lg.com: what it tells AI crawlers

On 27 October 2026, lg.com's robots.txt allowed all of GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot; it also published llms.txt.

Last verified 2026-10-28 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-27). Proof for that day.

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top 1k (Tranco)
robots.txt
ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.lg.com:443/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256 46035ac91b468df4… · view as recorded
The * group
allows applies to every agent without its own group

Per AI bot, 2026-10-27

User agentVerdictHow
GPTBotallowsthrough the * group
OAI-SearchBotallowsthrough the * group
ChatGPT-Userallowsthrough the * group
ClaudeBotallowsthrough the * group
Claude-SearchBotallowsthrough the * group
Claude-Userallowsthrough the * group
PerplexityBotallowsthrough the * group
Perplexity-Userallowsthrough the * group
Googlebotallowsthrough the * group
Google-Extendedallowsthrough the * group
Applebot-Extendedallowsthrough the * group
CCBotallowsthrough the * group
Bytespiderallowsthrough the * group
Meta-ExternalAgentallowsthrough the * group
Amazonbotallowsthrough the * group

Other signals

Publishes /llms.txtyes
Publishes /ai.txtno
Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.jsonno
Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta)no
Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header)no
Says ai-train=no in a Content Signalno
Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header)no
Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed)no
Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed)no
Sends noai / noimageai directivesno
Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge)no

llms.txt: "LG Electronics (lg.com) – Official Content Guide for AI (Global Hub)", 2,253 bytes, 11 links.

robots.txt as recorded sha256 0c157911c36cbb3c…

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /*/support/feedback?*
Disallow: /*/search*?*
Disallow: /*/*.ldwf* 
Disallow: /*/support/product-help/doc*
Disallow: /*/support/videos/videos-tutorials-layer*
Disallow: /*/support/error-pages
Disallow: /error
Disallow: /common/bug
Disallow: /common/content_*
Disallow: /common/error
Disallow: /common/search/
Disallow: /common/support
Disallow: /templatedata
Disallow: /war
Disallow: /download/support/contactus
Disallow: /download/support
Disallow: /*.ajax$
Disallow: /us/about-lg/investor-relations/
Disallow: /*gclid
Disallow: /us/includes/
Disallow: /us/cms-templates/
Disallow: /us/common/
Disallow: /us/compare/
Disallow: /us/sys/
Disallow: /us/application-data
Disallow: /us/secure
Disallow: /*/products/wtb*
Disallow: /compare.lg?*
Disallow: /*/*.swf$
Disallow: /mylg/
Disallow: /flash/
Disallow: /*/*/reviews/product/*
Disallow: /lgecs.downloadFile.ldwf?*
Disallow: /es/HEProductExperiencePage
Disallow: /es/HEProductExperiencePage/
Disallow: /es/HEProductExperiencePage/tv/main
Disallow: /*/srch*
Disallow: /*?search=*
Disallow: /*?bvrrp=*
Disallow: /*_escaped_fragment*
Disallow: /*?lgeurl=*
Disallow: /*/response/*
Disallow: /*/popup/*
Disallow: /*/search.lg*
Disallow: /au/pdfs/*
Disallow: /nz/pdfs/*
Disallow: /*.jsp?subCatId
Disallow: /*.jsp?value
Disallow: /*.jsp?contextPath
Disallow: /*.jsp?ref_no
Disallow: /*.jsp?s_kwcid
Disallow: /*.jsp?cmpid
Disallow: /jp/support/repair-warranty/locate-repair-center-detail/*
Disallow: /jp/mobile-phones/download-page/*
Disallow: /it/convenzioni-aziendali/corporate-benefit* 

Disallow: /lg5-common-gp/capcha/botdetectcaptcha 
Disallow: /WEB-INF/jsp/common/error/error404.jsp
Disallow:/*?from=*
Disallow:/*?awc=*
Disallow: /*?category=*
Disallow: /*?amp=*
Disallow: /*?code=*
Disallow: /*?cmpid=*
Disallow: /*?utm_
Disallow: /*?sub_
Disallow: /*?sa=*
Disallow: /*?element=*
Disallow: /*?model=*
Disallow: /*?bizType=*
Disallow: /*?cjevent=*
Disallow: /*?csSalesCode=*
Disallow: /*?emptyModel=*

User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /*/wtb?modelName=*
Disallow: /*/my-support
Disallow: /*/mylg-login
Disallow: /*?cmpid
Disallow: /*/player?videoId=
Disallow: /*/embedded-player?videoId=

User-agent: Yandex
Allow: /
Disallow: /error
Disallow: /common/bug
Disallow: /common/content_*
Disallow: /common/error
Disallow: /common/support
Disallow: /templatedata
Disallow: /war
Disallow: /download/support/contactus
Disallow: /adm
Disallow: /Admin
Disallow: /download/support
Disallow: /*.ajax$
Disallow: /us/about-lg/investor-relations/
Disallow: /es/HEProductExperiencePage
Disallow: /es/HEProductExperiencePage/
Disallow: /es/HEProductExperiencePage/tv/main
Disallow: /*locate-repair-center-detail/
Disallow: /*video-tutorials/CT
Disallow: /*utm_
Disallow: /*/search.lg*
Disallow: /*/response/*
Disallow: /*?search=*
Disallow: /*/popup/*
Disallow: /*?bvrrp=*
Disallow: /*/srch*
Disallow: /search-all?*
Clean-param: utm_source&utm_medium&utm_term&utm_campaign&utm_content / 
Clean-param: gclid /
Clean-param:countryCd /*.jsp
Clean-param:subCatId /*.jsp
Clean-param:value /*.jsp
Clean-param:contextPath /*.jsp
Clean-param:ref_no /*.jspA
Clean-param:s_kwcid /*.jsp
Clean-param:cmpid /*.jsp
Clean-param:element&model&bizType&cjevent&csSalesCode
Clean-param:modelid&ref&code&amp&awc&from&category&cmpid&emptyModel&id /
Clean-param:elqat
Clean-param:_gl
Clean-param:_lang
Clean-param:action
Clean-param:adobeSearchType
Clean-param:bannerLinkUrl
Clean-param:bannerOmniture
Clean-param:blogger
Clean-param:bvdata
Clean-param:bvroute
Clean-param:bvstate
Clean-param:c
Clean-param:categoryId
Clean-param:categoryName
Clean-param:componentID
Clean-param:countryCode
Clean-param:countryName
Clean-param:csB2bFlag
Clean-param:customerModelCode
Clean-param:disableGlobalInfoCollect
Clean-param:downTime
Clean-param:ds_rl
Clean-param:elqah
Clean-param:elqaid
Clean-param:elqTrackId
Clean-param:emptyModel
Clean-param:etext
Clean-param:feed
Clean-param:fromApp
Clean-param:gbraid
Clean-param:gclsrc
Clean-param:gtm_debug
Clean-param:hashTag
Clean-param:headerTitle
Clean-param:hl
Clean-param:initialTab
Clean-param:keyword
Clean-param:lgcom_source
Clean-param:limit
Clean-param:linkId
Clean-param:m
Clean-param:menu
Clean-param:modelCode
Clean-param:modelName
Clean-param:modelNum
Clean-param:modelNumber
Clean-param:msclkid
Clean-param:name
Clean-param:nm
Clean-param:nofire
Clean-param:nx
Clean-param:obsBuynowFlag
Clean-param:obsOnly
Clean-param:oldTerm
Clean-param:omniture
Clean-param:ort
Clean-param:p
Clean-param:q
Clean-param:quickMenuSuperCategoryId
Clean-param:r
Clean-param:realSearch
Clean-param:rearr-factors
Clean-param:receiptNumber
Clean-param:redirectCheckUrl
Clean-param:reSearch
Clean-param:returnFlag
Clean-param:rev
Clean-param:s
Clean-param:salesModel
Clean-param:search
Clean-param:searchChck
Clean-param:searchResultFlag
Clean-param:selectItem
Clean-param:sid
Clean-param:siteType
Clean-param:sort
Clean-param:source
Clean-param:spm
Clean-param:subcategory
Clean-param:subCateId
Clean-param:submit
Clean-param:superCategoryId
Clean-param:superCateId
Clean-param:surveyPageChangeYn
Clean-param:target
Clean-param:tpclid
Clean-param:twclid
Clean-param:type
Clean-param:u
Clean-param:url
Clean-param:viewSalesCode
Clean-param:visit_id
Clean-param:wbraid
Clean-param:yandex_ad_client_id

# Sitemap files
Sitemap: https://www.lg.com/sitemap.xml

Host: www.lg.com

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Allow:/*.jsp?cmpid

User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Allow: /*.jsp?cmpid

User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
Allow: /*.jsp?cmpid

robots.txt versions

FromThroughStateVersion
2026-10-262026-10-28ok 20046035ac91b46

Timeline of changes

DateWhat changed
No changes since the first observation (2026-10-26).

Reconstructed history (Common Crawl)

From Common Crawl's robots.txt captures: what CCBot was served, one crawl per quarter. A separate series from the daily observations above; a 403 here means Common Crawl was refused, not this ledger.

CrawlHostStateGPTBotOAI-SearchBotChatGPT-UserClaudeBotClaude-SearchBotClaude-UserPerplexityBot
2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2018-04-23 CC-MAIN-2018-17www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40www.lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows
2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36lg.comok viewallowsallowsunknownallowsallowsunknownallows

Evidence

Every daily observation of lg.com is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-27: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (complete (bitcoin block 973493)).

API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/lg.com