Does paloaltonetworks.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
paloaltonetworks.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from paloaltonetworks.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
- 5
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#445)
Can AI assistants cite paloaltonetworks.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
paloaltonetworks.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 paloaltonetworks.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 paloaltonetworks.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; paloaltonetworks.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; paloaltonetworks.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; paloaltonetworks.com does not.
- Among 207 sites of similar popularity, 29% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /content/dam/ Disallow: /content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/legal/archive/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/content/dam Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/partners/nextwave-partner-portal/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/field/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/ignitePromoDemo Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/legal-notices/privacy/privacy-notice Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/ Disallow: /content/pan/ja_JP/ Disallow: /content/pan/de_DE/ Disallow: /content/pan/fr_FR/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_ES/ Disallow: /content/pan/pt_BR/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_AU/ Disallow: /content/pan/zh_TW/ Disallow: /content/pan/ko_KR/ Disallow: /content/pan/zh_CN/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_LA/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/allsitemap.html Disallow: /static/ Disallow: /static_260619/ Disallow: /static_perf/ Disallow: /qa/ Disallow: /allsitemap Disallow: /allsitemap.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/sitemaps/ Disallow: /sitemaps/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_GB/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_CA/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_SG/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_IN/ Disallow: /content/pan/it_IT/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_MX/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/topNav/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/newTopNav/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/expandedTopNav/ Disallow: /apps/ Allow: /apps/pan/public/singlePageReactModel?pageId= Allow: /apps/pan/public/unit42/bloglist.loadblogresults.json?searchLanguage=en_US Disallow: /content/pan-dev User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /apps/pan/public/downloadResource Allow: /apps/pan/public/singlePageReactModel?pageId= Allow: /apps/pan/public/unit42/bloglist.loadblogresults.json?searchLanguage=en_US Allow: /blog/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Allow: /devsectalks/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Allow: /perspectives/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Allow: /content/dam/*.svg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.gif$ Allow: /content/dam/*.png$ Allow: /content/dam/*.jpg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.jpeg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Allow: /content/dam/*.gif?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.png?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.jpg?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.jpeg?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.js$ Allow: /content/dam/*.css$ Disallow: /content/dam/ Disallow: /content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/legal/archive/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/content/dam Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/partners/nextwave-partner-portal/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/field/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/ignitePromoDemo Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/legal-notices/privacy/privacy-notice Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/ Disallow: /content/pan/ja_JP/ Disallow: /content/pan/de_DE/ Disallow: /content/pan/fr_FR/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_ES/ Disallow: /content/pan/pt_BR/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_AU/ Disallow: /content/pan/zh_TW/ Disallow: /content/pan/ko_KR/ Disallow: /content/pan/zh_CN/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_LA/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/allsitemap.html Disallow: /static/ Disallow: /static_260619/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does paloaltonetworks.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, paloaltonetworks.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from paloaltonetworks.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 paloaltonetworks.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: paloaltonetworks.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.