Does zedge.net block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
zedge.net blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from zedge.net/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 1 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 1
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,412)
Can AI assistants cite zedge.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
zedge.net opts out of AI training by OpenAI. 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 zedge.net |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| 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 zedge.net compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; zedge.net is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; zedge.net does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; zedge.net does not.
- Among 159 sites of similar popularity, 25% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /user Disallow: /user/stats Disallow: /upload User-agent: turnitinbot User-agent: NPBot User-agent: ia_archiver User-agent: webzip User-agent: OmniExplorer_Bot User-agent: BoardReader User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
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- notion.com · 1 blocked
- justdial.com · 1 blocked
- mydramalist.com · 7 blocked
- litnet.com · 1 blocked
- livescore.com · 1 blocked
- meteociel.fr · 2 blocked
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Does zedge.net block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, zedge.net's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from zedge.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 zedge.net have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at zedge.net/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: zedge.net's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.