Robots.txt Analysis for nzherald.co.nz

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Blocked Bots

175

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Missing AI Bots

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AI Bot Coverage

90%

6 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 41 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 15 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 25 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 4 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.

Blocking AI Agents Can Turn Away Real Users

You're only blocking 7 known AI Agents. These bots browse and act on behalf of people, so blocking them can prevent users from reading, comparing, or buying from your site.

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175 Blocked Bots

AmazonBuyForMe

AI Agent

Uses an actual web browser to autonomously complete complex tasks on behalf of a human user

ChatGPT Agent

AI Agent

Uses an actual web browser to autonomously complete complex tasks on behalf of a human user

Google-Agent

AI Agent

Uses an actual web browser to autonomously complete complex tasks on behalf of a human user

GoogleAgent-Mariner

AI Agent

Uses an actual web browser to autonomously complete complex tasks on behalf of a human user

Manus-User

AI Agent

Uses an actual web browser to autonomously complete complex tasks on behalf of a human user

NovaAct

AI Agent

Uses an actual web browser to autonomously complete complex tasks on behalf of a human user

TwinAgent

AI Agent

Uses an actual web browser to autonomously complete complex tasks on behalf of a human user

AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval

AI Assistant

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

amazon-QBusiness

AI Assistant

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

Amzn-User

AI Assistant

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

bigsur.ai

AI Assistant

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

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

GeistHaus-PageFetcher

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

Google-NotebookLM

AI Assistant

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

GoogleAgent-URLContext

AI Assistant

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

kagi-fetcher

AI Assistant

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

Kimi-User

AI Assistant

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

KlaviyoAIBot

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

PhindBot

AI Assistant

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

Poggio-Citations

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

Shap-User

AI Assistant

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

TongyiBot

AI Assistant

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

UseAI

AI Assistant

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

YiyanBot

AI Assistant

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

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

CragCrawler

AI Data Provider

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

Diffbot

AI Data Provider

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

FirecrawlAgent

AI Data Provider

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

HenkBot

AI Data Provider

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

Querit-SearchBot

AI Data Provider

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

QueritBot

AI Data Provider

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

ShapBot

AI Data Provider

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

TavilyBot

AI Data Provider

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

Terra Cotta

AI Data Provider

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

TerraCotta

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

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

Cotoyogi

AI Data Scraper

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

Datenbank Crawler

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

Doubaobot

AI Data Scraper

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

ERNIEBot

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

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

imageSpider

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

KimiBot

AI Data Scraper

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

KimiCrawler

AI Data Scraper

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

laion-huggingface-processor

AI Data Scraper

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

LCC

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

micro-crawl

AI Data Scraper

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

MistralBot

AI Data Scraper

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

MoonshotBot

AI Data Scraper

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

MoonSpider

AI Data Scraper

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

netEstate Imprint Crawler

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

QwenBot

AI Data Scraper

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

SalamandraVLM

AI Data Scraper

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

SBIntuitionsBot

AI Data Scraper

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

Spider

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

archive.org_bot

Archiver

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

ia_archiver

Archiver

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

AASA-Bot

Fetcher

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

LinkWalker

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

HTTrack

Scraper

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

Nutch

Scraper

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

Offline Explorer

Scraper

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

Scrapy

Scraper

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

AliyunSecBot

Security Scanner

Scans websites for security vulnerabilities, threats, and configuration weaknesses

Alexibot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Aqua_Products

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

BackDoorBot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Black Hole

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

BlowFish

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

BotRightHere

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

BuiltBotTough

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Bullseye

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

BunnySlippers

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

CherryPickerElite

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Copernic

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

CopyRightCheck

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Crescent Internet ToolPak HTTP OLE Control v.1.0

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

EmailWolf

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

EroCrawler

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

ExtractorPro

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

FAST-WebCrawler

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

GetRight

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

grapeshot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

grub-client

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Harvest

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

InfoNaviRobot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Kenjin Spider

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

larbin

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

LexiBot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

libWeb

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

LinkextractorPro

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

LinkScan

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

LNSpiderguy

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

lwp-trivial

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Mata Hari

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

MIIxpc

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Mister PiX

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

moget

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

MSIECrawler

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

msrbot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

NetAnts

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

NICErsPRO

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Openbot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

openfind

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

psbot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Radiation Retriever 1.1

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

RepoMonkey

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

RepoMonkey Bait & Tackle

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

searchpreview

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

SiteSnagger

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

SpankBot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

SuperBot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Szukacz

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

TeleportPro

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Telesoft

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

TheNomad

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

toCrawl

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

True_Robot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

URL Control

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

URLy Warning

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebAuto

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebBandit

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebCopier

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebCopier v3.2a

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebEnhancer

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebmasterWorldForumBot

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebReaper

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebSauger

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Website Quester

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebStripper

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WebZIP

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

WWW-Collector-E

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

zeus

Uncategorized

Not yet assigned a type

Zeus Link Scout

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

6 Missing AI Bots

AIWebIndex

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

ExaBot

AI Data Provider

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

FacebookBot

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

Mozilla-Tabstack

AI Data Provider

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

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.