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

mailobj.net and transparency.org

mailobj.net #12,892 transparency.org #12,890

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.

Evidencemailobj.net transparency.org
robots.txt Fetch failed: connect_error Returned HTTP 404
Google crawl posture Blocked Open
Unnamed crawler fallback Unavailable Unavailable
Base /llms.txt Not probed Served a response that did not qualify as an llms.txt file

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 purposemailobj.net transparency.org
Model training Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
AI search Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
Live assistant fetch Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
Opt-out directives Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
Ambiguous / undocumented Observation unavailable Observation unavailable

Named agents

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

Agentmailobj.net transparency.org
gptbot OpenAI Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
claudebot Anthropic Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
oai-searchbot OpenAI Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
perplexitybot Perplexity Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
chatgpt-user OpenAI Observation unavailable Observation unavailable
claude-user Anthropic Observation unavailable Observation unavailable

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.

Traitmailobj.net transparency.org
Wildcard group Parsing unavailable 92.1% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 Parsing unavailable 92.1% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147
Effectively open file Parsing unavailable 22.6% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 Parsing unavailable 22.6% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147
Sitemap declared Parsing unavailable 61.7% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 Parsing unavailable 61.7% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147
robots.txt served Fetch failed: connect_error 59.7% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=91,507 No 59.7% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=91,507
robots.txt returned 404 Fetch failed: connect_error 7.9% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=91,507 Yes 7.9% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=91,507
Over the RFC parse limit Parsing unavailable 0.2% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 Parsing unavailable 0.2% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147
Blanket disallow Parsing unavailable 4.0% Ranks 10,001–100,000 · n=54,147 Parsing unavailable 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 →

Keep comparing

Each suggestion replaces one side using an editorial collection or current rank proximity. Neither means the sites have similar policies.