robots.txt & llms.txt across the Tranco top 1M
Data as of 2026-09-07 · robots.txt via Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2026-34 + our polite crawl · llms.txt via our polite crawl · Tranco list XN67N (2026-09-03T22:00:02.533886) · 1,000,000 panel domains 1,212,578 robots.txt fetches · 740,113 parsed · 56,498 llms.txt probes

Two public profiles · no score or winner

elperiodico.com and hackernoon.com

elperiodico.com #6,967 hackernoon.com #6,968

Measured takeaway

elperiodico.com blocks model-training crawlers; hackernoon.com has mixed rules for model-training crawlers.

elperiodico.com blocks ChatGPT-User; hackernoon.com allows ChatGPT-User.

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.

Evidenceelperiodico.com hackernoon.com
robots.txt Served and parsed Served and parsed
Google crawl posture Open Blocked
Unnamed crawler fallback Partly Restricted they inherit the wildcard (*) group's rules Blocked the wildcard (*) group disallows everything, so they are blocked without being named
Base /llms.txt Not probed Published

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 purposeelperiodico.com hackernoon.com
Model training Blocked Mixed
AI search Blocked Mixed
Live assistant fetch Blocked Mixed
Opt-out directives Not explicitly addressed Blocked
Ambiguous / undocumented Not explicitly addressed Blocked

Named agents

Measured differences appear first. “Not explicitly addressed” is not the same as allowed; the site's wildcard fallback governs that crawler.

Agentelperiodico.com hackernoon.com
OAI-SearchBot OpenAI Blocked Allowed
PerplexityBot Perplexity Blocked Allowed
ChatGPT-User OpenAI Blocked Allowed
GPTBot OpenAI Blocked Blocked
ClaudeBot Anthropic Blocked Blocked
Meta-ExternalAgent Meta Blocked Blocked
CCBot Common Crawl Not explicitly addressed Blocked
Bytespider ByteDance Not explicitly addressed Blocked
FacebookBot Meta Not explicitly addressed Allowed
cohere-ai Cohere Not explicitly addressed Blocked
Diffbot Diffbot Not explicitly addressed Blocked
Omgilibot Webz.io Not explicitly addressed Blocked
14 additional tracked agents
Agentelperiodico.com hackernoon.com
AI2Bot Not explicitly addressedBlocked
webzio-extended Not explicitly addressedBlocked
Claude-SearchBot Not explicitly addressedAllowed
Applebot Not explicitly addressedAllowed
YouBot Not explicitly addressedBlocked
Claude-User Not explicitly addressedAllowed
Claude-Web Not explicitly addressedAllowed
Amazonbot Not explicitly addressedBlocked
MistralAI-User Not explicitly addressedBlocked
DuckAssistBot Not explicitly addressedAllowed
Google-Extended Not explicitly addressedBlocked
Applebot-Extended Not explicitly addressedBlocked
anthropic-ai Not explicitly addressedBlocked
GoogleOther Not explicitly addressedBlocked

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.

Traitelperiodico.com hackernoon.com
Wildcard group Yes 94.1% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 Yes 94.1% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437
Effectively open file No 16.4% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 No 16.4% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437
Sitemap declared Yes 65.6% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 Yes 65.6% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437
robots.txt served Yes 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 No 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 No 0.2% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 No 0.2% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437
Blanket disallow No 3.7% Ranks 1,001–10,000 · n=5,437 Yes 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 →

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