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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026
Does psychologytoday.com block AI crawlers?
No. psychologytoday.com’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
- www.psychologytoday.com/robots.txt · 257 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 | Allowed | no rule matches the home page |
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 www.psychologytoday.com/robots.txt · 257 lines
1User-agent: sosospider
2Disallow: /
3
4User-agent: yandex bot
5Disallow: /
6
7User-agent: larbin
8Disallow: /
9
10User-agent: BizwikiBot
11Disallow: /
12
13User-agent: ScoutJet
14Disallow: /
15
16User-agent: Riddlerbot
17Disallow: /
18
19User-agent: SemrushBot
20Disallow: /
21
22User-agent: ShopWiki
23Disallow: /
24
25User-agent: ia_archiver
26Disallow: /
27
28User-agent: *
29# Resource Directories
30Disallow: /includes/
31Disallow: /misc/
32Disallow: /modules/
33Disallow: /profiles/
34Disallow: /scripts/
35Disallow: /themes/
36# Static Files
37Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
38Disallow: /cron.php
39Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
40Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
41Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
42Disallow: /install.php
43Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
44Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
45Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
46Disallow: /update.php
47Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
48Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
49# Static Drupal resources explicitly allowed
50Allow: /misc/*.css$
51Allow: /misc/*.css?
52Allow: /misc/*.js$
53Allow: /misc/*.js?
54Allow: /misc/*.gif
55Allow: /misc/*.jpg
56Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
57Allow: /misc/*.png
58Allow: /modules/*.css$
59Allow: /modules/*.css?
60Allow: /modules/*.js$
61Allow: /modules/*.js?
62Allow: /modules/*.gif
63Allow: /modules/*.jpg
64Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
65Allow: /modules/*.png
66Allow: /profiles/*.css$
67Allow: /profiles/*.css?
68Allow: /profiles/*.js$
69Allow: /profiles/*.js?
70Allow: /profiles/*.gif
71Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
72Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
73Allow: /profiles/*.png
74Allow: /themes/*.css$
75Allow: /themes/*.css?
76Allow: /themes/*.js$
77Allow: /themes/*.js?
78Allow: /themes/*.gif
79Allow: /themes/*.jpg
80Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
81Allow: /themes/*.png
82
83# Drupal Paths
84Disallow: /admin$
85Disallow: /admin/
86#Disallow: /comment/
87Disallow: /filter/tips/
88Disallow: /node/add
89Disallow: /search
90Disallow: /user$
91Disallow: /user/
92
93# Drupal Paths, wildcard prefix
94Disallow: /*/admin$
95Disallow: /*/admin/
96#Disallow: /*/comment/
97Disallow: /*/filter/tips/
98Disallow: /*/node/add/
99Disallow: /*/search/
100Disallow: /*/user$
101Disallow: /*/user/
102
103# Drupal Paths, au prefix
104Disallow: /au/admin$
105Disallow: /au/admin/
106#Disallow: /au/comment/
107Disallow: /au/filter/tips/
108Disallow: /au/node/add/
109Disallow: /au/search/
110Disallow: /au/user$
111Disallow: /au/user/
112
113# Drupal Paths, ca prefix
114Disallow: /ca/admin$
115Disallow: /ca/admin/
116#Disallow: /ca/comment/
117Disallow: /ca/filter/tips/
118Disallow: /ca/node/add/
119Disallow: /ca/search/
120Disallow: /ca/user$
121Disallow: /ca/user/
122
123# Drupal Paths, gb prefix
124Disallow: /gb/admin$
125Disallow: /gb/admin/
126#Disallow: /gb/comment/
127Disallow: /gb/filter/tips/
128Disallow: /gb/node/add/
129Disallow: /gb/search/
130Disallow: /gb/user$
131Disallow: /gb/user/
132
133# Drupal Paths, intl prefix
134Disallow: /intl/admin$
135Disallow: /intl/admin/
136#Disallow: /intl/comment/
137Disallow: /intl/filter/tips/
138Disallow: /intl/node/add/
139Disallow: /intl/search/
140Disallow: /intl/user$
141Disallow: /intl/user/
142
143# Drupal Paths, us prefix
144Disallow: /us/admin$
145Disallow: /us/admin/
146#Disallow: /us/comment/
147Disallow: /us/filter/tips/
148Disallow: /us/node/add/
149Disallow: /us/search/
150Disallow: /us/user$
151Disallow: /us/user/
152
153# Paths (no unclean URLs)
154Disallow: /?q=
155Disallow: /*?q=
156
157# Count.php
158Disallow: /count.php
159
160# es blocks
161Disallow: /es/admin$
162Disallow: /es/admin/
163Disallow: /es/filter/tips/
164Disallow: /es/node/add/
165Disallow: /es/search/
166Disallow: /es/user$
167Disallow: /es/user/
168
169# mx blocks
170Disallow: /mx/admin$
171Disallow: /mx/admin/
172Disallow: /mx/filter/tips/
173Disallow: /mx/node/add/
174Disallow: /mx/search/
175Disallow: /mx/user$
176Disallow: /mx/user/
177
178# ar blocks
179Disallow: /ar/admin$
180Disallow: /ar/admin/
181Disallow: /ar/filter/tips/
182Disallow: /ar/node/add/
183Disallow: /ar/search/
184Disallow: /ar/user$
185Disallow: /ar/user/
186
187# ca blocks
188Disallow: /ca/admin$
189Disallow: /ca/admin/
190Disallow: /ca/filter/tips/
191Disallow: /ca/node/add/
192Disallow: /ca/search/
193Disallow: /ca/user$
194Disallow: /ca/user/
195
196# nz blocks
197Disallow: /nz/admin$
198Disallow: /nz/admin/
199Disallow: /nz/filter/tips/
200Disallow: /nz/node/add/
201Disallow: /nz/search/
202Disallow: /nz/user$
203Disallow: /nz/user/
204
205# za blocks
206Disallow: /za/admin$
207Disallow: /za/admin/
208Disallow: /za/filter/tips/
209Disallow: /za/node/add/
210Disallow: /za/search/
211Disallow: /za/user$
212Disallow: /za/user/
213
214# ie blocks
215Disallow: /ie/admin$
216Disallow: /ie/admin/
217Disallow: /ie/filter/tips/
218Disallow: /ie/node/add/
219Disallow: /ie/search/
220Disallow: /ie/user$
221Disallow: /ie/user/
222
223# sg blocks
224Disallow: /sg/admin$
225Disallow: /sg/admin/
226Disallow: /sg/filter/tips/
227Disallow: /sg/node/add/
228Disallow: /sg/search/
229Disallow: /sg/user$
230Disallow: /sg/user/
231
232#Disallow verified-modal path
233Disallow: /*/*/content/verified-modal/*$
234
235#Disallow specific parameters -- SUPPT-1895
236Disallow: /*?quicktabs_5=
237Disallow: /*?topid=
238Disallow: /*?s=
239Disallow: /*?quote=
240Disallow: /*?psy=
241Disallow: /*?event=
242Disallow: /*?entity_type=
243Disallow: /*?entity_id=
244Disallow: /*?cost=
245Disallow: /*?bundle=
246
247Disallow: /*&quicktabs_5=
248Disallow: /*&topid=
249Disallow: /*&s=
250Disallow: /*"e=
251Disallow: /*&psy=
252Disallow: /*&event=
253Disallow: /*&entity_type=
254Disallow: /*&entity_id=
255Disallow: /*&cost=
256Disallow: /*&bundle=
257
What do the bots actually get?
This page reads robots.txt, which states what psychologytoday.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 psychologytoday.com block GPTBot?
No. psychologytoday.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 psychologytoday.com block ClaudeBot?
No. psychologytoday.com’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.
Does psychologytoday.com block Google-Extended?
No. psychologytoday.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 psychologytoday.com block PerplexityBot?
No. psychologytoday.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 psychologytoday.com?
Yes. psychologytoday.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.