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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does change.org block AI crawlers?

No. change.org’s robots.txt lets all 19 AI crawlers we track crawl the site. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotAllowed OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotAllowed PerplexityBotAllowed Google-ExtendedAllowed CCBotAllowed

robots.txt: www.change.org/robots.txt · 328 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 171 · `Disallow: /tweet` line 172 · `Disallow: /logout` and 155 more
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Partly blocked	line 171 · `Disallow: /tweet` line 172 · `Disallow: /logout` and 155 more
`DuckDuckBot`	DuckDuckGo	Partly blocked	line 171 · `Disallow: /tweet` line 172 · `Disallow: /logout` and 155 more
`Applebot`	Apple	Partly blocked	line 171 · `Disallow: /tweet` line 172 · `Disallow: /logout` and 155 more
`PetalBot`	Huawei	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YandexBot`	Yandex	Partly blocked	line 171 · `Disallow: /tweet` line 172 · `Disallow: /logout` and 155 more
`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 www.change.org/robots.txt · 328 lines

1Sitemap: https://www.change.org/sitemap.xml

3# By default, bots can crawl most of the site, except for these pages:

4User-agent: *

5User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot

6Disallow: /api-proxy/*

7Disallow: /corgi/i18n/*

8Disallow: /tweet

9Disallow: /logout

10Disallow: /u/

11Disallow: /p/*/sign$

12Disallow: /p/*/sign?*

13Disallow: /p/*/sign-now$

14Disallow: /p/*/sign-now?*

15Disallow: /p/*/feedback$

16Disallow: /p/*/feedback?*

17Disallow: /account_settings$

18Disallow: /account_settings/cancel_membership$

19Disallow: /account_settings/cancel_membership?*

20Disallow: /account_settings/change_password$

21Disallow: /account_settings/change_password?*

22Disallow: /account_settings/confirm_email/*$

23Disallow: /account_settings/confirm_email/*?*

24Disallow: /account_settings/contributions$

25Disallow: /account_settings/contributions/cancel_confirmation$

26Disallow: /account_settings/contributions/cancel_confirmation?*

27Disallow: /account_settings/contributions?*

28Disallow: /account_settings/disable_account$

29Disallow: /account_settings/disable_account?*

30Disallow: /account_settings/manage_assets$

31Disallow: /account_settings/manage_assets?*

32Disallow: /account_settings/manage_cookies$

33Disallow: /account_settings/manage_cookies?*

34Disallow: /account_settings/manage_email$

35Disallow: /account_settings/manage_email?*

36Disallow: /account_settings/petition_updates_opt_out$

37Disallow: /account_settings/petition_updates_opt_out?*

38Disallow: /account_settings/privacy$

39Disallow: /account_settings/privacy?*

40Disallow: /account_settings/profile$

41Disallow: /account_settings/profile?*

42Disallow: /account_settings/set_password$

43Disallow: /account_settings/set_password?*

44Disallow: /account_settings/set_your_password$

45Disallow: /account_settings/set_your_password?*

46Disallow: /account_settings?*

47Disallow: /ambassadors/*$

48Disallow: /ambassadors/*/start$

49Disallow: /ambassadors/*/start?*

50Disallow: /ambassadors/*?*

51Disallow: /ambassadors/terms$

52Disallow: /ambassadors/terms?*

53Disallow: /decision-maker/*$

54Disallow: /decision-maker/*?*

55Disallow: /login_or_join$

56Disallow: /login_or_join?*

57Disallow: /member$

58Disallow: /member/confirm$

59Disallow: /member/confirm?*

60Disallow: /member/join$

61Disallow: /member/join?*

62Disallow: /member/offer$

63Disallow: /member/offer?*

64Disallow: /member/subscribe$

65Disallow: /member/subscribe?*

66Disallow: /member/v2/thank_you$

67Disallow: /member/v2/thank_you?*

68Disallow: /member?*

69Disallow: /nonprofit/claim/*$

70Disallow: /nonprofit/claim/*?*

71Disallow: /p/*/actions$

72Disallow: /p/*/actions?*

73Disallow: /p/*/activity$

74Disallow: /p/*/activity/*$

75Disallow: /p/*/activity/*?*

76Disallow: /p/*/activity?*

77Disallow: /p/*/advocates$

78Disallow: /p/*/advocates/confirm$

79Disallow: /p/*/advocates/confirm?*

80Disallow: /p/*/advocates?*

81Disallow: /p/*/ambassador-onboarding$

82Disallow: /p/*/ambassador-onboarding?*

83Disallow: /p/*/c/*$

84Disallow: /p/*/c/*?*

85Disallow: /p/*/d$

86Disallow: /p/*/d?*

87Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/*$

88Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/*?*

89Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/endorsements/add$

90Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/endorsements/add?*

91Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/endorsements/edit/*$

92Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/endorsements/edit/*?*

93Disallow: /p/*/dm/respond$

94Disallow: /p/*/dm/respond?*

95Disallow: /p/*/edit$

96Disallow: /p/*/edit?*

97Disallow: /p/*/feed$

98Disallow: /p/*/feed?*

99Disallow: /p/*/member/offer$

100Disallow: /p/*/member/offer?*

101Disallow: /p/*/promote$

102Disallow: /p/*/promote-async$

103Disallow: /p/*/promote-async?*

104Disallow: /p/*/promote/thank_you$

105Disallow: /p/*/promote/thank_you?*

106Disallow: /p/*/promote?*

107Disallow: /p/*/promoters$

108Disallow: /p/*/promoters?*

109Disallow: /p/*/psf/featured-petition$

110Disallow: /p/*/psf/featured-petition?*

111Disallow: /p/*/psf/membership$

112Disallow: /p/*/psf/membership-ask$

113Disallow: /p/*/psf/membership-ask?*

114Disallow: /p/*/psf/membership?*

115Disallow: /p/*/psf/promote_or_share$

116Disallow: /p/*/psf/promote_or_share?*

117Disallow: /p/*/psf/share$

118Disallow: /p/*/psf/share?*

119Disallow: /p/*/psf/social_starter$

120Disallow: /p/*/psf/social_starter?*

121Disallow: /p/*/responses/new$

122Disallow: /p/*/responses/new/complete-profile$

123Disallow: /p/*/responses/new/complete-profile?*

124Disallow: /p/*/responses/new?*

125Disallow: /p/*/signed-petition-home$

126Disallow: /p/*/signed-petition-home?*

127Disallow: /p/*/sponsors/new$

128Disallow: /p/*/sponsors/new?*

129Disallow: /p/*/start-strong/*$

130Disallow: /p/*/start-strong/*?*

131Disallow: /p/*/starter-onboarding/*$

132Disallow: /p/*/starter-onboarding/*?*

133Disallow: /p/*/u/*/edit$

134Disallow: /p/*/u/*/edit?*

135Disallow: /p/*/u/new$

136Disallow: /p/*/u/new?*

137Disallow: /p/*/unsign$

138Disallow: /p/*/unsign?*

139Disallow: /p/*/v/*$

140Disallow: /p/*/v/*?*

141Disallow: /p/*/victory$

142Disallow: /p/*/victory?*

143Disallow: /policies/dpa$

144Disallow: /policies/dpa?*

145Disallow: /policies/dsa$

146Disallow: /policies/dsa?*

147Disallow: /redirect$

148Disallow: /redirect?*

149Disallow: /s/*$

150Disallow: /s/*/post_promote_thank_you$

151Disallow: /s/*/post_promote_thank_you?*

152Disallow: /s/*?*

153Disallow: /social/*$

154Disallow: /social/*/angles$

155Disallow: /social/*/angles?*

156Disallow: /social/*?*

157Disallow: /u/*$

158Disallow: /u/*?*

159Disallow: /unsubscribe$

160Disallow: /unsubscribe?*

161Disallow: /verify_new_user$

162Disallow: /verify_new_user?*

163Disallow: /verify_your_email$

164Disallow: /verify_your_email?*

165

166# Search engines can also access the APIs needed to render pages:

167User-agent: Googlebot

168User-agent: Bingbot

169User-agent: DuckDuckBot

170User-agent: YandexBot

171Disallow: /tweet

172Disallow: /logout

173Disallow: /u/

174Disallow: /p/*/sign$

175Disallow: /p/*/sign?*

176Disallow: /p/*/sign-now$

177Disallow: /p/*/sign-now?*

178Disallow: /p/*/feedback$

179Disallow: /p/*/feedback?*

180Disallow: /account_settings$

181Disallow: /account_settings/cancel_membership$

182Disallow: /account_settings/cancel_membership?*

183Disallow: /account_settings/change_password$

184Disallow: /account_settings/change_password?*

185Disallow: /account_settings/confirm_email/*$

186Disallow: /account_settings/confirm_email/*?*

187Disallow: /account_settings/contributions$

188Disallow: /account_settings/contributions/cancel_confirmation$

189Disallow: /account_settings/contributions/cancel_confirmation?*

190Disallow: /account_settings/contributions?*

191Disallow: /account_settings/disable_account$

192Disallow: /account_settings/disable_account?*

193Disallow: /account_settings/manage_assets$

194Disallow: /account_settings/manage_assets?*

195Disallow: /account_settings/manage_cookies$

196Disallow: /account_settings/manage_cookies?*

197Disallow: /account_settings/manage_email$

198Disallow: /account_settings/manage_email?*

199Disallow: /account_settings/petition_updates_opt_out$

200Disallow: /account_settings/petition_updates_opt_out?*

201Disallow: /account_settings/privacy$

202Disallow: /account_settings/privacy?*

203Disallow: /account_settings/profile$

204Disallow: /account_settings/profile?*

205Disallow: /account_settings/set_password$

206Disallow: /account_settings/set_password?*

207Disallow: /account_settings/set_your_password$

208Disallow: /account_settings/set_your_password?*

209Disallow: /account_settings?*

210Disallow: /ambassadors/*$

211Disallow: /ambassadors/*/start$

212Disallow: /ambassadors/*/start?*

213Disallow: /ambassadors/*?*

214Disallow: /ambassadors/terms$

215Disallow: /ambassadors/terms?*

216Disallow: /decision-maker/*$

217Disallow: /decision-maker/*?*

218Disallow: /login_or_join$

219Disallow: /login_or_join?*

220Disallow: /member$

221Disallow: /member/confirm$

222Disallow: /member/confirm?*

223Disallow: /member/join$

224Disallow: /member/join?*

225Disallow: /member/offer$

226Disallow: /member/offer?*

227Disallow: /member/subscribe$

228Disallow: /member/subscribe?*

229Disallow: /member/v2/thank_you$

230Disallow: /member/v2/thank_you?*

231Disallow: /member?*

232Disallow: /nonprofit/claim/*$

233Disallow: /nonprofit/claim/*?*

234Disallow: /p/*/actions$

235Disallow: /p/*/actions?*

236Disallow: /p/*/activity$

237Disallow: /p/*/activity/*$

238Disallow: /p/*/activity/*?*

239Disallow: /p/*/activity?*

240Disallow: /p/*/advocates$

241Disallow: /p/*/advocates/confirm$

242Disallow: /p/*/advocates/confirm?*

243Disallow: /p/*/advocates?*

244Disallow: /p/*/ambassador-onboarding$

245Disallow: /p/*/ambassador-onboarding?*

246Disallow: /p/*/c/*$

247Disallow: /p/*/c/*?*

248Disallow: /p/*/d$

249Disallow: /p/*/d?*

250Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/*$

251Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/*?*

252Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/endorsements/add$

253Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/endorsements/add?*

254Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/endorsements/edit/*$

255Disallow: /p/*/dashboard/endorsements/edit/*?*

256Disallow: /p/*/dm/respond$

257Disallow: /p/*/dm/respond?*

258Disallow: /p/*/edit$

259Disallow: /p/*/edit?*

260Disallow: /p/*/feed$

261Disallow: /p/*/feed?*

262Disallow: /p/*/member/offer$

263Disallow: /p/*/member/offer?*

264Disallow: /p/*/promote$

265Disallow: /p/*/promote-async$

266Disallow: /p/*/promote-async?*

267Disallow: /p/*/promote/thank_you$

268Disallow: /p/*/promote/thank_you?*

269Disallow: /p/*/promote?*

270Disallow: /p/*/promoters$

271Disallow: /p/*/promoters?*

272Disallow: /p/*/psf/featured-petition$

273Disallow: /p/*/psf/featured-petition?*

274Disallow: /p/*/psf/membership$

275Disallow: /p/*/psf/membership-ask$

276Disallow: /p/*/psf/membership-ask?*

277Disallow: /p/*/psf/membership?*

278Disallow: /p/*/psf/promote_or_share$

279Disallow: /p/*/psf/promote_or_share?*

280Disallow: /p/*/psf/share$

281Disallow: /p/*/psf/share?*

282Disallow: /p/*/psf/social_starter$

283Disallow: /p/*/psf/social_starter?*

284Disallow: /p/*/responses/new$

285Disallow: /p/*/responses/new/complete-profile$

286Disallow: /p/*/responses/new/complete-profile?*

287Disallow: /p/*/responses/new?*

288Disallow: /p/*/signed-petition-home$

289Disallow: /p/*/signed-petition-home?*

290Disallow: /p/*/sponsors/new$

291Disallow: /p/*/sponsors/new?*

292Disallow: /p/*/start-strong/*$

293Disallow: /p/*/start-strong/*?*

294Disallow: /p/*/starter-onboarding/*$

295Disallow: /p/*/starter-onboarding/*?*

296Disallow: /p/*/u/*/edit$

297Disallow: /p/*/u/*/edit?*

298Disallow: /p/*/u/new$

299Disallow: /p/*/u/new?*

300Disallow: /p/*/unsign$

301Disallow: /p/*/unsign?*

302Disallow: /p/*/v/*$

303Disallow: /p/*/v/*?*

304Disallow: /p/*/victory$

305Disallow: /p/*/victory?*

306Disallow: /policies/dpa$

307Disallow: /policies/dpa?*

308Disallow: /policies/dsa$

309Disallow: /policies/dsa?*

310Disallow: /redirect$

311Disallow: /redirect?*

312Disallow: /s/*$

313Disallow: /s/*/post_promote_thank_you$

314Disallow: /s/*/post_promote_thank_you?*

315Disallow: /s/*?*

316Disallow: /social/*$

317Disallow: /social/*/angles$

318Disallow: /social/*/angles?*

319Disallow: /social/*?*

320Disallow: /u/*$

321Disallow: /u/*?*

322Disallow: /unsubscribe$

323Disallow: /unsubscribe?*

324Disallow: /verify_new_user$

325Disallow: /verify_new_user?*

326Disallow: /verify_your_email$

327Disallow: /verify_your_email?*

328

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what change.org 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.
2 November 2026: now blocks part of the site to Googlebot; now blocks part of the site to Bingbot; now blocks part of the site to DuckDuckBot; now blocks part of the site to Applebot; now blocks part of the site to YandexBot.

Questions

Does change.org block GPTBot?

No. change.org’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 change.org block ClaudeBot?

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

Does change.org block Google-Extended?

No. change.org’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 change.org block PerplexityBot?

No. change.org’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 change.org?

Yes. change.org’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.