meta-webindexer

Meta AI search index; blocking removes you from Meta AI answers.

Should you block it?

Almost never block

meta-webindexer builds and refreshes the index behind Meta's AI answers. Blocking it is the most expensive mistake in AI SEO: you disappear from Meta citations while your training decision stays completely separate.

If you need to protect specific sections (pricing, docs), use path-scoped rules instead of a blanket Disallow: /.

How to allow it in robots.txt

User-agent: meta-webindexer
Allow: /

How to block it

User-agent: meta-webindexer
Disallow: /

Source & verification

Community source Community-maintained list — last reviewed 2026-09-12

https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt

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"Should you block it?" below is our own interpretation, not the operator's recommendation.

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