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# Elite Tech Global — robots.txt
# Site: https://elitetech-global.com
# ============================================================

# ---------- Default rule (all bots, including standard search) ----------
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wpo-plugins-tables-list.json
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /*?replytocom
Disallow: /*?utm_*
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /feed/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

# ============================================================
# AI CRAWLERS — Explicitly ALLOWED
# We want AI assistants to know, learn, and recommend us.
# ============================================================

# --- OpenAI (ChatGPT, ChatGPT Search) ---
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

# --- Anthropic (Claude) ---
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

# --- Google (Gemini / Bard / AI Overviews) ---
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /

# --- Microsoft (Bing, Copilot) ---
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: msnbot
Allow: /

# --- Perplexity AI ---
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

# --- Apple Intelligence / Siri ---
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# --- Meta AI (Llama, Meta AI Assistant) ---
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

# --- Amazon (Alexa, Rufus, Q) ---
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# --- You.com AI ---
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

# --- DuckDuckGo (DuckAssist) ---
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

# --- Mistral AI ---
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

# --- Cohere ---
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Allow: /

# --- Common Crawl (used by many AI training datasets) ---
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# --- Diffbot (knowledge graph) ---
User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

# --- Timpi / Phind / Kagi / Brave Search AI ---
User-agent: TimpiBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PhindBot
Allow: /

User-agent: KagiBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bravebot
Allow: /

# ============================================================
# AGGRESSIVE SCRAPERS — Blocked
# These bots scrape content, hammer servers, give nothing back.
# ============================================================

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SerpstatBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: SeznamBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ZoominfoBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MegaIndex
Disallow: /

# ============================================================
# SITEMAPS & AI DISCOVERY
# ============================================================
Sitemap: https://elitetech-global.com/page-sitemap.xml