Does squarespace.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
squarespace.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from squarespace.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
- 8
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#551)
Can AI assistants cite squarespace.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
squarespace.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 squarespace.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 squarespace.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; squarespace.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; squarespace.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; squarespace.com does not.
- Among 201 sites of similar popularity, 28% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: AI2Bot User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma User-agent: aiHitBot User-agent: Amazonbot User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: Applebot-Extended User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: CCBot User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: cohere-ai User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler User-agent: DuckAssistBot User-agent: FacebookBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: GoogleOther User-agent: GoogleOther-Image User-agent: GoogleOther-Video User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: img2dataset User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: MyCentralAIScraperBot User-agent: omgili User-agent: omgilibot User-agent: Quora-Bot User-agent: TikTokSpider User-agent: YouBot User-agent: AdsBot-Google User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile-Apps User-agent: * Disallow: /config Disallow: /search Disallow: /account$ Disallow: /account/ Disallow: /commerce/digital-download/ Disallow: /api/ Allow: /api/ui-extensions/ Disallow: /static/ Disallow: /*?author=* Disallow: /*&author=* Disallow: /*?tag=* Disallow: /*&tag=* Disallow: /*?month=* Disallow: /*&month=* Disallow: /*?view=* Disallow: /*&view=* Disallow: /*?format=json Disallow: /*&format=json Disallow: /*?format=page-context Disallow: /*&format=page-context Disallow: /*?format=main-content Disallow: /*&format=main-content Disallow: /*?format=json-pretty Disallow: /*&format=json-pretty Disallow: /*?format=ical Disallow: /*&format=ical Disallow: /*?reversePaginate=* Disallow: /*&reversePaginate=* Allow: /commerce$ Allow: /commerce/ Allow: /api/taxonomy$ Allow: /api/taxonomy/ Allow: /api/template-taxonomy-service$ Allow: /api/template-taxonomy-service/ Allow: /api/billing$ Allow: /api/billing/ Allow: /templates$ Allow: /templates/ Allow: /tour$ Allow: /tour/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does squarespace.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, squarespace.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from squarespace.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 squarespace.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — squarespace.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: squarespace.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.