Disallow: /nydus* Disallow: /edge-services/user-geo.html* User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /regalos-promociones/ User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /regalos-promociones/ User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /regalos-promociones/ User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /regalos-promociones/ User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /regalos-promociones/ User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /regalos-promociones/ User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /regalos-promociones/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does marca.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, marca.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from marca.com?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does marca.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at marca.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: marca.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.