# Does ziprecruiter.com allow GPTBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-15

## In short

On 2026-09-15 the robots.txt of ziprecruiter.com resolved 19 AI crawler tokens: 14 allowed for / and 5 disallowed for /.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Domain | ziprecruiter.com |
| AI crawler tokens resolved | 19 |
| Allowed for / | 14 |
| Disallowed for / | 5 |
| robots.txt | robots.txt present, 3199 bytes |
| Checks that ran | robots |
| robots.txt read (tier A) | 2026-09-15 |
| Last verified | 2026-09-15 |

## Every AI crawler token in the registry

| Crawler | Vendor | Observation | Evidence | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | OpenAI | allowed for / | robots.txt line 114 in the User-agent: GPTBot group: "Allow: /$" (longest match wins). Line 142 "Disallow: /" also matched and lost the longest match test. Note: Python urllib.robotparser reads this file as disallowed for this token; this checker applies RFC 9309 (records with the same user agent merged, longest match wins, Allow wins a tie) | 2026-09-15 |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: ClaudeBot group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: PerplexityBot group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: OAI-SearchBot group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| CCBot | Common Crawl Foundation | allowed for / | robots.txt line 114 in the User-agent: CCBot group: "Allow: /$" (longest match wins). Line 142 "Disallow: /" also matched and lost the longest match test. Note: Python urllib.robotparser reads this file as disallowed for this token; this checker applies RFC 9309 (records with the same user agent merged, longest match wins, Allow wins a tie) | 2026-09-15 |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 149 in the User-agent: * group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| Googlebot | Google | allowed for / | robots.txt line 3 in the User-agent: Googlebot group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: ChatGPT-User group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| Claude-User | Anthropic | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: Claude-User group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: Claude-SearchBot group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 149 in the User-agent: * group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| anthropic-ai | Anthropic | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 149 in the User-agent: * group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| Bingbot | Microsoft | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: Bingbot group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| Applebot | Apple | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: Applebot group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| Amazonbot | Amazon | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 149 in the User-agent: * group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| meta-externalagent | Meta | allowed for / | robots.txt line 114 in the User-agent: meta-externalagent group: "Allow: /$" (longest match wins). Line 142 "Disallow: /" also matched and lost the longest match test. Note: Python urllib.robotparser reads this file as disallowed for this token; this checker applies RFC 9309 (records with the same user agent merged, longest match wins, Allow wins a tie) | 2026-09-15 |
| DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 149 in the User-agent: * group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | allowed for / | robots.txt line 114 in the User-agent: Applebot-Extended group: "Allow: /$" (longest match wins). Line 142 "Disallow: /" also matched and lost the longest match test | 2026-09-15 |
| Google-Extended | Google | allowed for / | robots.txt line 70 in the User-agent: Google-Extended group: "Allow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-15 |

## The robots.txt reading itself

| Observation | Value | Evidence | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| agents-summary | AI crawler rules: 14 allowed, 5 disallowed | 19 crawler tokens resolved against https://ziprecruiter.com/robots.txt (HTTP 200, 3199 bytes) at 2026-09-15T05:19:42Z | 2026-09-15 |
| file | robots.txt present, 3199 bytes | GET https://ziprecruiter.com/robots.txt at 2026-09-15T05:19:42Z returned HTTP 200, 3199 bytes, content type text/plain, 4 user agent group(s) | 2026-09-15 |
| our-checker | robots.txt disallows our checker | robots.txt line 149: "Disallow: /" applies to BikooshBot/1.0 (+https://bikoosh.com/bot); nothing further was fetched | 2026-09-15 |

Robots.txt history: https://bikoosh.com/aeo/site/ziprecruiter.com/history

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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