[Bug]: Unable to see article description

[mxdvl]

What happened?

When searching for an article on DuckDuckGo — in my most recent case a film review — no description is provided.

Where is this happening?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=guardian+review+emilia+perez

What is the impact?

Annoyance. Not sure I’m about to click on the right link.

[cemms1]

Hey @mxdvl, I think this is because the robots.txt file (https://theguardian.com/robots.txt) disallows Bingbot which is used by Duck Duck Go

[mxdvl]

Hey @mxdvl, I think this is because the robots.txt file (https://theguardian.com/robots.txt) disallows Bingbot which is used by Duck Duck Go

I thought as much… feel free to close if this is as intended!