Who blocks AI · #639 in the Majestic Million
Does mail.ru block AI crawlers?
No. mail.ru’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
- mail.ru/robots.txt · 1 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 group applies | |
Bingbot | Microsoft | Allowed | no group applies |
DuckDuckBot | DuckDuckGo | Allowed | no group applies |
Applebot | Apple | Allowed | no group applies |
PetalBot | Huawei | Allowed | no group applies |
YandexBot | Yandex | Allowed | no group applies |
Baiduspider | Baidu | Allowed | no group applies |
AI search
| Bot | Operator | robots.txt | Deciding line |
|---|---|---|---|
OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | Allowed | no group applies |
PerplexityBot | Perplexity | Allowed | no group applies |
Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | Allowed | no group applies |
DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | Allowed | no group applies |
Amazonbot | Amazon | Allowed | no group applies |
YouBot | You.com | Allowed | no group applies |
AI training
| Bot | Operator | robots.txt | Deciding line |
|---|---|---|---|
GPTBot | OpenAI | Allowed | no group applies |
ClaudeBot | Anthropic | Allowed | no group applies |
Google-Extended | Allowed | no group applies | |
CCBot | Common Crawl | Allowed | no group applies |
Applebot-Extended | Apple | Allowed | no group applies |
GoogleOther | Allowed | no group applies | |
Meta-ExternalAgent | Meta | Allowed | no group applies |
Bytespider | ByteDance | Allowed | no group applies |
User-triggered fetchers
| Bot | Operator | robots.txt | Deciding line |
|---|---|---|---|
ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | Allowed | no group applies |
Claude-User | Anthropic | Allowed | no group applies |
Perplexity-User | Perplexity | Allowed | no group applies |
MistralAI-User | Mistral | Allowed | no group applies |
Meta-ExternalFetcher | Meta | Allowed | no group applies |
SEO tools
| Bot | Operator | robots.txt | Deciding line |
|---|---|---|---|
AhrefsBot | Ahrefs | Allowed | no group applies |
SemrushBot | Semrush | Allowed | no group applies |
MJ12bot | Majestic | Allowed | no group applies |
DotBot | Moz | Allowed | no group applies |
View mail.ru/robots.txt · 1 lines
What do the bots actually get?
This page reads robots.txt, which states what mail.ru 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.
- 26 October 2026: now blocks part of the site to Googlebot; started blocking Bingbot; started blocking DuckDuckBot; now blocks part of the site to Applebot; started blocking PetalBot; started blocking YandexBot; started blocking Baiduspider; started blocking OAI-SearchBot; started blocking PerplexityBot; started blocking Claude-SearchBot; started blocking DuckAssistBot; started blocking Amazonbot; started blocking YouBot; started blocking GPTBot; started blocking ClaudeBot; started blocking Google-Extended; started blocking CCBot; started blocking Applebot-Extended; started blocking GoogleOther; started blocking Meta-ExternalAgent; started blocking Bytespider; started blocking ChatGPT-User; started blocking Claude-User; started blocking Perplexity-User; started blocking MistralAI-User; started blocking Meta-ExternalFetcher; started blocking AhrefsBot; started blocking SemrushBot; started blocking MJ12bot; started blocking DotBot.
- 9 November 2026: changed its rules for Googlebot; stopped blocking Bingbot; stopped blocking DuckDuckBot; changed its rules for Applebot; stopped blocking PetalBot; stopped blocking YandexBot; stopped blocking Baiduspider; stopped blocking OAI-SearchBot; stopped blocking PerplexityBot; stopped blocking Claude-SearchBot; stopped blocking DuckAssistBot; stopped blocking Amazonbot; stopped blocking YouBot; stopped blocking GPTBot; stopped blocking ClaudeBot; stopped blocking Google-Extended; stopped blocking CCBot; stopped blocking Applebot-Extended; stopped blocking GoogleOther; stopped blocking Meta-ExternalAgent; stopped blocking Bytespider; stopped blocking ChatGPT-User; stopped blocking Claude-User; stopped blocking Perplexity-User; stopped blocking MistralAI-User; stopped blocking Meta-ExternalFetcher; stopped blocking AhrefsBot; stopped blocking SemrushBot; stopped blocking MJ12bot; stopped blocking DotBot.
Questions
Does mail.ru block GPTBot?
No. mail.ru’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 mail.ru block ClaudeBot?
No. mail.ru’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.
Does mail.ru block Google-Extended?
No. mail.ru’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 mail.ru block PerplexityBot?
No. mail.ru’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 mail.ru?
Yes. mail.ru’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.