# robots.txt for https://www.stjanitorial.com
# Optimized for AI search visibility (GEO) + traditional SEO
# Last updated: 2026-07-29

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# Default rule - allow all standard search engine crawlers
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User-agent: *
Disallow:

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# AI Crawlers - ALLOWED (critical for AI search visibility)
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# OpenAI - ChatGPT Search (300M+ users)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

# Anthropic - Claude web search & analysis
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

# Perplexity - strong referral traffic
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

# Google - Gemini / AI features (no search-rank impact)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /

# Apple - Apple Intelligence (2B+ devices)
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Amazon - Alexa & Amazon AI
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# Meta - Meta AI (3B+ app users)
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

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# AI Crawlers - BLOCKED (aggressive / low value)
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User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

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# Sitemap
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Sitemap: https://www.stjanitorial.com/sitemap_index.xml