Who blocks AI · #222 in the Majestic Million

robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does squarespace.com block AI crawlers?

No. squarespace.com’s robots.txt lets all 19 AI crawlers we track crawl the site, though it keeps DuckAssistBot, Amazonbot and 9 more out of some paths. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotPartly blocked OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotPartly blocked PerplexityBotAllowed Google-ExtendedPartly blocked CCBotPartly blocked

robots.txt: www.squarespace.com/robots.txt · 98 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	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	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`YouBot`	You.com	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more

AI training

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`Google-Extended`	Google	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`GoogleOther`	Google	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Partly blocked	line 33 · `Disallow: /config` line 34 · `Disallow: /search` and 41 more

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	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 www.squarespace.com/robots.txt · 98 lines

1# Squarespace Robots Txt

3User-agent: AI2Bot

4User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma

5User-agent: aiHitBot

6User-agent: Amazonbot

7User-agent: anthropic-ai

8User-agent: Applebot-Extended

9User-agent: Bytespider

10User-agent: CCBot

11User-agent: ClaudeBot

12User-agent: cohere-ai

13User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler

14User-agent: DuckAssistBot

15User-agent: FacebookBot

16User-agent: Google-Extended

17User-agent: GoogleOther

18User-agent: GoogleOther-Image

19User-agent: GoogleOther-Video

20User-agent: GPTBot

21User-agent: img2dataset

22User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent

23User-agent: MyCentralAIScraperBot

24User-agent: omgili

25User-agent: omgilibot

26User-agent: Quora-Bot

27User-agent: TikTokSpider

28User-agent: YouBot

29User-agent: AdsBot-Google

30User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile

31User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile-Apps

32User-agent: *

33Disallow: /config

34Disallow: /search

35Disallow: /account$

36Disallow: /account/

37Disallow: /commerce/digital-download/

38Disallow: /api/

39Allow: /api/ui-extensions/

40Disallow: /static/

41Disallow:/*?author=*

42Disallow:/*&author=*

43Disallow:/*?tag=*

44Disallow:/*&tag=*

45Disallow:/*?month=*

46Disallow:/*&month=*

47Disallow:/*?view=*

48Disallow:/*&view=*

49Disallow:/*?format=json

50Disallow:/*&format=json

51Disallow:/*?format=page-context

52Disallow:/*&format=page-context

53Disallow:/*?format=main-content

54Disallow:/*&format=main-content

55Disallow:/*?format=json-pretty

56Disallow:/*&format=json-pretty

57Disallow:/*?format=ical

58Disallow:/*&format=ical

59Disallow:/*?reversePaginate=*

60Disallow:/*&reversePaginate=*

62# WWW Additions

63# WWW Additions

65Allow: /commerce$

66Allow: /commerce/

67Allow: /api/taxonomy$

68Allow: /api/taxonomy/

69Allow: /api/template-taxonomy-service$

70Allow: /api/template-taxonomy-service/

71Allow: /api/billing$

72Allow: /api/billing/

73Allow: /templates$

74Allow: /templates/

75Allow: /tour$

76Allow: /tour/

77Allow: /api/v1/marketplace/designers/?page=*

78Allow: /api/v1/marketplace/designers/*/$

79Allow: /api/extensions/1.0/extensions

80Allow: /api/extensions/1.0/extensions/

81Disallow: /offers$

82Disallow: /offers/*

83Disallow: /press-coverage/?offset=*

84Disallow: /beta-flag$

85Disallow: /beta-flag/

86Disallow: /typography$

87Disallow: /typography/

88Disallow: /archived$

89Disallow: /archived/

90Disallow: /noindex$

91Disallow: /noindex/

92Disallow: /api/1/performance/records

93Disallow: /api/1/performance/settings

94Disallow: /api/census/RecordHit

95Disallow: /api/census/button-render

96Disallow: /login

97Sitemap: https://www.squarespace.com/sitemap.xml

What do the bots actually get?

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

Partly. squarespace.com’s robots.txt keeps GPTBot out of some paths, such as /config, and lets it crawl the rest. GPTBot is OpenAI’s crawler for training data; blocking it doesn’t affect ChatGPT search, which uses OAI-SearchBot. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does squarespace.com block ClaudeBot?

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

Does squarespace.com block Google-Extended?

Partly. squarespace.com’s robots.txt keeps Google-Extended out of some paths, such as /config, 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 squarespace.com block PerplexityBot?

No. squarespace.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 squarespace.com?

Yes. squarespace.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.