Does zoominfo.com allow ChatGPT-User? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
On 2026-09-14 the robots.txt of zoominfo.com resolved 19 AI crawler tokens: 14 allowed for / and 5 disallowed for /.
| Domain | zoominfo.com |
|---|---|
| AI crawler tokens resolved | 19 |
| Allowed for / | 14 |
| Disallowed for / | 5 |
| robots.txt | robots.txt present, 3565 bytes |
| Checks that ran | robots |
| robots.txt read (tier A) | 2026-09-14 |
| Last verified |
On this domain the robots.txt only check (tier A) last ran on 2026-09-14. 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 zoominfo.com allow GPTBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
allowed for /
robots.txt has a User-agent: GPTBot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
Allow or disallow GPTBot
User-agent: GPTBot Allow: /
User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /
The GPTBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does zoominfo.com allow ClaudeBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
allowed for /
robots.txt has a User-agent: ClaudeBot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
Allow or disallow ClaudeBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: /
The ClaudeBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does zoominfo.com allow PerplexityBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
allowed for /
robots.txt has a User-agent: PerplexityBot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
Allow or disallow PerplexityBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /
The PerplexityBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does zoominfo.com allow OAI-SearchBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
allowed for /
robots.txt has a User-agent: OAI-SearchBot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
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 zoominfo.com allow CCBot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 124 in the User-agent: CCBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
Allow or disallow CCBot
User-agent: CCBot Allow: /
User-agent: CCBot Disallow: /
The CCBot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does zoominfo.com allow Bytespider? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
disallowed for /
robots.txt line 124 in the User-agent: Bytespider group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins)
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
Allow or disallow Bytespider
User-agent: Bytespider Allow: /
User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: /
The Bytespider guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does zoominfo.com allow Googlebot? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
allowed for /
robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
Allow or disallow Googlebot
User-agent: Googlebot Allow: /
User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /
The Googlebot guide: identity, purpose, documented verification and the vendor sources.
Does zoominfo.com allow ChatGPT-User? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
allowed for /
robots.txt has a User-agent: ChatGPT-User group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
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 zoominfo.com allow Google-Extended? robots.txt as of 2026-09-14
allowed for /
robots.txt has a User-agent: Google-Extended group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed
Observed 2026-09-14, first observed 2026-09-14, last change recorded 2026-09-14.
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 | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: GPTBot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: ClaudeBot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: PerplexityBot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: OAI-SearchBot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| CCBot | Common Crawl Foundation | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 124 in the User-agent: CCBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-14 |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 124 in the User-agent: Bytespider group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-14 |
| Googlebot | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 | |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: ChatGPT-User group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| Claude-User | Anthropic | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| anthropic-ai | Anthropic | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| Bingbot | Microsoft | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: Bingbot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed. 2 records name this user agent and RFC 9309 merges them | 2026-09-14 |
| Applebot | Apple | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: Applebot group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| Amazonbot | Amazon | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 124 in the User-agent: Amazonbot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-14 |
| meta-externalagent | Meta | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 124 in the User-agent: meta-externalagent group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-14 |
| DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | disallowed for / | robots.txt line 124 in the User-agent: DuckAssistBot group: "Disallow: /" (longest match wins) | 2026-09-14 |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: * group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
| Google-Extended | allowed for / | robots.txt has a User-agent: Google-Extended group with no rule matching / , so / is allowed | 2026-09-14 |
What else the robots.txt says
| agents-summary | AI crawler rules: 14 allowed, 5 disallowed 19 crawler tokens resolved against https://zoominfo.com/robots.txt (HTTP 200, 3565 bytes) at 2026-09-14T19:15:40Z |
|---|---|
| crawl-delay:bingbot | crawl delay 1 declared robots.txt line 152: "Crawl-delay: 1" |
| file | robots.txt present, 3565 bytes GET https://zoominfo.com/robots.txt at 2026-09-14T19:15:40Z returned HTTP 200, 3565 bytes, content type text/plain, 6 user agent group(s) |
| sitemap-declared | 1 sitemap(s) declared in robots.txt line 4: "Sitemap: https://www.zoominfo.com/cws/general-sitemap.xml" |
History
Every robots.txt version we have observed for zoominfo.com.
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