Does uol.com.br block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
uol.com.br blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from uol.com.br/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 9 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 10
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#570)
Can AI assistants cite uol.com.br?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
uol.com.br opts out of AI training by 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 uol.com.br |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| 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 uol.com.br compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; uol.com.br does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; uol.com.br is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; uol.com.br is one of them.
- Among 205 sites of similar popularity, 29% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /carros/dev/ Disallow: /*?uol_app Disallow: /*?*&uol_app User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / Allow: /*.ghtm$ User-agent: Anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does uol.com.br block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, uol.com.br's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from uol.com.br?
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 uol.com.br have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at uol.com.br/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: uol.com.br's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.