# --- Zero-value SEO / scraper crawlers: block (pure bandwidth cost to you) ---
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Barkrowler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

# --- AI TRAINING crawlers: block (opt out of training, no GEO loss) ---
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

# --- AI SEARCH / answer engines: EXPLICITLY ALLOW (keeps you citable) ---
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

# --- Traditional search: keep open ---
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /