usnews.com
As of Nov 6, 2026, usnews.com's ads.txt lists 378 seller lines across 93 ad systems, its robots.txt blocks GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, and 10 more, and its DMARC policy is reject.
Checked daily since Oct 31, 2026. JSON. Link to this check. Run this site? Remove or correct this report.
Checked Nov 6, 2026, 20:01 UTC
| File | Status | What the robot saw | Same since |
|---|---|---|---|
| ads.txt | REMOVED | 378 seller lines, 93 ad systems. 1 change on Nov 6. See the change | 2026-11-06 |
| app-ads.txt | UNAVAILABLE | Timed out. No good check yet. UNAVAILABLE, NOT AN ABSENCE | |
| sellers.json | UNAVAILABLE | Timed out. No good check yet. 36 lines have no matching seller at adomega.in, advibe.media, appnexus.com, blis.com, and 8 more. Evidence 160 lines not judged: the ad system's sellers.json could not be read. UNAVAILABLE, NOT AN ABSENCE | |
| robots.txt | SUCCESS | 49 rules for 14 AI crawlers. Blocks GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, and 10 more. | 2026-11-06, first check |
| llms.txt | UNAVAILABLE | Timed out. No good check yet. UNAVAILABLE, NOT AN ABSENCE | |
| DMARC | SUCCESS | p=reject. Reports on. | 2026-11-06, first check |
| MTA-STS | NOT_FOUND | No MTA-STS record. | 2026-11-06, first check |
| BIMI | NOT_FOUND | No BIMI record. | 2026-11-06, first check |
| security.txt | UNAVAILABLE | Timed out. No good check yet. UNAVAILABLE, NOT AN ABSENCE |
1 change since Oct 31
ads.txt sellers on Nov 6.
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usnews.com changed its ad sellers on Nov 6. Publisher Watch finds changes like this across 8,118 publishers. One email a day.
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These are the site's own public files, as fetched, with the date. The robot reports what is published. It does not judge compliance, approval, or intent. A failed fetch is a failed fetch, never a missing file.
Not checked: anything behind a login, account settings, or private feeds. Whether crawlers obey robots.txt. Business deals: a file line is not a contract.