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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does ameblo.jp block AI crawlers?

No. ameblo.jp’s robots.txt lets all 19 AI crawlers we track crawl the site. It also blocks Bingbot among search engines.

GPTBotAllowed OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotAllowed PerplexityBotAllowed Google-ExtendedAllowed CCBotAllowed

robots.txt: ameblo.jp/robots.txt · 84 lines
llms.txt: none
Checked: 9 November 2026, as canaicrawl. We check again every week.

Every bot, and the line that decides

Search engines

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`Googlebot`	Google	Partly blocked	line 3 · `Disallow: //page-.html` line 8 · `Disallow: /*/amemberentrylist.html` and 31 more
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Blocked	line 72 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: bingbot`
`DuckDuckBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Applebot`	Apple	Partly blocked	line 3 · `Disallow: //page-.html` line 8 · `Disallow: /*/amemberentrylist.html` and 31 more
`PetalBot`	Huawei	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YandexBot`	Yandex	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Baiduspider`	Baidu	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

AI search

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`OAI-SearchBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`PerplexityBot`	Perplexity	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YouBot`	You.com	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

AI training

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Google-Extended`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`GoogleOther`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

User-triggered fetchers

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`ChatGPT-User`	OpenAI	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Claude-User`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Perplexity-User`	Perplexity	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`MistralAI-User`	Mistral	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Meta-ExternalFetcher`	Meta	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

SEO tools

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`AhrefsBot`	Ahrefs	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`SemrushBot`	Semrush	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`MJ12bot`	Majestic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DotBot`	Moz	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

View ameblo.jp/robots.txt · 84 lines

1User-agent: Googlebot

2# /:amebaId/*

3Disallow: /*/page-*.html

4Allow: /*/entry-*.html

5Allow: /*/entry*-*.html

6Allow: /*/entrylist.html

7Allow: /*/entrylist-*.html

8Disallow: /*/amemberentrylist.html

9Disallow: /*/amemberentrylist-*.html

10Disallow: /*/amemberentry-*.html

11Disallow: /*/archivetop.html

12Disallow: /*/imagelist.html

13Disallow: /*/imagelist-*.html

14Disallow: /*/image-*.html

15Disallow: /*/comment-*

16Disallow: /*/reblog-*

17Disallow: /*/message-board.html

18Disallow: /*/reader.html

19Disallow: /*/reader-*.html

20Disallow: /*/favorite.html

21Disallow: /*/favorite-*.html

22Disallow: /*/bookmark.html

23Disallow: /*/bookmark-*.html

24Disallow: /*/entry-preview/*

25Disallow: /*/day*.html

26Disallow: /*/iine_entry-*.html

27Disallow: /*/skin-preview/*

28# embed

29Disallow: /p/embed/*

30Disallow: /s/embed/*

31# video

32Allow: /*/video-*.html$

33Allow: /*/videolist.html

34Allow: /*/videolist-*.html

35Disallow: /*/video-*.html?*vnm=*

36# api

37Disallow: /_api/*

38Allow: /_api/readerCount*

39Allow: /_api/blogEntryReactions*

40Allow: /_api/blogger*

41Allow: /_api/officialSecondaryCategory*

42Allow: /_api/rankingOfficial*

43Allow: /_api/genreRankingEntry*

44Allow: /_api/bloggerPaidPlanFeature*

45Allow: /_api/adPickInreadBanner*

46Allow: /_api/mypick*

47Allow: /_api/blogRecentEntry*

48Allow: /_api/blogEntry*

49# old paths

50Disallow: /error-status/*

51Disallow: /summary/api/

52Disallow: /accesslog/BlogAccessLog

53Disallow: /_hook/*.html

54# others

55Disallow: /health-check/*

56Disallow: /.sxg

57Disallow: /.well-known/*

58Disallow: /_static/*

60User-agent: *

61# tracking params

62Disallow: /*?*frm_id=*

63Disallow: /*?*utm_source=*

64Disallow: /*?*adxarea=*

65Disallow: /*?*timestamp=*

66Disallow: /*?*position=*

67Disallow: /*?*fbclid=*

68Disallow: /*?*frm_src=*

69Disallow: /*?*device_id=*

71User-agent: bingbot

72Disallow: /

73Allow: /$

74Allow: /*/$

75Disallow: /_api/

76Disallow: /blog_portal/

77Disallow: /campaign_list/

78Disallow: /blog-navi/

79Allow: /*/entry-*.html$

80Allow: /*/entrylist.html

81Allow: /*/entrylist-*.html

83Sitemap: https://ameblo.jp/sitemap_index.xml

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what ameblo.jp asks of crawlers. A firewall or CDN can still refuse a bot that robots.txt allows. The live check requests the page as each bot and shows the status it gets.

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History

19 October 2026: first checked.

Questions

Does ameblo.jp block GPTBot?

No. ameblo.jp’s robots.txt lets GPTBot crawl the site. GPTBot is OpenAI’s crawler for training data; blocking it doesn’t affect ChatGPT search, which uses OAI-SearchBot. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does ameblo.jp block ClaudeBot?

No. ameblo.jp’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does ameblo.jp block Google-Extended?

No. ameblo.jp’s robots.txt lets Google-Extended crawl the site. Google-Extended is the token that controls whether Google may use pages for Gemini training and grounding; it doesn’t affect Google Search. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does ameblo.jp block PerplexityBot?

No. ameblo.jp’s robots.txt lets PerplexityBot crawl the site. PerplexityBot is the crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity’s answers. Checked 9 November 2026.

Can ChatGPT search find ameblo.jp?

Yes. ameblo.jp’s robots.txt lets OAI-SearchBot crawl the site. OAI-SearchBot is the crawler behind ChatGPT search; blocking it keeps the site out of ChatGPT’s search answers. Checked 9 November 2026.