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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does foursquare.com block AI crawlers?

Yes. foursquare.com’s robots.txt blocks 2 of the 19 AI crawlers we track, including GPTBot and ChatGPT-User. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotBlocked OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotAllowed PerplexityBotAllowed Google-ExtendedAllowed CCBotPartly blocked

robots.txt: foursquare.com/robots.txt · 62 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	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DuckDuckBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Applebot`	Apple	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`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	Blocked	line 59 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: GPTBot`
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Google-Extended`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Partly blocked	line 55 · `Disallow: /v/*`
`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	Blocked	line 59 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: ChatGPT-User`
`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 foursquare.com/robots.txt · 62 lines

1User-agent: *

2Disallow: /search

3Disallow: /search?

4Disallow: /login?

5Disallow: /login/*

6Disallow: /signup?

7Disallow: /signup/*

8Disallow: /wp-admin/

9Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

10Allow: /signup/$

11Disallow: /mobile/

12Disallow: /touch/login

13Disallow: /mobile/search

14Disallow: /user/*/checkin/

15Disallow: /*/checkin/

16Allow: /v/checkin*

17Disallow: /private/wtrack

18Disallow: /l/

19Disallow: /*/badge/

20Disallow: /*/badges

21Allow: /v/badge*

22Disallow: /oauth2/

23Disallow: /device/

24Disallow: /venue/claim

25Disallow: /app/

26Disallow: /go/

27Disallow: /*/lists/edited$

28Disallow: /*/lists/followed$

29Disallow: /*/lists/friends$

30Disallow: /*/list/todos$

31Disallow: /*/list/tips$

32Disallow: /*/list/venuelikes$

34User-agent: Branch Metrics API

35User-agent: Branch API

36Allow: /v/*

38User-agent: PiplBot

39User-agent: MJ12bot

40User-agent: CCBot

41User-agent: SeznamBot

42User-agent: Exabot

43User-agent: netseer

44User-agent: Mappy

45User-agent: crawler4j

46User-agent: Gigabot

47User-agent: ZoomBot

48User-agent: BUbiNG

49User-agent: Getintent Crawler

50User-agent: BLEXBot

51User-Agent: trendictionbot

52User-agent: hyscore

53User-agent: magpie-crawler

54User-agent: RyteBot

55Disallow: /v/*

57User-agent: GPTBot

58User-agent: ChatGPT-User

59Disallow: /

61Sitemap: https://4sq-sitemap.s3.amazonaws.com/sitemap_index.xml

What do the bots actually get?

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

Yes. foursquare.com’s robots.txt disallows GPTBot from the whole site (line 59: Disallow: /). GPTBot is OpenAI’s crawler for training data; blocking it doesn’t affect ChatGPT search, which uses OAI-SearchBot. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does foursquare.com block ClaudeBot?

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

Does foursquare.com block Google-Extended?

No. foursquare.com’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 foursquare.com block PerplexityBot?

No. foursquare.com’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 foursquare.com?

Yes. foursquare.com’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.