# robots.txt for iowaradonexperts.com
# Last updated: 2026-05-27
# AI crawlers are explicitly permitted — see llms.txt for content guide.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /api
Disallow: /*.json$

# --- AI / LLM crawlers (explicit allow for citation surfaces) ---

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
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: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: applebot-extended
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

# --- Block abusive scrapers / known SEO crawl noise ---

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 30

User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 30

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

# Sitemap and content guide
Sitemap: https://iowaradonexperts.com/sitemap-index.xml