Glossary
User-triggered fetcher
In short
A fetch made because a person asked an assistant something, such as reading a linked page. Operators often say robots.txt may not apply because a user initiated it. 8 rows are live answer fetchers. Example: Perplexity says Perplexity-User generally ignores robots.txt since a user requested the fetch. Related: All live answer fetchers and ChatGPT-User profile.
Definition
A fetch made because a person asked an assistant something, such as reading a linked page. Operators often say robots.txt may not apply because a user initiated it.
Sourced example
Perplexity says Perplexity-User generally ignores robots.txt since a user requested the fetch. Source, read 2026-11-04.
How it shows up here
8 rows are live answer fetchers. Their operators say robots.txt may not apply, yet 9.7 percent of top-10,000 sites refuse ChatGPT-User, 8.3 percent Perplexity-User and 8.5 percent Meta-ExternalFetcher.
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Sources
Last reviewed 2026-11-04