Does ultimate-guitar.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
ultimate-guitar.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from ultimate-guitar.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
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,154)
Can AI assistants cite ultimate-guitar.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
ultimate-guitar.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 ultimate-guitar.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 ultimate-guitar.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; ultimate-guitar.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; ultimate-guitar.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; ultimate-guitar.com does not.
- Among 205 sites of similar popularity, 31% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /search.php Disallow: /forum/showthread.php?p= Disallow: /forum/showpost.php Disallow: /guitar/ Disallow: /tabmanager/ Disallow: /follow_me.php Disallow: /goto.php Disallow: /show.php Disallow: /show Disallow: /analytics/tracker/ Disallow: /updates/?filter= Disallow: /contribution/ Disallow: /tabs/*.htm?sort=date Disallow: /vote0.php Disallow: /*?no_takeover Disallow: /forum/showthread.php?t=*&goto=* Disallow: /forum/archive/index.php?t-*.html Disallow: /contribution/contest/index? Disallow: /edu Disallow: /components/ Disallow: /send? Disallow: /profile/messages Disallow: /profile/manage/ Disallow: /user/auth/ Disallow: /user/activity Disallow: /tp/ Disallow: /pro/ Disallow: /user/auth/ Disallow: /redirect/away Disallow: /courses/section Disallow: /tab/applicature/transpose Disallow: /tab-pro/download Disallow: /books?* Disallow: /user/tab/view?* Disallow: /explore*song_id[]=*
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does ultimate-guitar.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, ultimate-guitar.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from ultimate-guitar.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 ultimate-guitar.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at ultimate-guitar.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: ultimate-guitar.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.