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webzio-extended

Webz.io's crawler that collects web pages to train AI models.

In robots.txt: User-agent: webzio-extended

Named by1.1%of readable robots.txt files on the top 1M (6,507 of 600,979)

Of those, block it68.4%shut it out of the whole site (4,450 of 6,507)

Same sites, since CC-MAIN-2026-34+0.0 ptsshare of the same 394,690 sites that block it by name: 0.7% → 0.8%

Via Cloudflare's file1.8%of its blocks come from Cloudflare's ready-made robots.txt (82 of 4,450)

68.4%

29.8%

1.8%

Block the whole site: 4,450Block some paths: 1,941Name it but allow it: 116

Every robots.txt file on the top 1M that names webzio-extended, by what the rules that apply to it say.

Webz.io's other bots

Sites often treat one company's bots differently, depending on what each is for.

Bot	Purpose	Files naming it	Of those, block it
omgili	Collects pages to train AI	17,288	79.6%
omgilibot	Collects pages to train AI	16,565	77.7%

Who does what

The highest-ranked sites on the top million in each group. Click one to see its whole robots.txt verdict.

Block it

Block some paths

jimdo.com #1,131
deezer.com #1,828
postman.com #3,414
pressreader.com #5,094
qwant.com #7,038

Name it and allow it

Lists skip sites we don't showcase (adult content).

What this means for you: blocking webzio-extended asks Webz.io not to collect your pages for AI training from now on. robots.txt only affects future visits, and it doesn't touch Webz.io's other bots. Decide each bot on what it's for, not who runs it.