Who blocks AI · #582 in the Majestic Million

robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does digg.com block AI crawlers?

No. digg.com’s robots.txt lets all 19 AI crawlers we track crawl the site, though it keeps OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and 7 more out of some paths. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotAllowed OAI-SearchBotPartly blocked ClaudeBotPartly blocked PerplexityBotPartly blocked Google-ExtendedPartly blocked CCBotAllowed

robots.txt: digg.com/robots.txt · 32 lines
llms.txt: found
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	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`DuckDuckBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Applebot`	Apple	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`PetalBot`	Huawei	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`YandexBot`	Yandex	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Baiduspider`	Baidu	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

AI search

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`OAI-SearchBot`	OpenAI	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`PerplexityBot`	Perplexity	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`YouBot`	You.com	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

AI training

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`Google-Extended`	Google	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`GoogleOther`	Google	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

User-triggered fetchers

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`ChatGPT-User`	OpenAI	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`Claude-User`	Anthropic	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`Perplexity-User`	Perplexity	Partly blocked	line 17 · `Disallow: /digg-admin/` line 18 · `Disallow: /api/` and 1 more
`MistralAI-User`	Mistral	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Meta-ExternalFetcher`	Meta	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

SEO tools

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`AhrefsBot`	Ahrefs	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`SemrushBot`	Semrush	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`MJ12bot`	Majestic	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`DotBot`	Moz	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

View digg.com/robots.txt · 32 lines

1User-Agent: *

2Allow: /

3Disallow: /digg-admin/

4Disallow: /api/

5Disallow: /submit

7User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot

8User-Agent: ChatGPT-User

9User-Agent: PerplexityBot

10User-Agent: Perplexity-User

11User-Agent: ClaudeBot

12User-Agent: Claude-SearchBot

13User-Agent: Claude-User

14User-Agent: Google-Extended

15User-Agent: Applebot-Extended

16Allow: /

17Disallow: /digg-admin/

18Disallow: /api/

19Disallow: /submit

21Host: https://digg.com

22Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemap-index.xml

23Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemap.xml

24Sitemap: https://digg.com/news-sitemap.xml

25Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemaps/sitemap/ai.xml

26Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemaps/sitemap/tech.xml

27Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemaps/sitemap/gaming.xml

28Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemaps/sitemap/entertainment.xml

29Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemaps/sitemap/world-business.xml

30Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemaps/sitemap/science.xml

31Sitemap: https://digg.com/sitemaps/sitemap/sports.xml

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what digg.com 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 digg.com block GPTBot?

No. digg.com’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 digg.com block ClaudeBot?

Partly. digg.com’s robots.txt keeps ClaudeBot out of some paths, such as /digg-admin/, and lets it crawl the rest. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does digg.com block Google-Extended?

Partly. digg.com’s robots.txt keeps Google-Extended out of some paths, such as /digg-admin/, and lets it crawl the rest. 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 digg.com block PerplexityBot?

Partly. digg.com’s robots.txt keeps PerplexityBot out of some paths, such as /digg-admin/, and lets it crawl the rest. PerplexityBot is the crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity’s answers. Checked 9 November 2026.

Can ChatGPT search find digg.com?

Partly. digg.com’s robots.txt keeps OAI-SearchBot out of some paths, such as /digg-admin/, and lets it crawl the rest. OAI-SearchBot is the crawler behind ChatGPT search; blocking it keeps the site out of ChatGPT’s search answers. Checked 9 November 2026.