Robots.txt

Robots.txt Rules

Crawler	Rules
All	Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /graphql Disallow: /_next/data/ Disallow: /services/ Disallow: /me.json Disallow: /follows.json Disallow: /translations.json Disallow: /search Disallow: /latest Disallow: /latest-talk Disallow: /latest-playlist Disallow: /people Disallow: /profiles Disallow: /themes/rss
Baidu	Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /graphql Disallow: /_next/data/ Disallow: /services/ Disallow: /me.json Disallow: /follows.json Disallow: /translations.json Disallow: /search Disallow: /latest Disallow: /latest-talk Disallow: /latest-playlist Disallow: /people Disallow: /profiles
oai-searchbot	Allow: /
chatgpt-user	Allow: /
perplexitybot	Allow: /
perplexity-user	Allow: /
claude-searchbot	Allow: /
claude-user	Allow: /
duckassistbot	Allow: /
mistralai-user	Allow: /
youbot	Allow: /
petalbot	Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /graphql Disallow: /_next/data/ Disallow: /services/ Disallow: /me.json Disallow: /follows.json Disallow: /translations.json Disallow: /search Disallow: /latest Disallow: /latest-talk Disallow: /latest-playlist Disallow: /people Disallow: /profiles Disallow: /dashboard Disallow: /settings Disallow: /themes/rss
gptbot	Allow: / Disallow: /
claudebot	Allow: / Disallow: /
anthropic-ai	Allow: / Disallow: /
claude-web	Allow: / Disallow: /
ccbot	Allow: / Disallow: /
google-extended	Allow: / Disallow: /
applebot-extended	Allow: / Disallow: /
amazonbot	Allow: / Disallow: /
meta-externalagent	Allow: / Allow: / Disallow: / Disallow: /
facebookbot	Allow: / Disallow: /
bytespider	Allow: / Disallow: /
cohere-ai	Allow: / Disallow: /
cohere-training-data-crawler	Allow: / Disallow: /
pangubot	Allow: / Disallow: /
diffbot	Allow: / Disallow: /
friendlycrawler	Allow: / Disallow: /
imagesiftbot	Allow: / Disallow: /
img2dataset	Allow: / Disallow: /
omgili	Allow: / Disallow: /
omgilibot	Allow: / Disallow: /
webzio-extended	Allow: / Disallow: /
timpibot	Allow: / Disallow: /
brightbot	Allow: / Disallow: /
dataforseobot	Allow: / Disallow: /
deepseekbot	Allow: / Disallow: /
iaskspider	Allow: / Disallow: /
grokbot	Allow: / Disallow: /

Sitemaps

Priority	Location
1	https://www.ted.com/sitemap.xml

Raw Text

User-agent: *
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /graphql
Disallow: /_next/data/
Disallow: /services/
Disallow: /me.json
Disallow: /follows.json
Disallow: /translations.json
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /latest
Disallow: /latest-talk
Disallow: /latest-playlist
Disallow: /people
Disallow: /profiles
Disallow: /themes/rss

User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /graphql
Disallow: /_next/data/
Disallow: /services/
Disallow: /me.json
Disallow: /follows.json
Disallow: /translations.json
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /latest
Disallow: /latest-talk
Disallow: /latest-playlist
Disallow: /people
Disallow: /profiles

# AI answer-engine crawlers — indexing allowed, data/API endpoints blocked
# These crawlers power AI search citations; blocking removes TED from AI answers
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /graphql
Disallow: /_next/data/
Disallow: /services/
Disallow: /me.json
Disallow: /follows.json
Disallow: /translations.json
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /latest
Disallow: /latest-talk
Disallow: /latest-playlist
Disallow: /people
Disallow: /profiles
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /settings
Disallow: /themes/rss

# AI training-only crawlers — blocked sitewide
# These crawlers harvest content for model training with no citation/referral value
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: PanguBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: img2dataset
Disallow: /
User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /
User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Brightbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: DeepSeekBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: iaskspider
Disallow: /
User-agent: GrokBot
Disallow: /

Sitemap: https://www.ted.com/sitemap.xml