techtarget.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 27 October 2026, techtarget.com's robots.txt allowed all of GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot.
Last verified 2026-10-28 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-27). Proof for that day.
- Panel
- top 10k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.techtarget.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-27 · sha256847d0a5f45fbb789…· 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 | through the * group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | through the * group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | allows | through the * group |
| Claude-SearchBot | allows | through the * group |
| Claude-User | allows | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | allows | through the * group |
| Perplexity-User | allows | through the * group |
| Googlebot | allows | through the * group |
| Google-Extended | allows | through the * 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 | named in its own group |
| amazon-kendra | blocks | named in its own group |
| facebookexternalhit | allows | named in its own group |
| omgili | blocks | named in its own group |
| omgilibot | blocks | named in its own group |
| PetalBot | blocks | named in its own group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | no |
| 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 |
robots.txt as recorded sha256 e7fe97ee0c09f807…
User-agent: * Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /page/etpk_0/ Disallow: /login Disallow: /register Disallow: /fr/login Disallow: /fr/register Disallow: /de/login Disallow: /de/register Disallow: /es/login Disallow: /es/register Disallow: /br/login Disallow: /br/register Disallow: /search/query?q=* Disallow: /search/query Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta?q=* Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta?q=* Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta Disallow: /de/suche/frage?q=* Disallow: /de/suche/frage Disallow: /pharmalifesciences/search/query Disallow: /healthcarepayers/search/query Disallow: /revcyclemanagement/search/query Disallow: /virtualhealthcare/search/query Disallow: /healthtechsecurity/search/query Disallow: /healthtechanaltyics/search/query Disallow: /patientengagement/search/query Disallow: /searchnetworking/search/query Disallow: /searchsecurity/search/query Disallow: /searchunifiedcommunications/search/query Disallow: /searchwindowsserver/search/query Disallow: /searchenterpriseai/search/query Disallow: /searchstorage/search/query Disallow: /searchdatabackup/search/query Disallow: /searchapparchitecture/search/query Disallow: /searchcio/search/query Disallow: /searchcloudcomputing/search/query Disallow: /searchmobilecomputing/search/query Disallow: /searcherp/search/query Disallow: /searchhrsoftware/search/query Disallow: /searchdatacenter/search/query Disallow: /searchdisasterrecovery/search/query Disallow: /searchdatamanagement/search/query Disallow: /searchcontentmanagement/search/query Disallow: /searchbusinessanalytics/search/query Disallow: /searchcustomerexperience/search/query Disallow: /searchenterprisedesktop/search/query Disallow: /searchvirtualdesktop/search/query Disallow: /searchitchannel/search/query Disallow: /searchitoperations/search/query Disallow: /searchsoftwarequality/search/query Disallow: /searchaws/search/query Disallow: /searchsap/search/query Disallow: /searchvmware/search/query Disallow: /searchoracle/search/query Disallow: /iotagenda/search/query Disallow: /searchhealthit/search/query Disallow: /whatis/search/query Disallow: /sustainability/search/query User-Agent: MediaPartners-Google Allow: /search/ Allow: /googleNews.xml User-agent: Updownerbot Disallow: / User-agent: 008 Disallow: / User-Agent: bingbot Crawl-delay: 3 Disallow: /search/query?q=* Disallow: /search/query Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta?q=* Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta?q=* Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta Disallow: /de/suche/frage?q=* Disallow: /de/suche/frage User-Agent: msnbot Crawl-delay: 3 Disallow: /search/query?q=* Disallow: /search/query Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta?q=* Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta?q=* Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta Disallow: /de/suche/frage?q=* Disallow: /de/suche/frage User-agent: bingbot Crawl-delay: 3 User-agent: msnbot Crawl-delay: 3 Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchunifiedcommunications/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchunifiedcommunications/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchunifiedcommunications/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchapparchitecture/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchapparchitecture/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchapparchitecture/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchmobilecomputing/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchmobilecomputing/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchmobilecomputing/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdisasterrecovery/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdisasterrecovery/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdisasterrecovery/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcontentmanagement/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcontentmanagement/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcontentmanagement/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcustomerexperience/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcustomerexperience/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcustomerexperience/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvirtualdesktop/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvirtualdesktop/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvirtualdesktop/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitchannel/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitchannel/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitchannel/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsap/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsap/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsap/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchaws/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchaws/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchaws/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvmware/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvmware/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvmware/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchoracle/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchoracle/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchoracle/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhealthit/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhealthit/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhealthit/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/sustainability/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/sustainability/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/sustainability/siteIndexVideo.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechanalytics/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechanalytics/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechsecurity/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechsecurity/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/virtualhealthcare/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/virtualhealthcare/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/revcyclemanagement/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/revcyclemanagement/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthcarepayers/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthcarepayers/siteIndex.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/pharmalifesciences/googleNews.xml Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/pharmalifesciences/siteIndex.xml
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | 2026-10-27 | ok 200 | 847d0a5f45fb | diff with previous |
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-26 | ok 200 | e7fe97ee0c09 |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | robots.txt changed |
| 2026-10-27 | now blocks amazon-kendra (was allow) |
| 2026-10-27 | now blocks omgili (was allow) |
| 2026-10-27 | now blocks omgilibot (was allow) |
| 2026-10-27 | now blocks PetalBot (was allow) |
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.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | www.techtarget.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of techtarget.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/techtarget.com