Robots.txt Analysis for metro.co.uk

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Blocked Bots

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Missing AI Bots

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AI Bot Coverage

40%

37 out of 62 AI bots are still allowed to scrape this website's content

Robots.txt is still highly effective. AI bots follow the rules 97.8% of the time.

Issues & Recommendations

Some AI Data Scrapers Can Still Train on Your Content

You're only blocking 23 of 43 known AI Data Scrapers. The rest can still crawl your site for AI training, so your current rules only provide partial protection.

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Some AI Data Providers Can Still Collect Your Content

You're only blocking 2 of 19 known AI Data Providers. The rest can still collect or supply your content to AI companies, leaving a gap in your data-use policy.

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Blocking AI Assistants May Reduce Referral Traffic

You're only blocking 9 known AI Assistants. These bots retrieve pages in response to user questions and can cite or link to your site. Keep them blocked only if preventing that access is intentional.

Blocking AI Search Crawlers Reduces AI Search Visibility

You're only blocking 5 known AI Search Crawlers. These bots index and recommend pages in AI search products. Keep them blocked only if you intentionally want to limit that visibility.

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76 Blocked Bots

ChatGPT-User

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

Claude-User

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

DuckAssistBot

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

Gemini-Deep-Research

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

LinerBot

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

meta-externalfetcher

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

MistralAI-User

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

Perplexity-User

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

QualifiedBot

AI Assistant

Fetches website content in response to a user prompt, to include in an AI-generated answer

Diffbot

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

YouBot

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

AI2Bot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Ai2Bot-Dolma

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Amazonbot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Applebot-Extended

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

bedrockbot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Bytespider

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

CCBot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

ChatGLM-Spider

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

ClaudeBot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Cotoyogi

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

DeepSeekBot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

FacebookBot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Google-Extended

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

GoogleOther

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

GPTBot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

ICC-Crawler

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Kangaroo Bot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

meta-externalagent

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

omgili

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

PanguBot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Timpibot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

VelenPublicWebCrawler

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

webzio-extended

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

Claude-SearchBot

AI Search Crawler

Indexes website content to possibly include as citations in AI-powered search results

Google-CloudVertexBot

AI Search Crawler

Indexes website content to possibly include as citations in AI-powered search results

OAI-SearchBot

AI Search Crawler

Indexes website content to possibly include as citations in AI-powered search results

PerplexityBot

AI Search Crawler

Indexes website content to possibly include as citations in AI-powered search results

PetalBot

AI Search Crawler

Indexes website content to possibly include as citations in AI-powered search results

archive.org_bot

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

Arquivo-web-crawler

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

Authory

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

bne.es_bot

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

bnf.fr_bot

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

mirrorweb

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

Nicecrawler

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

SmarshBot

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

special_archiver

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

XY-Archive-Compliance-Archiver

Archiver

Captures and stores historical website snapshots for long-term digital preservation

WARDBot

Developer Helper

Assists with testing, debugging, and ensuring website functionality

EchoboxBot

Fetcher

Retrieves web page metadata to power app features like link previews or feeds

TikTokSpider

Fetcher

Retrieves web page metadata to power app features like link previews or feeds

ArchiveBot

Intelligence Gatherer

Analyzes web content for brand safety, competitive insights, and ad targeting

ImagesiftBot

Intelligence Gatherer

Analyzes web content for brand safety, competitive insights, and ad targeting

netEstate NE Crawler

Intelligence Gatherer

Analyzes web content for brand safety, competitive insights, and ad targeting

TurnitinBot

Intelligence Gatherer

Analyzes web content for brand safety, competitive insights, and ad targeting

Scrapy

Scraper

Extracts large amounts of web data, often without explicit website permission

ISSCyberRiskCrawler

Security Scanner

Scans websites for security vulnerabilities, threats, and configuration weaknesses

AhrefsBot

SEO Crawler

Analyzes website structure and content to identify SEO improvement opportunities

ecoresearchCrawler

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

europarchive.org

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

kb.dk_bot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

LivelapBot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Meltwater

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

MSIECrawler

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Omgilibot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Seekr

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Sidetrade indexer bot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

TaraGroup Intelligent Bot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

wpbot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

anthropic-ai

Undocumented AI Agent

Crawls websites without disclosing its purpose, collecting data for an unknown AI use case

Claude-Web

Undocumented AI Agent

Crawls websites without disclosing its purpose, collecting data for an unknown AI use case

cohere-ai

Undocumented AI Agent

Crawls websites without disclosing its purpose, collecting data for an unknown AI use case

iaskspider

Undocumented AI Agent

Crawls websites without disclosing its purpose, collecting data for an unknown AI use case

KunatoCrawler

Undocumented AI Agent

Crawls websites without disclosing its purpose, collecting data for an unknown AI use case

WRTNBot

Undocumented AI Agent

Crawls websites without disclosing its purpose, collecting data for an unknown AI use case

37 Missing AI Bots

AIWebIndex

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

ApifyBot

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

ApifyWebsiteContentCrawler

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

Bravebot

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

Brightbot

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

CloudVertexBot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

cohere-training-data-crawler

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

CohereBot

AI Data Scraper

Downloads website content to include in datasets used for training AI models such as LLMs

CragCrawler

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

Crawlspace

AI Data Provider

Crawls websites to supply structured content to AI systems as a third-party service

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does robots.txt even work?

You should always have one as a first line of defense. The data shows that the vast majority of first-party AI Data Scrapers and third-party AI Data Providers actually do follow robots.txt rules.

The few bad actors willing to ignore them are usually small and have limited reach, so they probably aren't much of a threat to your business anyway.

Which AI bots should I block?

Block bots based on what they do, not simply because they use AI. Consider blocking AI Data Scrapers and AI Data Providers if you don't want your content used for model training or resale. You may also want to block general Scrapers and Undocumented AI Agents when their purpose or benefit is unclear.

Usually allow AI Search Crawlers, AI Assistants, and user-directed AI Agents if you want visibility, citations, and potential customer traffic. Keep traditional Search Engine Crawlers allowed unless you want your pages removed from their search results.

Once your rules are in place, use Agent Analytics to identify bots that ignore them. Inspect their location and IP address, then forcefully block them.

How do I keep my robots.txt up to date with new AI bots?

Automatic Robots.txt adds rules for all known bots in the categories you choose and keeps them updated as new bots are discovered.

Does blocking AI bots affect my search rankings?

Blocking AI Data Scrapers and other training crawlers does not directly affect your rankings in traditional search engines. Blocking Search Engine Crawlers such as Googlebot can prevent pages from being indexed and cause them to disappear from search results. Blocking AI Search Crawlers can reduce your visibility in AI search products, even if it does not change your traditional rankings.