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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does tagesschau.de block AI crawlers?

Yes. tagesschau.de’s robots.txt blocks 7 of the 19 AI crawlers we track, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended and 4 more. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotBlocked OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotBlocked PerplexityBotAllowed Google-ExtendedBlocked CCBotBlocked

robots.txt: www.tagesschau.de/robots.txt · 139 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	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	Blocked	line 86 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: gptbot`
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Blocked	line 53 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: claudebot`
`Google-Extended`	Google	Blocked	line 57 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: google-extended`
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Blocked	line 49 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: ccbot`
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Blocked	line 41 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: applebot-extended`
`GoogleOther`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Blocked	line 82 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: meta-externalagent`
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Blocked	line 45 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: bytespider`

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 10 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: AhrefsBot`
`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.tagesschau.de/robots.txt · 139 lines

1User-agent: *

2Disallow: /ardimport/

3Disallow: /*~player.html

4Disallow: /suche2.html?*

6User-agent: webzip

7Disallow: /

9User-agent: AhrefsBot

10Disallow: /

12User-agent: webwhacker

13Disallow: /

15User-agent: websauger

16Disallow: /

18User-agent: webcapture

19Disallow: /

21User-agent: teleport

22Disallow: /

24User-agent: sitesnagger

25Disallow: /

27User-agent: net attache

28Disallow: /

30User-agent: httrack

31Disallow: /

33############

34# Nutzungsvorbehalt / Reservation of Rights (Opt-Out) ARD

35# Stand: 19.05.2026

37### AI Training

39# Apple

40User-agent: applebot-extended

41Disallow: /

43# ByteDance

44User-agent: bytespider

45Disallow: /

47# Common Crawl

48User-agent: ccbot

49Disallow: /

51# Anthropic

52User-agent: claudebot

53Disallow: /

55# Google

56User-agent: google-extended

57Disallow: /

59# Cohere

60User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler

61Disallow: /

63# DeepSeek

64User-agent: deepseekbot

65Disallow: /

67User-agent: deepseek

68Disallow: /

70User-agent: deepseek-crawler

71Disallow: /

73# Diffbot

74User-agent: diffbot

75Disallow: /

77# Meta

78User-agent: facebookbot

79Disallow: /

81User-agent: meta-externalagent

82Disallow: /

84# OpenAI

85User-agent: gptbot

86Disallow: /

88# xAI

89User-agent: grokbot

90Disallow: /

92# LAION

93User-agent: img2dataset

94Disallow: /

96User-agent: laiondownloader

97Disallow: /

99# Mistral AI

100User-agent: mistralai-crawler

101Disallow: /

102

103# Webz.io

104User-agent: omgili

105Disallow: /

106

107User-agent: omgilibot

108Disallow: /

109

110# Huawei

111User-agent: pangubot

112Disallow: /

113

114

115# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

116# Legal Notice / Rechtshinweis

117#

118# The operator of this website expressly reserves the right pursuant to

119# § 44b(3) UrhG (German Copyright Act) to prohibit the use of its content

120# for text and data mining.

121#

122# The automated collection, extraction, reproduction, or use of content

123# from this website for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, or

124# otherwise developing artificial intelligence models or systems is

125# strictly prohibited without prior written consent. This prohibition

126# extends to third-party service providers acting on behalf of or

127# supplying data to AI developers. Such third parties may be held

128# jointly liable for any unauthorized access or use of content in

129# violation of this notice.

130#

131# This restriction does not apply to automated access for the sole

132# purpose of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or grounding, provided

133# that such access complies with the technical directives specified in

134# this file and that the content is attributed to its original source.

135#

136# For inquiries or permission requests, please contact:

137# webmaster@tagesschau.de

138############

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What do the bots actually get?

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

Yes. tagesschau.de’s robots.txt disallows GPTBot from the whole site (line 86: 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 tagesschau.de block ClaudeBot?

Yes. tagesschau.de’s robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot from the whole site (line 53: Disallow: /). ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does tagesschau.de block Google-Extended?

Yes. tagesschau.de’s robots.txt disallows Google-Extended from the whole site (line 57: 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 tagesschau.de block PerplexityBot?

No. tagesschau.de’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 tagesschau.de?

Yes. tagesschau.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.