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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does sueddeutsche.de block AI crawlers?

Yes. sueddeutsche.de’s robots.txt blocks 5 of the 19 AI crawlers we track, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended and 2 more. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotBlocked OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotBlocked PerplexityBotBlocked Google-ExtendedBlocked CCBotAllowed

robots.txt: www.sueddeutsche.de/robots.txt · 124 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	Blocked	line 106 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: PerplexityBot`
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Partly blocked	line 109 · `Disallow: /20*`
`YouBot`	You.com	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

AI training

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Blocked	line 71 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: GPTBot`
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Blocked	line 82 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: ClaudeBot`
`Google-Extended`	Google	Blocked	line 79 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: Google-Extended`
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`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 100 · `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	Blocked	line 88 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: AhrefsBot`
`SemrushBot`	Semrush	Blocked	line 47 · `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.sueddeutsche.de/robots.txt · 124 lines

1# Robots.txt for sueddeutsche.de

2# www.robotstxt.org/

3# www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=156449

5# Exclude all other stuff for CRE tracking

7User-agent: *

8Disallow: /cdn_sz_mob/live/iqadcontroller.js.gz

9Disallow: /cdn_sz/live/iqadcontroller.js.gz

10Disallow: /text-to-speech/

11Disallow: /pay/piano/

12Disallow: /advertorial/*/files/media/*.svg

14# Exclude SEO-Tools & SPAM-Bots

16User-agent: backlink-check.de

17Disallow: /

19User-agent: BacklinkCrawler

20Disallow: /

22User-agent: ExtractorPro

23Disallow: /

25User-agent: Fasterfox

26Disallow: /

28User-agent: LinkextractorPro

29Disallow: /

31User-agent: LinkWalker

32Disallow: /

34User-agent: MJ12bot

35Disallow: /

37User-agent: Openbot

38Disallow: /

40User-agent: rogerbot

41Disallow: /

43User-agent: searchpreview

44Disallow: /

46User-agent: SemrushBot

47Disallow: /

49User-agent: SEODAT

50Disallow: /

52User-agent: SEOENGBot

53Disallow: /

55User-agent: SEOkicks-Robot

56Disallow: /

58User-agent: True_Robot

59Disallow: /

61User-agent: URL Control

62Disallow: /

64User-agent: URL_Spider_Pro

65Disallow: /

67User-agent: xovi

68Disallow: /

70User-agent: GPTBot

71Disallow: /

73# Uber Metrics

74User-agent: um-IC

75Disallow: /

77# Googles generative AI crawlers

78User-agent: Google-Extended

79Disallow: /

81User-agent: ClaudeBot

82Disallow: /

84User-agent: Claude-Web

85Disallow: /

87User-agent: AhrefsBot

88Disallow: /

90User-agent: ImagesiftBot

91Disallow: /

93User-agent: GumGum Bot

94Disallow: /

96User-agent: anthropic-ai

97Disallow: /

99User-agent: ChatGPT-User

100Disallow: /

101

102User-agent: cohere-ai

103Disallow: /

104

105User-agent: PerplexityBot

106Disallow: /

107

108User-agent: Amazonbot

109Disallow: /20*

110

111User-agent: AmazonAdBot

112Disallow: /cdn_sz_mob/live/iqadcontroller.js.gz

113Disallow: /cdn_sz/live/iqadcontroller.js.gz

114Disallow: /text-to-speech/

115Disallow: /pay/piano/

116Disallow: /advertorial/*/files/media/*.svg

117Allow: /

118

119# Legal notice: SZ.de expressly reserves the right to use its content for commercial text and data mining (§ 44 b UrhG).

120# The use of robots or other automated means to access SZ.de or collect or mine data without

121# the express permission of SZ.de is strictly prohibited.

122# SZ.de may, in its discretion, permit certain automated access to certain SZ.de pages,

123# If you would like to apply for permission to crawl SZ.de, collect or use data, please email syndication@sz.de

124

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what sueddeutsche.de 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 sueddeutsche.de block GPTBot?

Yes. sueddeutsche.de’s robots.txt disallows GPTBot from the whole site (line 71: 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 sueddeutsche.de block ClaudeBot?

Yes. sueddeutsche.de’s robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot from the whole site (line 82: Disallow: /). ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does sueddeutsche.de block Google-Extended?

Yes. sueddeutsche.de’s robots.txt disallows Google-Extended from the whole site (line 79: Disallow: /). 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 sueddeutsche.de block PerplexityBot?

Yes. sueddeutsche.de’s robots.txt disallows PerplexityBot from the whole site (line 106: Disallow: /). PerplexityBot is the crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity’s answers. Checked 9 November 2026.

Can ChatGPT search find sueddeutsche.de?

Yes. sueddeutsche.de’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.