Does theregister.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
theregister.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from theregister.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 7 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 13
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,083)
Can AI assistants cite theregister.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
theregister.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, 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 theregister.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How theregister.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; theregister.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; theregister.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; theregister.com does not.
- Among 177 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: * Allow: /ads.txt Allow: /app-ads.txt Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does theregister.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, theregister.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from theregister.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 theregister.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at theregister.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: theregister.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.