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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does worldbank.org block AI crawlers?

No. worldbank.org’s robots.txt lets all 19 AI crawlers we track crawl the site. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotAllowed OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotAllowed PerplexityBotAllowed Google-ExtendedAllowed CCBotAllowed

robots.txt: www.worldbank.org/robots.txt · 54 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	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`DuckDuckBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Applebot`	Apple	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`PetalBot`	Huawei	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`YandexBot`	Yandex	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Baiduspider`	Baidu	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

AI search

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`OAI-SearchBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`PerplexityBot`	Perplexity	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`YouBot`	You.com	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

AI training

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Google-Extended`	Google	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`GoogleOther`	Google	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

User-triggered fetchers

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`ChatGPT-User`	OpenAI	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Claude-User`	Anthropic	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Perplexity-User`	Perplexity	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`MistralAI-User`	Mistral	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`Meta-ExternalFetcher`	Meta	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

SEO tools

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`AhrefsBot`	Ahrefs	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`SemrushBot`	Semrush	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`MJ12bot`	Majestic	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`
`DotBot`	Moz	Allowed	line 2 · `Allow: /` under `User-agent: *`

View www.worldbank.org/robots.txt · 54 lines

1User-agent: *

2Allow: /

4# --- Adobe Edge Optimize crawler ---

5User-agent: AdobeEdgeOptimize/1.0

6Allow: /

8# --- System / platform paths ---

9Disallow: /apps/

10Disallow: /conf/

11Disallow: /misc/

12Disallow: /wbg/services/

13Disallow: /wbg/aem/

14Disallow: /fragments/

15Disallow: /fragment/

16Disallow: /downloadstats/

17Disallow: /content/search

18Disallow: /*/search

19Disallow: /*/webarchives/archive

20Disallow: /*.print

22# --- One-off retired pages ---

23Disallow: /*/programs/umbrellafacilityforgenderequality/brief/ufge-partnership-council-meeting

25# --- Retired templates: blocked entirely, all years, all locales ---

26Disallow: /*/news/infographic/

27Disallow: /*/news/loans-credits/

28Disallow: /*/news/opinion/

29Disallow: /*/data/interactive/

31# --- Migrated templates: pre-2020 content retired (19xx, 200x, 201x) ---

32Disallow: /*/news/factsheet/19

33Disallow: /*/news/factsheet/200

34Disallow: /*/news/factsheet/201

35Disallow: /*/news/feature/19

36Disallow: /*/news/feature/200

37Disallow: /*/news/feature/201

38Disallow: /*/news/immersive-story/19

39Disallow: /*/news/immersive-story/200

40Disallow: /*/news/immersive-story/201

41Disallow: /*/news/press-release/19

42Disallow: /*/news/press-release/200

43Disallow: /*/news/press-release/201

44Disallow: /*/news/speech/19

45Disallow: /*/news/speech/200

46Disallow: /*/news/speech/201

47Disallow: /*/news/statement/19

48Disallow: /*/news/statement/200

49Disallow: /*/news/statement/201

50Disallow: /*/results/19

51Disallow: /*/results/200

52Disallow: /*/results/201

54Sitemap: https://www.worldbank.org/sitemap.xml

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what worldbank.org 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 worldbank.org block GPTBot?

No. worldbank.org’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 worldbank.org block ClaudeBot?

No. worldbank.org’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does worldbank.org block Google-Extended?

No. worldbank.org’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 worldbank.org block PerplexityBot?

No. worldbank.org’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 worldbank.org?

Yes. worldbank.org’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.