# Is your website blocking AI crawlers by mistake?

> Many hospitality websites block AI crawlers without knowing it, through robots.txt, firewalls or plugins. How to check yours.

_UK and US · Updated 2026-10-27 · Akkrev, https://akkrev.com/ai-seo/check-if-your-site-blocks-ai-crawlers/_

If AI crawlers can't read your site, AI assistants describe you from other sources: OTAs, review sites, old articles.

## How sites block AI by accident

- **robots.txt rules** added by a plugin or a developer, sometimes copied from a template.
- **Bot protection** on your host or CDN that challenges every automated visitor.
- **Website builders** with "block AI" switches turned on by default or by mistake.

## Which crawlers matter

OpenAI (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User), Anthropic (ClaudeBot and others), Perplexity, Google (Google-Extended for Gemini training; Googlebot for search) and others.

## Check it

Our [free AI crawler check](https://akkrev.com/tools/ai-crawler-check/) reads your robots.txt and homepage and shows which AI crawlers you let in.

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