zoho.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 27 October 2026, zoho.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.zoho.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256f904fb0484c55dc2…· view as recorded - The * group
- partial applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-27
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | partial | through the * group |
| OAI-SearchBot | partial | through the * group |
| ChatGPT-User | partial | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | partial | through the * group |
| Claude-SearchBot | partial | through the * group |
| Claude-User | partial | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | partial | through the * group |
| Perplexity-User | partial | through the * group |
| Googlebot | partial | through the * group |
| Google-Extended | partial | through the * group |
| Applebot-Extended | partial | through the * group |
| CCBot | partial | through the * group |
| Bytespider | partial | through the * group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | partial | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | partial | 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) | not observed |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | not observed |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | not observed |
| Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header) | not observed |
| Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Sends noai / noimageai directives | not observed |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
llms.txt: "Zoho", 36,496 bytes, 141 links.
robots.txt as recorded sha256 9e5f432916a204cc…
# ------------------------------------------ # ZOHO Corp. -- http://www.zoho.com # Robot Exclusion File -- robots.txt # Author: Zoho Creative # Last Updated: 27/02/2023 # ------------------------------------------ User-agent: * Allow: */crm/lp/ Allow: /.well-known/ # unwanted list taken from zoho search list Disallow: /unsubscribe-thankyou.html Disallow: /jumpstart/ Disallow: /creative/test.html Disallow: /test.html Disallow: /docs/comparison-old.html Disallow: /desk/crm-integration-bkp.html Disallow: /partnerstore/help/test.html Disallow: /checkout/test.html Disallow: /checkout/test/test.html Disallow: /notebook/fonts/proxima-nova/ Disallow: /mcreator/AppBox.html Disallow: /meeting/help/search-results.html Disallow: /notebook/help/search-results.html Disallow: /nl/crm/sales-assistant-delete.html Disallow: /analytics-plus/ Disallow: /docs/zoho-docs-pricing-delete.html Disallow: /docs/comparison-delete.html Disallow: /zoholics/popup.html Disallow: /books/signup/signup-1.html Disallow: /forms/help-old/ Disallow: /workerly/help/search-results.html Disallow: /workdrive/help/search-results.html Disallow: /financeplus/help/search/results.html Disallow: /sites/help/search-results.html Disallow: /backstage/help/search-results.html Disallow: /analytics/help/search-results.html Disallow: /contacts/help/search-results.html Disallow: /campaigns/thankyou.html Disallow: /expense/mobile/thanks.html Disallow: /inventory/mobile/thanks.html Disallow: /zohowriter-zoho/zohowriter-zoho.html Disallow: /notfound.html Disallow: /fbl/faq.html Disallow: /fbl/howitworks.html Disallow: /mail/help/adminconsole/print/.network-solutions-mx.html.swp Disallow: /fbl/terms.html Disallow: /fbl/home.html Disallow: /fbl/logout.html Disallow: /vault/logout.html Disallow: /connect/social-intranet.html Disallow: /mail/compare/hostgator-vs-resellerclub-vs-bigrock.html Disallow: /mail/compare/zimbra-vs-fastmail-vs-fusemail.html Disallow: /people/thankyou.html Disallow: /books/accountant/thank-you.html Disallow: /bh/books/vat/thank-you.html Disallow: /invoice/thank-you.html Disallow: /expense/thank-you.html Disallow: /inventory/thank-you.html Disallow: /books/thank-you.html Disallow: /analytics/onpremise/download-thank-you.html Disallow: /showtime/.requestinvite.html.swp Disallow: /workdrive/customers/expect-best.html Disallow: /extensions/eventack.html Disallow: /expense/webinars/webinar-confirmation.html Disallow: /campaigns/logout-free.html Disallow: /campaigns/logout.html Disallow: /analytics/onpremise/demo-thank-you.html Disallow: /analytics/onpremise/get-quote-thank-you.html Disallow: /analytics/onpremise/license-request-thank-you.html Disallow: /vault/password-manager-teams-enterprise.html # unwanted list taken from zoho search for zoholics Disallow: /blog/zoholics/announcing-zoholics-zoho-user-conference.html Disallow: /blog/zoholics/zoholics-2014-four-events-more-interaction.html Disallow: /blog/zoholics/zoholics-2019-bigger-and-better-than-ever.html Disallow: /blog/zoholics/introducing-android-apps-zoho-crm-docs-iphone-projects-app.html Disallow: /blog/zoholics/countdown-to-zoholics.html Disallow: /blog/zoholics/announcing-the-first-ever-zoholics-finance-and-hr-user-conference.html Disallow: /blog/zoholics/announcing-the-first-ever-zoholics-for-productivity-and-collaboration-apps.html Disallow: /blog/zoholics/youre-invited-to-our-biggest-event-of-the-year-zoholics-sales-and-marketing.html Disallow: /zoholics/Folleto-Zoholics-Mexico-2016.pdf # unwanted list taken from zoho search for zoho Disallow: /zoho-for-google-apps/ Disallow: /blogask-zoho/ Disallow: /bloghumor/ Disallow: /blogin-the-news/ Disallow: /blogintegrations/ Disallow: /blogletspeak/ Disallow: /blogmarketing/ Disallow: /blogtechnology/ Disallow: /blogapi/ Disallow: /blogweb-20/ Disallow: /blogzoho-at-zoho/ Disallow: /blogzoho-for-google-apps/ Disallow: /blogannouncements/ Disallow: /crm/Templates/ Disallow: /creator/campaigns/ Disallow: /index2.html Disallow: /rip/ Disallow: /crm/help/cloaccfaq321.html Disallow: */lp/ Disallow: /lenovo/ Disallow: /creator/oldhelp/ Disallow: /es/crm/ Disallow: /invoice/de/ Disallow: /invoice/es/ Disallow: /invoice/fr/ Disallow: /invoice/it/ Disallow: /invoice/cn/ Disallow: /invoice/jp/ Disallow: /invoice/kr/ Disallow: /invoice/se/ Disallow: /invoice/nl/ Disallow: /invoice/pt/ Disallow: /crm/pad_zohocrm.xml Disallow: /crm/images/cost-comparison-chart.jpg Disallow: /security/hall-of-fame.html Disallow: /partnerportal1/ Disallow: /partnerportal2/ Disallow: /partnerportal3/ Disallow: /autodiscover/ Disallow: /franchise/ Disallow: /news/ Disallow: /crm/images/Share-documents.png Disallow: /crm/images/crm-document-library.png Disallow: /crm/images/document-versions.png Disallow: /crm/images/marketing-automation-webforms.png Disallow: /crm/images/marketing-automation-leads-app.png Disallow: /crm/images/marketing-automation-integration-sprite.png Disallow: /crm/images/marketing-automation-email-campaigns.png Disallow: /crm/images/marketing-automation-campaign-management.png Disallow: /crm/images/marketing-automation-adwords-integration.png Disallow: /crm/images/mpl-reports.png Disallow: /crm/help/email/salesinbox-quickstart-guide.html Disallow: /people/help/employee/ Disallow: /salesinbox/salesforce/ Disallow: /assist/livechat.html Disallow: /crm/design/ Disallow: /crm/help/crm-transition/ Disallow: /eu/ Disallow: /in/books/guides/gst-quiz-score.html Disallow: /people/faq/ Disallow: /crm/onboarding/ Disallow: /recruit/helpnew/ Disallow: /journal/ Disallow: /salesiq/help/Connect-Google-Account-with-salesIQ.html Disallow: /web-double-optin-confirmation.html Disallow: /privacy/zoho-group.html Disallow: /privacy/cookie-policy.html Disallow: /privacy-draft.html Disallow: /people/offers.html Disallow: /people/quickbook-integration.html Disallow: /people/time-management.html Disallow: /mail/help/search-results.html Disallow: /accounts/help/search-results.html Disallow: /assist/help/search-results.html Disallow: /bugtracker/help/search-results.html Disallow: /calendar/help/search-results.html Disallow: /campaigns/help/search-results.html Disallow: /cliq/help/search-results.html Disallow: /connect/help/search-results.html Disallow: /contactmanager/help/search-results.html Disallow: /creator/help/search-results.html Disallow: /creator/newhelp/search-results.html Disallow: /crm/crmplus/resources/search-results.html Disallow: /crm/help/search-results.html Disallow: /deluge/help/search-results.html Disallow: /desk/help/search-results.html Disallow: /developer/help/search-results.html Disallow: /docs/help/search-results.html Disallow: /flow/help/search-results.html Disallow: /forms/help/search-results.html Disallow: /motivator/help/search-results.html Disallow: /one/help/search-results.html Disallow: /pagesense/help/search-results.html Disallow: /partners/marketing-search-results.html Disallow: /partnerstore/help/search-results.html Disallow: /people/help/search-results.html Disallow: /projects/help/search-results.html Disallow: /recruit/userguide/search-results.html Disallow: /salesiq/help/search-results.html Disallow: /sheet/help/search-results.html Disallow: /showtime/help/search-results.html Disallow: /sign/help/search-results.html Disallow: /social/help/search-results.html Disallow: /sprints/help/search-results.html Disallow: /survey/help/search-results.html Disallow: /vault/search-results.html Disallow: /workplace/help/search-results.html Disallow: /writer/help/search-results.html Disallow: /journal-subcriber.html Disallow: /inventory/help/search/results.html Disallow: /expense/help/search/results.html Disallow: /books/help/search/results.html Disallow: /invoice/help/search/results.html Disallow: /people/oldhelp/ Disallow: /phonebridge/developer/index.html Disallow: /fr/connect/help/search-results.html Disallow: /jp/connect/help/search-results.html Disallow: /mail/help/api/search-results.html Disallow: /creator/newhelp/cardinality-anomaly.html Disallow: /salesiq/help/integrations/live-chat-plugin-for-cscart.html Disallow: /creator/newhelp/reports/timeline/understand-predefined-sorting.html Disallow: /zoholics/exhibitormanual2019/ Disallow: /people/setup-guide.html Disallow: /creator/help/new-home-page.html Disallow: /analytics/help/onpremise/api/ Disallow: /salesiq/help/integration-with-sundown.html Disallow: /crm/help/developer/ Disallow: /arts/library/ Disallow: /art/gallery/ Disallow: /creator/newhelp/address-location-change.html Disallow: /sites/default/files/privacy/archived/ Disallow: /privacy/archived-versions.html Disallow: /crm/developer/docs/functions/failure-rerun.html Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/webform-analytics.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/marketing-attribution.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/cohort-analysis.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/quadrant-analysis.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/workflow-suggestions-by-zia.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/working-with-calls.pdf Disallow: /creative/ Disallow: /travel/ Disallow: /creator/terms-summary-of-updates.html Disallow: /creator/archived-resources.html Disallow: /sites/default/files/creator/archive/ Disallow: /desk/images/desk-pricing-inr.pdf Disallow: /desk/images/desk-pricing-usd.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/desk/zoho-plan-comparison-eur.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/desk/zoho-plan-comparison-gbp.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/desk/zoho-plan-comparison-usd.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/desk/zoho-plan-comparison-inr.pdf Disallow: /campaigns/bigsix.html Disallow: /ru/ Disallow: /tr/ Disallow: /fr/motivator/ Disallow: /de/motivator/ Disallow: /pt-br/motivator/ Disallow: /es-xl/motivator/ Disallow: /nl/motivator/ Disallow: /id/motivator/ Disallow: /th/motivator/ Disallow: /ar/motivator/ Disallow: /jp/motivator/ Disallow: /it/motivator/ Disallow: /vi/motivator/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/command-center.pdf Disallow: /manotest/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/zcrm-canvas-earlyaccess-faqs.pdf Disallow: /creator/images/creator-pricing-usd.pdf Disallow: /einvoice/ Disallow: /in/einvoice/ Disallow: /sites/default/files/commandcenter/commandcenter-as-a-service-helpdoc.pdf Disallow: /sites/default/files/crm/signup_onboarding_loader.mp4 Disallow: /sites/zweb/images/crm/signup_onboarding_loader.mp4 Disallow: /services/ Disallow: /cliq/cliqtrix/ Disallow: /procurement/ Disallow: /datagrid/ Disallow: /cmstest/ Disallow: /creativetest/ Disallow: /hi-in/index1.html Disallow: /sites/zweb/images/workplace/pdf/saas-affiliate-marketing.pdf Disallow: /sites/zweb/images/workplace/pdf/affiliate-marketing-guide.pdf Disallow: /fr-ca/ User-agent: Googlebot-Image Disallow: /branding/images/dont-04.png Disallow: /branding/images/dont-03.png Disallow: /branding/images/dont-02.png Disallow: /branding/images/dont-01.png User-agent: zs-crawler User-agent: zoho-scrapy Allow: / Sitemap: http://www.zoho.com/sitemap-index.xml
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-28 | ok 200 | f904fb0484c5 |
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.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | zoho.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
Evidence
Every daily observation of zoho.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/zoho.com