# robots.txt - icloudits.com
# Updated: 17 August 2026
# Tuned for both search engines (SEO) and answer engines (GEO)

# ============================================
# 1) General rules for all crawlers
# ============================================
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Disallow: /*?attachment_id=
Disallow: /wp-json/wp/v2/users
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
Allow: /*.css$
Allow: /*.js$
Allow: /*.webp$

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# 2) Answer engines - explicitly allowed (GEO)
# We want iCloudITS cited inside these platforms
# ============================================
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

# ============================================
# 3) Commercial SEO crawlers - slowed, not blocked
# ============================================
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: DotBot
Crawl-delay: 10

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# 4) Sitemap
# ============================================
Sitemap: https://icloudits.com/sitemap_index.xml

# AI answer engines - added 15 Sep 2026
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Timpibot
Allow: /

User-agent: omgili
Allow: /

User-agent: omgilibot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
Allow: /