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# robots.txt for finsiderai.com
# Last updated: 2026-01
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# ===== Default policy: allow everything =====
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /*.json$
Disallow: /*?q=
Disallow: /*?utm_
Disallow: /search?

# ===== Search engines (explicit allow) =====
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-News
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

User-agent: Yandex
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

# ===== AI / Answer Engine crawlers (GEO + AEO) =====
# Allowing these lets your content appear in
# ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, AI Overviews, etc.

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

# ===== Block known bad bots =====
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

# ===== Crawl rate (polite) =====
Crawl-delay: 1

# ===== Sitemap location =====
Sitemap: https://finsiderai.com/sitemap.xml