samsung.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 27 October 2026, samsung.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.
- Panel
- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.samsung.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256e07ce06f3220d049…· view as recorded - The * group
- allows applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-27
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | allows | named in its own group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | named in its own group |
| ClaudeBot | allows | through the * group |
| Claude-SearchBot | allows | through the * group |
| Claude-User | allows | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Perplexity-User | allows | through the * group |
| Googlebot | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-Extended | allows | named in its own group |
| Applebot-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| CCBot | allows | through the * group |
| Bytespider | allows | through the * group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | allows | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | allows | through the * group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | yes |
| Publishes /ai.txt | no |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | no |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | no |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | no |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | no |
| 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 directives | no |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
llms.txt: "Samsung Electronics", 4,597 bytes, 31 links.
robots.txt as recorded sha256 2111eb280e65566d…
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /*.notfound.html Disallow: /*.redirect.html Disallow: /*/*/*.html/* Disallow: /*/api/* Disallow: /*/business/search/ Disallow: /*/parking Disallow: /*/parking/ Disallow: /*/search/ Disallow: /*/system/* Disallow: /*/info/contactus/email-the-ceo/ Disallow: /*/c/p/ Disallow: /ae/*.do Disallow: /ae/*.swf Disallow: /ae_ar/*.do Disallow: /ae_ar/*.swf Disallow: /de/api/* Disallow: /de/business/api/* Disallow: /de/system/* Disallow: /de/aboutsamsung/inner-circle-2017/ Disallow: /de/offer/kinotickets_gewinnspiel_30082018/ Disallow: /es/api/* Disallow: /fr/*.doc$ Disallow: /fr/*.docx$ Disallow: /fr/*.pdf$ Disallow: /fr/*.ppt$ Disallow: /fr/*.pptx$ Disallow: /ie/pdf/ Disallow: /nz/edm/n9/w1/crown-pre-order/ Disallow: /ru/*?group=* Disallow: /ru/*printPage.sic Disallow: /ru/*productcompare Disallow: /ru/*search Disallow: /ru/*share-with-colleagues-form.do? Disallow: /ru/cdm/* Disallow: /ru/offer/* Disallow: /smartphone/galaxys/video/*.swf$ Disallow: /smartphone/galaxy-s-2/video/*.swf$ Disallow: /smartphone/galaxy-tab/video/*.swf$ Disallow: /smartphone/navigon/XML_Content/*.xml Disallow: /smartphone/omnia/icon/*.swf$ Disallow: /smartphone/omnia/pro/*.swf$ Disallow: /smartphone/smartphone/wave/video/*.swf$ Disallow: /smartphone/technology/video/*.swf$ Disallow: /uk/*productcompare Disallow: /uk/wdc/* Disallow: /uk/*.pdf$ Disallow: /uk/pdf/ Disallow: /uk/smartphones/galaxy-s9/3rdparty* Disallow: /uk/smartphones/galaxy-s9/headtest/* Disallow: /us/dealer/* Disallow: /us/epp/* Disallow: /us/business/search/ Disallow: /us/api/ Disallow: /qled-tv/ User-agent: Yandex Allow: / Disallow: /ru/cdm/* Disallow: /ru/offer/* Clean-param: utm Clean-param: cid User-agent: Sitereport Allow: / Disallow: /africa_en/ Disallow: /africa_fr/ Disallow: /africa_pt/ Disallow: /al/ Disallow: /ar/ Disallow: /au/ Disallow: /at/ Disallow: /be/ Disallow: /be_fr/ Disallow: /br/ Disallow: /bg/ Disallow: /ca/ Disallow: /ca_fr/ Disallow: /cl/ Disallow: /cn/ Disallow: /co/ Disallow: /hr/ Disallow: /cz/ Disallow: /dk/ Disallow: /eg/ Disallow: /ee/ Disallow: /fi/ Disallow: /fr/ Disallow: /de/ Disallow: /gr/ Disallow: /hk/ Disallow: /hk_en/ Disallow: /hu/ Disallow: /in/ Disallow: /id/ Disallow: /iran/ Disallow: /ie/ Disallow: /il/ Disallow: /it/ Disallow: /kz_ru/ Disallow: /sec/ Disallow: /lv/ Disallow: /lb/ Disallow: /levant/ Disallow: /lt/ Disallow: /my/ Disallow: /mx/ Disallow: /mm/ Disallow: /nl/ Disallow: /nz/ Disallow: /n_africa/ Disallow: /no/ Disallow: /pk/ Disallow: /latin/ Disallow: /latin_en/ Disallow: /py/ Disallow: /pe/ Disallow: /ph/ Disallow: /pl/ Disallow: /pt/ Disallow: /ro/ Disallow: /sa/ Disallow: /sa_en/ Disallow: /rs/ Disallow: /sg/ Disallow: /sk/ Disallow: /si/ Disallow: /za/ Disallow: /es/ Disallow: /se/ Disallow: /ch/ Disallow: /ch_fr/ Disallow: /tw/ Disallow: /th/ Disallow: /tr/ Disallow: /ae/ Disallow: /ae_ar/ Disallow: /uk/ Disallow: /ua/ Disallow: /ua_ru/ Disallow: /uy/ Disallow: /us/ Disallow: /vn/ # Sitemap files Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/africa_en/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/africa_fr/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/africa_pt/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/al/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ar/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/au/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/at/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/be/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/be_fr/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/br/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/bg/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ca/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ca_fr/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/cl/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/cn/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/co/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/hr/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/cz/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/dk/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/eg/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ee/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/fi/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/fr/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/de/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/gr/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/hk/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/hk_en/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/hu/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/in/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/id/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/iran/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ie/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/il/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/it/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/kz_ru/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/sec/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/lv/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/lb/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/levant/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/lt/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/my/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/mx/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/mm/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/nl/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/nz/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/n_africa/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/no/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/pk/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/latin/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/latin_en/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/py/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/pe/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ph/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/pl/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/pt/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ro/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ru/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/sa/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/sa_en/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/rs/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/sg/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/sk/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/si/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/za/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/es/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/se/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ch/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ch_fr/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/tw/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/th/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/tr/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ae/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ae_ar/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/uk/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ua/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/ua_ru/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/uy/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/us/sitemap.xml Sitemap:https://www.samsung.com/vn/sitemap.xml Host: www.samsung.com
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-28 | ok 200 | e07ce06f3220 |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What 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.
| Crawl | Host | State | GPTBot | OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-SearchBot | Claude-User | PerplexityBot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-04-23 CC-MAIN-2018-17 | www.samsung.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | www.samsung.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.samsung.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.samsung.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.samsung.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | samsung.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of samsung.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/samsung.com