Does vnexpress.net block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
vnexpress.net blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from vnexpress.net/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 6 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 12
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,191)
Can AI assistants cite vnexpress.net?
- 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
vnexpress.net opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance. 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 vnexpress.net |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Allowed |
How vnexpress.net compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; vnexpress.net is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; vnexpress.net is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; vnexpress.net does not.
- Among 207 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /ads.txt User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does vnexpress.net block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, vnexpress.net's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from vnexpress.net?
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 vnexpress.net have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at vnexpress.net/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: vnexpress.net's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.