Does square.site block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
square.site doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from square.site/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
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,892)
Can AI assistants cite square.site?
- 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
square.site 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 square.site |
|---|---|---|
| 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 square.site compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; square.site does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; square.site does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; square.site does not.
- Among 174 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: */invoices/invoice-templates/ Allow: */invoices/recurring-payments/ Allow: */subtopic/230 Allow: */subtopic/338 Allow: */subtopic/320 Allow: */subtopic/email Allow: */subtopic/281 Allow: */subtopic/fulfillment Disallow: */detect_country.json Disallow: */tracking.json Disallow: */test/ Disallow: */appointments/mapbox/ Disallow: */appointments/book/profile/ Disallow: */capital/consumer/invoice/merchants/ Disallow: */form/ Disallow: */gift/ Disallow: */i/ Disallow: */pay-invoice/ Disallow: */password/ Disallow: */r/ Disallow: */signup?signup_token=* Disallow: */subscriptions/ Disallow: */email/subscriptions/ Disallow: */app-marketplace/search?* Disallow: */signup*/search?* Disallow: */login*/search?* Disallow: */return/requests/ Disallow: */logout/ Disallow: */help/*/article/search?* Disallow: */help/article/search?* Disallow: *api/v1/ Disallow: */buyer/widget/ Disallow: */appointments/api/ Disallow: */js/ Disallow: /*.html Disallow: */hardware/*/cart/ Disallow: */sell-now Disallow: */academy* Disallow: */bill-pay/bank-link/ Disallow: */bill-pay/receive-payment/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does square.site block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, square.site's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from square.site?
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 square.site have an llms.txt file?
Yes — square.site/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: square.site's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.