Two public profiles · no score or winner
config-security.com and softpedia.com
Measured takeaway
Botfy does not have comparable evidence for a strong policy takeaway; the available states are shown below.
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 | config-security.com | softpedia.com |
|---|---|---|
| robots.txt | Fetch failed: connect_error | Served and parsed |
| Google crawl posture | Blocked | Open |
| Unnamed crawler fallback | Unavailable | Partly Restricted they inherit the wildcard (*) group's rules |
| Base /llms.txt | Not 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 | config-security.com | softpedia.com |
|---|---|---|
| Model training | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| AI search | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| Live assistant fetch | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| Opt-out directives | Observation unavailable | Not explicitly addressed |
| Ambiguous / undocumented | Observation unavailable | Allowed |
Named agents
Measured differences appear first. “Not explicitly addressed” is not the same as allowed; the site's wildcard fallback governs that crawler.
| Agent | config-security.com | softpedia.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot OpenAI | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| ClaudeBot Anthropic | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| CCBot Common Crawl | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| Bytespider ByteDance | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| PerplexityBot Perplexity | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| PetalBot Huawei | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| Amazonbot Amazon | Observation unavailable | Blocked |
| GoogleOther Google | Observation unavailable | Allowed |
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 | config-security.com | softpedia.com |
|---|---|---|
| Wildcard group | Parsing unavailable 94.1% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 | Yes 94.1% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 |
| Effectively open file | Parsing unavailable 16.4% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 | No 16.4% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 |
| Sitemap declared | Parsing unavailable 65.6% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 | No 65.6% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 |
| robots.txt served | Fetch failed: connect_error 60.7% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=9,037 | Yes 60.7% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=9,037 |
| robots.txt returned 404 | Fetch failed: connect_error 5.4% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=9,037 | No 5.4% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=9,037 |
| Over the RFC parse limit | Parsing unavailable 0.2% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 | No 0.2% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 |
| Blanket disallow | Parsing unavailable 3.7% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 | No 3.7% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 |
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 →