Does msn.com allow PerplexityBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
On 2026-09-06 the robots.txt of msn.com resolved 19 AI crawler tokens: 2 allowed for / and 17 disallowed for /.
| Domain | msn.com |
|---|---|
| AI crawler tokens resolved | 19 |
| Allowed for / | 2 |
| Disallowed for / | 17 |
| robots.txt | robots.txt present, 5245 bytes |
| Checks that ran | edge, llms, optout, render, robots, signals, structured, timing |
| robots.txt read (tier A) | 2026-09-06 |
| Full check (tier B) | 2026-09-06 |
| Last verified |
On this domain the robots.txt only check (tier A) last ran on 2026-09-06 and the full check (tier B) last ran on 2026-09-06. The full check adds the home page, the labelled edge probes, llms.txt, the headers and the structured data; the robots.txt check is the one that runs weekly for every seeded domain.
One question per crawler
- GPTBot
- ClaudeBot
- PerplexityBot
- OAI-SearchBot
- CCBot
- Bytespider
- Googlebot
- ChatGPT-User
- Google-Extended
Does msn.com allow GPTBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: GPTBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow GPTBot
User-agent: GPTBot Allow: /
User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /
The GPTBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does msn.com allow ClaudeBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: ClaudeBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow ClaudeBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: /
The ClaudeBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does msn.com allow PerplexityBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: PerplexityBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow PerplexityBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /
The PerplexityBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does msn.com allow OAI-SearchBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: OAI-SearchBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: /
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: /
The OAI-SearchBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does msn.com allow CCBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: CCBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow CCBot
User-agent: CCBot Allow: /
User-agent: CCBot Disallow: /
The CCBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does msn.com allow Bytespider? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Bytespider group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow Bytespider
User-agent: Bytespider Allow: /
User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: /
The Bytespider guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does msn.com allow Googlebot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
allowed for /
robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow Googlebot
User-agent: Googlebot Allow: /
User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /
The Googlebot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does msn.com allow ChatGPT-User? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: ChatGPT-User group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow ChatGPT-User
User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: /
The ChatGPT-User guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does msn.com allow Google-Extended? robots.txt as of 2026-09-06
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Google-Extended group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-06, first observed 2026-09-06, last change recorded 2026-09-06.
Allow or disallow Google-Extended
User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: /
The Google-Extended guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Every crawler token in the registry
| Crawler | Vendor | Observation | Evidence | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | OpenAI | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: GPTBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: ClaudeBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: PerplexityBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: OAI-SearchBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| CCBot | Common Crawl Foundation | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: CCBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Bytespider group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Googlebot | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-06 | |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: ChatGPT-User group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Claude-User | Anthropic | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Claude-User group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Claude-SearchBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Perplexity-User group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| anthropic-ai | Anthropic | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: anthropic-ai group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Bingbot | Microsoft | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-06 |
| Applebot | Apple | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Applebot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Amazonbot | Amazon | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Amazonbot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| meta-externalagent | Meta | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: meta-externalagent group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: DuckAssistBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Applebot-Extended group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
| Google-Extended | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 201 in the User-agent: Google-Extended group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-06 |
What else the robots.txt says
| agents-summary | AI crawler rules: 2 allowed, 17 disallowed 19 crawler tokens resolved against https://msn.com/robots.txt (HTTP 200, 5245 bytes) at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z |
|---|---|
| file | robots.txt present, 5245 bytes GET https://msn.com/robots.txt at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z returned HTTP 200, 5245 bytes, content type text/plain, 11 user agent group(s) |
| sitemap-declared | 6 sitemap(s) declared in robots.txt line 203: "Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/sitemaps/casualgames/sitemap-index.xml"; line 204: "Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/sitemaps/consumption/index.xml"; line 205: "Sitemap: https://www.msn.com/sitemaps/health/health-sitemap-index.xml" |
The other checks
edge
| agent:bytespider | answers the same as the baseline for the token Bytespider baseline GET https://www.msn.com/de-de as BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) returned HTTP 200; the same request with the User Agent "BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/Bytespider" returned HTTP 200, 48000 bytes, observed 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z probe User Agent: BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/Bytespider Limitation: this test appends a labelled marker to our own honest User Agent, it never impersonates another agent. Rules keyed to an exact User Agent string, or to a vendor's IP ranges, are invisible to this method and are neither confirmed nor ruled out. |
|---|---|
| agent:ccbot | answers the same as the baseline for the token CCBot baseline GET https://www.msn.com/de-de as BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) returned HTTP 200; the same request with the User Agent "BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/CCBot" returned HTTP 200, 48000 bytes, observed 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z probe User Agent: BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/CCBot Limitation: this test appends a labelled marker to our own honest User Agent, it never impersonates another agent. Rules keyed to an exact User Agent string, or to a vendor's IP ranges, are invisible to this method and are neither confirmed nor ruled out. |
| agent:claudebot | answers the same as the baseline for the token ClaudeBot baseline GET https://www.msn.com/de-de as BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) returned HTTP 200; the same request with the User Agent "BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/ClaudeBot" returned HTTP 200, 48000 bytes, observed 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z probe User Agent: BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/ClaudeBot Limitation: this test appends a labelled marker to our own honest User Agent, it never impersonates another agent. Rules keyed to an exact User Agent string, or to a vendor's IP ranges, are invisible to this method and are neither confirmed nor ruled out. |
| agent:gptbot | answers the same as the baseline for the token GPTBot baseline GET https://www.msn.com/de-de as BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) returned HTTP 200; the same request with the User Agent "BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/GPTBot" returned HTTP 200, 43932 bytes, observed 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z probe User Agent: BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/GPTBot Limitation: this test appends a labelled marker to our own honest User Agent, it never impersonates another agent. Rules keyed to an exact User Agent string, or to a vendor's IP ranges, are invisible to this method and are neither confirmed nor ruled out. |
| agent:oai-searchbot | answers the same as the baseline for the token OAI-SearchBot baseline GET https://www.msn.com/de-de as BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) returned HTTP 200; the same request with the User Agent "BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/OAI-SearchBot" returned HTTP 200, 48000 bytes, observed 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z probe User Agent: BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/OAI-SearchBot Limitation: this test appends a labelled marker to our own honest User Agent, it never impersonates another agent. Rules keyed to an exact User Agent string, or to a vendor's IP ranges, are invisible to this method and are neither confirmed nor ruled out. |
| agent:perplexitybot | answers the same as the baseline for the token PerplexityBot baseline GET https://www.msn.com/de-de as BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) returned HTTP 200; the same request with the User Agent "BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/PerplexityBot" returned HTTP 200, 48000 bytes, observed 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z probe User Agent: BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) ua-probe/PerplexityBot Limitation: this test appends a labelled marker to our own honest User Agent, it never impersonates another agent. Rules keyed to an exact User Agent string, or to a vendor's IP ranges, are invisible to this method and are neither confirmed nor ruled out. |
| baseline | home page answered HTTP 200 to our own User Agent GET https://www.msn.com/de-de as BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z: HTTP 200, 43932 bytes probe User Agent: BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) Limitation: this test appends a labelled marker to our own honest User Agent, it never impersonates another agent. Rules keyed to an exact User Agent string, or to a vendor's IP ranges, are invisible to this method and are neither confirmed nor ruled out. |
llms
| llms-full.txt | llms-full.txt not present (HTTP 404) GET https://msn.com/llms-full.txt at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z returned HTTP 404 |
|---|---|
| llms.txt | llms.txt not present (HTTP 404) GET https://msn.com/llms.txt at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z returned HTTP 404 |
optout
| signal | no opt out signal published TXT _bikoosh-aeo.msn.com carried no opt out and GET https://msn.com/.well-known/bikoosh-aeo-optout published none either (it answered HTTP 404) at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z |
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render
| main-content | main content requires JavaScript visible text of the raw HTML 0 characters versus 1303 characters after rendering https://www.msn.com/de-de in headless Chromium at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z: 0.0 percent, threshold 20 percent |
|---|
signals
| canonical | no canonical link element no link rel=canonical in the HTML of https://www.msn.com/de-de at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z |
|---|---|
| noai | no noai declaration neither the meta tags nor the X-Robots-Tag header of https://www.msn.com/de-de carried noai at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z |
| noimageai | no noimageai declaration neither the meta tags nor the X-Robots-Tag header of https://www.msn.com/de-de carried noimageai at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z |
| robots-meta | no robots meta tag no meta name=robots tag in the HTML of https://www.msn.com/de-de at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z (2 meta tags read) |
| sitemap | declared sitemap answered HTTP 200 HEAD https://www.msn.com/sitemaps/casualgames/sitemap-index.xml at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z returned HTTP 200, content type text/xml |
| tdm-reservation | no tdm-reservation header no tdm-reservation header on https://www.msn.com/de-de at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z |
| x-robots-tag | no X-Robots-Tag header response headers of https://www.msn.com/de-de at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z: no X-Robots-Tag header present |
structured
| json-ld | no JSON-LD in the home page HTML no script type=application/ld+json in https://www.msn.com/de-de at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z |
|---|
timing
| page-bytes | home page HTML 25 to 50 KB GET https://www.msn.com/de-de at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z transferred 43932 bytes of HTML, content type text/html; charset=utf-8 (the value is banded, the exact byte count is here) |
|---|---|
| response-ms | home page answered in 200 to 500 ms GET https://www.msn.com/de-de as BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot) at 2026-09-06T23:42:02Z: HTTP 200 in 283 ms (the value is banded so that ordinary network jitter is not reported as a change) |
History
Every robots.txt version we have observed for msn.com.
Limitation: this test appends a labelled marker to our own honest User Agent, it never impersonates another agent. Rules keyed to an exact User Agent string, or to a vendor's IP ranges, are invisible to this method and are neither confirmed nor ruled out.
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