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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026
Does hrw.org block AI crawlers?
No. hrw.org’s robots.txt lets all 19 AI crawlers we track crawl the site. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.
GPTBotAllowedOAI-SearchBotAllowedClaudeBotAllowedPerplexityBotAllowedGoogle-ExtendedAllowedCCBotAllowed- robots.txt
- hrw.org/robots.txt · 127 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 | 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 | Allowed | no rule matches the home page |
ClaudeBot | Anthropic | Allowed | no rule matches the home page |
Google-Extended | 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 | 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 | Blocked | line 17 · Disallow: / under User-agent: AhrefsBot |
SemrushBot | Semrush | Blocked | line 20 · Disallow: / under User-agent: SemrushBot |
MJ12bot | Majestic | Allowed | no rule matches the home page |
DotBot | Moz | Allowed | no rule matches the home page |
View hrw.org/robots.txt · 127 lines
1#
2# robots.txt
3#
4# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
5# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
6# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
7# you save bandwidth and server resources.
8#
9# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
10# Used: http://example.com/robots.txt
11# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
12#
13# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
14# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html
15
16User-agent: AhrefsBot
17Disallow: /
18
19User-agent: SemrushBot
20Disallow: /
21
22User-agent: SemrushBot-BA
23Disallow: /
24
25User-agent: SemrushBot-SI
26Disallow: /
27
28User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
29Disallow: /
30
31User-agent: SemrushBot-CT
32Disallow: /
33
34User-agent: SemrushBot-BM
35Disallow: /
36
37User-agent: SemrushBot-COUB
38Disallow: /
39
40User-agent: SiteAuditBot
41Disallow: /
42
43User-agent: SplitSignalBot
44Disallow: /
45
46User-agent: LinkCheck by Siteimprove.com
47Disallow: /
48
49User-agent: *
50# CSS, JS, Images
51Allow: /core/*.css$
52Allow: /core/*.css?
53Allow: /core/*.js$
54Allow: /core/*.js?
55Allow: /core/*.gif
56Allow: /core/*.jpg
57Allow: /core/*.jpeg
58Allow: /core/*.png
59Allow: /core/*.svg
60Allow: /profiles/*.css$
61Allow: /profiles/*.css?
62Allow: /profiles/*.js$
63Allow: /profiles/*.js?
64Allow: /profiles/*.gif
65Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
66Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
67Allow: /profiles/*.png
68Allow: /profiles/*.svg
69# Directories
70Disallow: /core/
71Disallow: /profiles/
72# Files
73Disallow: /README.txt
74Disallow: /web.config
75# Paths (clean URLs)
76Disallow: /admin/
77Disallow: /comment/reply/
78Disallow: /filter/tips
79Disallow: /node/add/
80Disallow: /search/
81Disallow: /user/register
82Disallow: /user/password
83Disallow: /user/login
84Disallow: /user/logout
85Disallow: /media/oembed
86Disallow: /*/media/oembed
87# Paths (no clean URLs)
88Disallow: /index.php/admin/
89Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
90Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
91Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
92Disallow: /index.php/search/
93Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
94Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
95Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
96Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/
97# Added by HRW
98Disallow: /video-photos/photograph/
99Disallow: */video-photos/photograph/
100Disallow: /video-photos/satellite-imagery/
101Disallow: */video-photos/satellite-imagery/
102Disallow: /video-photos/map/
103Disallow: */video-photos/map/
104Disallow: */printable/
105Disallow: */print
106Disallow: /sitesearch
107Disallow: */sitesearch
108Disallow: /*?country
109Disallow: /*?keyword=
110Disallow: /*&keyword=
111Disallow: /*?tags=
112Disallow: /*?topic=
113Disallow: /*?t=
114Disallow: /*&t=
115Disallow: /languages
116Disallow: */languages
117Disallow: /languages?*
118Disallow: */languages?*
119Disallow: /preview-link*
120Disallow: */preview-link*
121# DPL-1056: Block indexing of report PDFs
122Disallow: /sites/default/files/media_*/*.doc
123Disallow: /sites/default/files/media_*/*.pdf
124Disallow: /sites/default/files/reports/*.pdf
125Disallow: /sites/default/files/jp_report/*.pdf
126
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What do the bots actually get?
This page reads robots.txt, which states what hrw.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.
Run a live check on hrw.org Test a path in the robots.txt tester
History
- 19 October 2026: first checked.
Questions
Does hrw.org block GPTBot?
No. hrw.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 hrw.org block ClaudeBot?
No. hrw.org’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.
Does hrw.org block Google-Extended?
No. hrw.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 hrw.org block PerplexityBot?
No. hrw.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 hrw.org?
Yes. hrw.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.