NBC News / robots.txt snapshot
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final URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/robots.txt
| 1 | User-agent: * |
| 2 | Disallow: /search |
| 3 | Disallow: /pages/search/ |
| 4 | Disallow: /pages/news-connect |
| 5 | Disallow: /error404.aspx |
| 6 | Disallow: /widget/ |
| 7 | Disallow: /*ns/local_news* |
| 8 | Disallow: /akam/ |
| 9 | Disallow: /sigma.html |
| 10 | Disallow: /sports/world-cup/fifa-world-cup-2026-bracket-challenge/group |
| 11 | Disallow: /mynewsapi/ |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Disallow: /*?*canonicalCard= |
| 14 | User-agent: Twitterbot |
| 15 | Allow: /*?*canonicalCard= |
| 16 | |
| 17 | # Disallow Bots (Allow /select only) |
| 18 | User-agent: AhrefsBot |
| 19 | Disallow: / |
| 20 | Allow: /select |
| 21 | Allow: /select/ |
| 22 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 23 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 24 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 25 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 26 | Allow: /tips |
| 27 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 28 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 29 | |
| 30 | User-agent: Amazonbot |
| 31 | User-agent: AmazonBot |
| 32 | Disallow: / |
| 33 | Allow: /select |
| 34 | Allow: /select/ |
| 35 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 36 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 37 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 38 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 39 | Allow: /tips |
| 40 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 41 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 42 | |
| 43 | User-agent: anthropic-ai |
| 44 | Disallow: / |
| 45 | Allow: /select |
| 46 | Allow: /select/ |
| 47 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 48 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 49 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 50 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 51 | Allow: /tips |
| 52 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 53 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 54 | |
| 55 | User-agent: Applebot-Extended |
| 56 | Disallow: / |
| 57 | Allow: /select |
| 58 | Allow: /select/ |
| 59 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 60 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 61 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 62 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 63 | Allow: /tips |
| 64 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 65 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 66 | |
| 67 | User-agent: Archive.org_bot |
| 68 | Disallow: / |
| 69 | Allow: /select |
| 70 | Allow: /select/ |
| 71 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 72 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 73 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 74 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 75 | Allow: /tips |
| 76 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 77 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 78 | |
| 79 | User-agent: AwarioRssBot |
| 80 | User-agent: AwarioSmartBot |
| 81 | Disallow: / |
| 82 | Allow: /select |
| 83 | Allow: /select/ |
| 84 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 85 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 86 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 87 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 88 | Allow: /tips |
| 89 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 90 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 91 | |
| 92 | User-agent: Brightbot 1.0 |
| 93 | Disallow: / |
| 94 | Allow: /select |
| 95 | Allow: /select/ |
| 96 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 97 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 98 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 99 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 100 | Allow: /tips |
| 101 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 102 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 103 | |
| 104 | User-agent: Bytespider |
| 105 | User-agent: ByteSpider Desktop |
| 106 | Disallow: / |
| 107 | Allow: /select |
| 108 | Allow: /select/ |
| 109 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 110 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 111 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 112 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 113 | Allow: /tips |
| 114 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 115 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 116 | |
| 117 | User-agent: CCBot |
| 118 | Disallow: / |
| 119 | Allow: /select |
| 120 | Allow: /select/ |
| 121 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 122 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 123 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 124 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 125 | Allow: /tips |
| 126 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 127 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 128 | |
| 129 | User-agent: ChatGPT-User |
| 130 | Disallow: / |
| 131 | Allow: /select |
| 132 | Allow: /select/ |
| 133 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 134 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 135 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 136 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 137 | Allow: /tips |
| 138 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 139 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 140 | |
| 141 | User-agent: ClaudeBot |
| 142 | Disallow: / |
| 143 | Allow: /select |
| 144 | Allow: /select/ |
| 145 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 146 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 147 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 148 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 149 | Allow: /tips |
| 150 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 151 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 152 | |
| 153 | User-agent: Claude-Web |
| 154 | User-agent: Claude-User |
| 155 | User-agent: Claude-SearchBot |
| 156 | Disallow: / |
| 157 | Allow: /select |
| 158 | Allow: /select/ |
| 159 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 160 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 161 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 162 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 163 | Allow: /tips |
| 164 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 165 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 166 | |
| 167 | User-agent: cohere-ai |
| 168 | Disallow: / |
| 169 | Allow: /select |
| 170 | Allow: /select/ |
| 171 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 172 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 173 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 174 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 175 | Allow: /tips |
| 176 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 177 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 178 | |
| 179 | User-agent: DataForSeoBot |
| 180 | Disallow: / |
| 181 | Allow: /select |
| 182 | Allow: /select/ |
| 183 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 184 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 185 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 186 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 187 | Allow: /tips |
| 188 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 189 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 190 | |
| 191 | User-agent: Diffbot |
| 192 | Disallow: / |
| 193 | Allow: /select |
| 194 | Allow: /select/ |
| 195 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 196 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 197 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 198 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 199 | Allow: /tips |
| 200 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 201 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 202 | |
| 203 | User-agent: ExaBot |
| 204 | User-agent: ExaSearchBot |
| 205 | Disallow: / |
| 206 | Allow: /select |
| 207 | Allow: /select/ |
| 208 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 209 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 210 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 211 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 212 | Allow: /tips |
| 213 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 214 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 215 | |
| 216 | User-agent: FacebookBot |
| 217 | Disallow: / |
| 218 | Allow: /select |
| 219 | Allow: /select/ |
| 220 | |
| 221 | User-agent: Google-Extended |
| 222 | Disallow: / |
| 223 | Allow: /select |
| 224 | Allow: /select/ |
| 225 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 226 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 227 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 228 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 229 | Allow: /tips |
| 230 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 231 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 232 | |
| 233 | User-agent: GPTBot |
| 234 | Disallow: / |
| 235 | Allow: /select |
| 236 | Allow: /select/ |
| 237 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 238 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 239 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 240 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 241 | Allow: /tips |
| 242 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 243 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 244 | |
| 245 | User-agent: ImageBot/1.0 |
| 246 | Disallow: / |
| 247 | Allow: /select |
| 248 | Allow: /select/ |
| 249 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 250 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 251 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 252 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 253 | Allow: /tips |
| 254 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 255 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 256 | |
| 257 | User-agent: magpie-crawler |
| 258 | Disallow: / |
| 259 | Allow: /select |
| 260 | Allow: /select/ |
| 261 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 262 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 263 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 264 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 265 | Allow: /tips |
| 266 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 267 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 268 | |
| 269 | User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent |
| 270 | User-agent: meta-externalagent |
| 271 | Disallow: / |
| 272 | Allow: /select |
| 273 | Allow: /select/ |
| 274 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 275 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 276 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 277 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 278 | Allow: /tips |
| 279 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 280 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 281 | |
| 282 | User-agent: MistralAI-User |
| 283 | Disallow: / |
| 284 | Allow: /select |
| 285 | Allow: /select/ |
| 286 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 287 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 288 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 289 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 290 | Allow: /tips |
| 291 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 292 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 293 | |
| 294 | User-agent: NagetBot |
| 295 | Disallow: / |
| 296 | Allow: /select |
| 297 | Allow: /select/ |
| 298 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 299 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 300 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 301 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 302 | Allow: /tips |
| 303 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 304 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 305 | |
| 306 | User-agent: NewsNow |
| 307 | Disallow: / |
| 308 | Allow: /select |
| 309 | Allow: /select/ |
| 310 | |
| 311 | User-agent: news-please |
| 312 | Disallow: / |
| 313 | Allow: /select |
| 314 | Allow: /select/ |
| 315 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 316 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 317 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 318 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 319 | Allow: /tips |
| 320 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 321 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 322 | |
| 323 | User-agent: OAI-SearchBot |
| 324 | Disallow: / |
| 325 | Allow: /select |
| 326 | Allow: /select/ |
| 327 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 328 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 329 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 330 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 331 | Allow: /tips |
| 332 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 333 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 334 | |
| 335 | User-agent: omgili |
| 336 | User-agent: omgilibot |
| 337 | Disallow: / |
| 338 | Allow: /select |
| 339 | Allow: /select/ |
| 340 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 341 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 342 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 343 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 344 | Allow: /tips |
| 345 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 346 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 347 | |
| 348 | User-agent: peer39_crawler |
| 349 | User-agent: peer39_crawler/1.0 |
| 350 | Disallow: / |
| 351 | Allow: /select |
| 352 | Allow: /select/ |
| 353 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 354 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 355 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 356 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 357 | Allow: /tips |
| 358 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 359 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 360 | |
| 361 | User-agent: PerplexityBot |
| 362 | User-agent: Perplexity-User |
| 363 | Disallow: / |
| 364 | Allow: /select |
| 365 | Allow: /select/ |
| 366 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 367 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 368 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 369 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 370 | Allow: /tips |
| 371 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 372 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 373 | |
| 374 | User-agent: Petalbot |
| 375 | Disallow: / |
| 376 | Allow: /select |
| 377 | Allow: /select/ |
| 378 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 379 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 380 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 381 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 382 | Allow: /tips |
| 383 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 384 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 385 | |
| 386 | User-agent: QuillBot |
| 387 | User-agent: quillbot.com |
| 388 | Disallow: / |
| 389 | Allow: /select |
| 390 | Allow: /select/ |
| 391 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 392 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 393 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 394 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 395 | Allow: /tips |
| 396 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 397 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 398 | |
| 399 | User-agent: Scrapy |
| 400 | Disallow: / |
| 401 | Allow: /select |
| 402 | Allow: /select/ |
| 403 | |
| 404 | User-agent: ShapBot |
| 405 | Disallow: / |
| 406 | Allow: /select |
| 407 | Allow: /select/ |
| 408 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 409 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 410 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 411 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 412 | Allow: /tips |
| 413 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 414 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 415 | |
| 416 | User-agent: TaraGroup Intelligent Bot |
| 417 | Disallow: / |
| 418 | Allow: /select |
| 419 | Allow: /select/ |
| 420 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 421 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 422 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 423 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 424 | Allow: /tips |
| 425 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 426 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 427 | |
| 428 | User-agent: TurnitinBot |
| 429 | Disallow: / |
| 430 | Allow: /select |
| 431 | Allow: /select/ |
| 432 | |
| 433 | User-agent: ViennaTinyBot |
| 434 | Disallow: / |
| 435 | Allow: /select |
| 436 | Allow: /select/ |
| 437 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 438 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 439 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 440 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 441 | Allow: /tips |
| 442 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 443 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 444 | |
| 445 | User-agent: YouBot |
| 446 | Disallow: / |
| 447 | Allow: /select |
| 448 | Allow: /select/ |
| 449 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178 |
| 450 | Allow: /subscribe/supplemental-terms |
| 451 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/contact-us-n1232521 |
| 452 | Allow: /news/us-news/nbc-news-digital-editors-n893846 |
| 453 | Allow: /tips |
| 454 | Allow: /tips/ |
| 455 | Allow: /information/nbc-news-info/closed-captioning-n1307063 |
| 456 | |
| 457 | # Sitemaps |
| 458 | Sitemap: https://www.nbcnews.com/sitemap/nbcnews/sitemap-index |
| 459 | Sitemap: https://www.nbcnews.com/sitemap/nbcnews/sitemap-news |
| 460 | Sitemap: https://www.nbcnews.com/sitemap/nbcnews/sitemap-curations |
| 461 | Sitemap: https://www.nbcnews.com/sitemap/nbcnews/sitemap-select.xml |
| 462 | Sitemap: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/election-results/sitemap.xml |