Two public profiles · no score or winner
cipd.co.uk and reference-global.com
Measured takeaway
cipd.co.uk allows model-training crawlers; reference-global.com blocks model-training crawlers.
cipd.co.uk allows GPTBot; reference-global.com blocks GPTBot.
Measured in Botfy's 2026-09-07 publication.At a glance
A difference appears only when both sites have comparable evidence. Unavailable or unresolved observations remain incomplete.
| Evidence | cipd.co.uk | reference-global.com |
|---|---|---|
| robots.txt | Served and parsed | Served and parsed |
| Google crawl posture | Open | Open |
| Unnamed crawler fallback | Allowed the wildcard (*) group is effectively open | Partly Restricted they inherit the wildcard (*) group's rules |
| Base /llms.txt | Not found when probed | Not found when probed |
Treatment by purpose
Only resolved blocked, allowed, or mixed states count as a policy agreement or difference. Unnamed agents still inherit each site's wildcard rules.
| Declared purpose | cipd.co.uk | reference-global.com |
|---|---|---|
| Model training | Allowed | Blocked |
| AI search | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
| Live assistant fetch | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
| Opt-out directives | Allowed | Blocked |
| Ambiguous / undocumented | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
Named agents
Measured differences appear first. “Not explicitly addressed” is not the same as allowed; the site's wildcard fallback governs that crawler.
| Agent | cipd.co.uk | reference-global.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot OpenAI | Allowed | Blocked |
| CCbot Common Crawl | Allowed | Blocked |
| FacebookBot Meta | Allowed | Blocked |
| Google-Extended Google | Allowed | Blocked |
| ClaudeBot Anthropic | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
| OAI-SearchBot OpenAI | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
| PerplexityBot Perplexity | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
| ChatGPT-User OpenAI | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
| Claude-Web Anthropic | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
| anthropic-ai Anthropic | Allowed | Not explicitly addressed |
How each site compares with its own rank peers
The sites may belong to different rank bands. Each percentage keeps its own population and denominator; Botfy does not subtract rates from unlike cohorts.
| Trait | cipd.co.uk | reference-global.com |
|---|---|---|
| Wildcard group | Yes 92.1% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 | Yes 92.1% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 |
| Effectively open file | Yes 22.6% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 | No 22.6% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 |
| Sitemap declared | Yes 61.7% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 | Yes 61.7% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 |
| robots.txt served | Yes 59.7% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=91,507 | Yes 59.7% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=91,507 |
| robots.txt returned 404 | No 7.9% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=91,507 | No 7.9% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=91,507 |
| Over the RFC parse limit | No 0.2% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 | No 0.2% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 |
| Blanket disallow | No 4.0% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 | No 4.0% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 |
How this comparison is measured
Both sites use Botfy's latest published observations. A missing fetch, unresolved agent verdict, and measured absence are different states. Peer percentages use each site's exclusive Tranco rank band and print their own denominator. Populations, sources, and limits →