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Is Timpibot Blocked on Your Site? How to Check | SEO AEO Specialist SEO & AEO Specialist

In short

To check, open your robots.txt and look for a rule naming Timpibot with Disallow: /. If it is there, Timpibot is blocked and will not crawl your pages. Blocking removes your content from Timpi's search index and any answers built on it.

Timpibot is operated by Timpi, a project building a decentralized search index maintained across a distributed network rather than a single company's data centers. Its crawler gathers web content to populate that index for search and AI use.

The consequence of blocking is that your pages will not appear in Timpi's index, so users and AI tools querying Timpi will not find your content there. Sites aiming for broad coverage across emerging and decentralized search engines keep Timpibot allowed.

How to check and control it

To check, look in your robots.txt for a rule targeting this user-agent. To allow or block it:

User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /        # blocks it — remove or set "Allow: /" to permit

For an instant check across your whole site, use SEO AEO Specialist's free AI crawler checker, and see the llms.txt & AI crawler guide.

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FAQ

What is Timpi?

Timpi is a decentralized search project that builds its index across a distributed network rather than centralized servers. Timpibot is its crawler, gathering web content for that index. Allowing it keeps your pages discoverable through Timpi's search and any AI features built on top of it.

Is it worth allowing a smaller crawler like Timpibot?

That depends on your goals. Allowing Timpibot costs little and keeps you present in an emerging decentralized index as it grows. If you prefer to limit crawling to major engines only, you can block it, accepting that your content will not appear in Timpi's results.

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