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COMMON CRAWL · MODEL TRAINING CRAWLERS
Should your store allow CCBot?
Common Crawl — the open dataset most LLMs train on.
THE VERDICT
Your call — blocking is legitimate.
This bot crawls to train an AI model, not to send you a shopper today. Blocking it is a reasonable content-rights choice and does NOT stop AI assistants from reaching or recommending your store live. Weigh brand exposure in future models against principle.
THE TECHNICAL BITS
- robots.txt token
- CCBot
- Operated by
- Common Crawl
- Purpose
- Model training crawlers
Is CCBot reaching your store right now?
ARC tests your store against CCBot and every other AI crawler — for real — and shows who you're accidentally blocking, whether AI understands your products, and whether it can buy.
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