Does techradar.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
techradar.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from techradar.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 2 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 2
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,321)
Can AI assistants cite techradar.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
techradar.com opts out of AI training by ByteDance, Meta. 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 techradar.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 | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How techradar.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; techradar.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; techradar.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; techradar.com does not.
- Among 189 sites of similar popularity, 20% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: */deals/compare Disallow: */html/ Disallow: */p/*/embed/captioned Disallow: */outlink* Disallow: *.freyr.* Disallow: */comments/* Disallow: */.events-handler* Disallow: *CoreWebVitalsThresholdEvent* Disallow: */partials/* Disallow: */future.adtech.freyr.v1.PageViewEvent Disallow: *searchTerm=* Disallow: *sortBy=* Disallow: *productBrand=* Disallow: *%7B*%7D* Disallow: *seenMatchId=* Disallow: /infinite-scroll-article/* Disallow: /infinite-scroll-review/* Disallow: /infinite-scroll-recipe/* User-agent: bytespider User-agent: mistralai User-agent: cohere User-agent: ai2bot User-agent: youbot User-agent: omgili User-agent: diffbot User-agent: kangaroo User-agent: img2dataset User-agent: amazonbot User-agent: amazon-qbusiness User-agent: meta-externalagent User-agent: meta-webindexer Disallow: / User-agent: * Disallow: */price-comparison Disallow: */specification User-agent: *
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
- sendbird.com · 7 blocked
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- unity.com · 1 blocked
- sap.com · 3 blocked
- proofpoint.com · 1 blocked
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Does techradar.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, techradar.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from techradar.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 techradar.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at techradar.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: techradar.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.