Does zeit.de block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
zeit.de blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from zeit.de/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 8 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 9
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,588)
Can AI assistants cite zeit.de?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
zeit.de 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 zeit.de |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| 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 zeit.de compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; zeit.de is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; zeit.de is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; zeit.de is one of them.
- Among 192 sites of similar popularity, 21% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /zeit/ Disallow: /suche/ Disallow: /templates/ Disallow: /hp_channels/ Disallow: /send/ Disallow: /rezepte/suche/ Disallow: */comment-thread? Disallow: */liveblog-backend* Disallow: /framebuilder/ Disallow: /campus/framebuilder/ Disallow: /navigation-teasers* Disallow: *iqadcontroller.js Allow: /llms.txt User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / Allow: /*-gxe$ User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / Allow: /*-gxe$ 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 zeit.de block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, zeit.de's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from zeit.de?
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 zeit.de have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at zeit.de/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: zeit.de's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.