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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026
Does timeout.com block AI crawlers?
No. timeout.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.timeout.com/robots.txt · 98 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 | 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.timeout.com/robots.txt · 98 lines
1# robots.txt file for Time Out .com
2# Updated: 4th March 2026
3
4User-agent: *
5# --- TECHNICAL BLOCKLIST ---
6# Blocks crawler access to page fragments
7Disallow: /*/pages/*/zone/
8Disallow: /graffiti/v1/
9Disallow: /user/ajax/
10Disallow: */pages-ajax
11Disallow: */paginate
12Disallow: /user/mtoPopupLogin
13Disallow: /ajax/mastercard-theme
14
15# --- USER ACCOUNT & AUTHENTICATION ---
16Disallow: */user/sign-up
17Disallow: *user/myAccount
18Disallow: *user/forgotPassword
19Disallow: */user/email/review
20Disallow: */user/token
21Disallow: /user/attending/upcoming*
22
23# --- RSS CLEANUP (Targets legacy folders only) ---
24Disallow: */rss/ # Blocks folders named 'rss'
25Disallow: */rss_en_all # Blocks specific legacy string
26Disallow: */rss_ja_all # Blocks specific legacy string
27Disallow: */rss/Features
28Disallow: */rss/Events
29Disallow: */rss_for_twitter
30Disallow: */rss/Venues
31# Note: New feeds like /blog/feed.rss remain ALLOWED
32
33# --- SEARCH & DYNAMIC FILTERING ---
34Disallow: /search*
35Disallow: /*/search*
36Disallow: /*/search/
37Disallow: /*/search
38Disallow: /*/*/search*
39Disallow: /*/*/search/
40Disallow: /*/*/search
41Disallow: /search-listings?*
42
43# --- FILE TYPES & OPERATIONS ---
44Disallow: /*/*.php
45Disallow: /*/*/bookings
46
47# --- SITEMAP INDEXES ---
48Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/sitemap.xml.gz
49Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/news_sitemap.xml
50
51# Europe & UK
52Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/london/news_sitemap.xml
53Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/uk/news_sitemap.xml
54Sitemap: https://www.timeout.es/madrid/es/news_sitemap.xml
55Sitemap: https://www.timeout.es/barcelona/es/news_sitemap.xml
56Sitemap: https://www.timeout.cat/barcelona/ca/news_sitemap.xml
57Sitemap: https://www.timeout.pt/lisboa/pt/news_sitemap.xml
58Sitemap: https://www.timeout.pt/porto/pt/news_sitemap.xml
59Sitemap: https://www.timeout.fr/paris/news_sitemap.xml
60
61# North America
62Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news_sitemap.xml
63Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/usa/news_sitemap.xml
64Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news_sitemap.xml
65Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/chicago/news_sitemap.xml
66Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/montreal/news_sitemap.xml
67
68# Asia / Pacific
69Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/news_sitemap.xml
70Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com.hk/hong-kong/hk/news_sitemap.xml
71Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/singapore/news_sitemap.xml
72Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news_sitemap.xml
73Sitemap: https://www.timeout.jp/tokyo/ja/news_sitemap.xml
74Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/news_sitemap.xml
75Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/th/news_sitemap.xml
76Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news_sitemap.xml
77Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news_sitemap.xml
78Sitemap: https://www.timeout.com/australia/news_sitemap.xml
79
80# --- BOT RESTRICTIONS ---
81User-agent: 80bot
82Disallow: /
83User-agent: genieBot
84Disallow: /
85User-agent: MJ12bot
86Disallow: /
87User-agent: MLBot
88Disallow: /
89User-agent: Nutch
90Disallow: /
91User-agent: OmniExplorer_Bot
92Disallow: /
93User-agent: spock
94Disallow: /
95User-agent: BecomeBot # Removing time delay which bots ignored anyway
96
97User-agent: TurnitinBot # Removing time delay which bots ignored anyway
98
What do the bots actually get?
This page reads robots.txt, which states what timeout.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 timeout.com block GPTBot?
No. timeout.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 timeout.com block ClaudeBot?
No. timeout.com’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.
Does timeout.com block Google-Extended?
No. timeout.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 timeout.com block PerplexityBot?
No. timeout.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 timeout.com?
Yes. timeout.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.