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| 1 | # ============================================================ |
| 2 | # key.com robots.txt |
| 3 | # Last updated: August 2026 |
| 4 | # AI crawler governance added — see sections below |
| 5 | # ============================================================ |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | # ============================================================ |
| 9 | # SECTION 1: GENERAL CRAWLERS (all bots not named below) |
| 10 | # ============================================================ |
| 11 | User-agent: * |
| 12 | Disallow: /kco/images/2017_KBCM_Technology_Group_Private_SaaS_Company_Survey.pdf |
| 13 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2024_kbcm_sapphire_saas_survey.pdf |
| 14 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/kbcm_2023_sapphire_ventures_saas_survey.pdf |
| 15 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2022_kbcm_saas_survey_10-20-22_vF.pdf |
| 16 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/cf/disclosure/businesses-institutions/lockbox-processing-platform-updates.pdf |
| 17 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/small_business/kbbo_pay_with_wire_user_guide.pdf |
| 18 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/internal-assets/ |
| 19 | |
| 20 | |
| 21 | # ============================================================ |
| 22 | # SECTION 2: AI SEARCH & RETRIEVAL CRAWLERS (ALLOW) |
| 23 | # These bots power AI search results and citations. |
| 24 | # Allowing them keeps KeyBank visible in ChatGPT Search, |
| 25 | # Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and similar products. |
| 26 | # ============================================================ |
| 27 | |
| 28 | # OpenAI — SearchGPT / ChatGPT Search |
| 29 | User-agent: OAI-SearchBot |
| 30 | Allow: / |
| 31 | |
| 32 | # OpenAI — live user requests in ChatGPT |
| 33 | User-agent: ChatGPT-User |
| 34 | Allow: / |
| 35 | |
| 36 | # Perplexity AI — search retrieval |
| 37 | User-agent: PerplexityBot |
| 38 | Allow: / |
| 39 | |
| 40 | # Perplexity AI — live user requests |
| 41 | User-agent: Perplexity-User |
| 42 | Allow: / |
| 43 | |
| 44 | # Anthropic — Claude search retrieval (legacy) |
| 45 | User-agent: Claude-Web |
| 46 | Allow: / |
| 47 | |
| 48 | |
| 49 | # ============================================================ |
| 50 | # SECTION 3: AI TRAINING CRAWLERS |
| 51 | # Public content allowed for brand presence in future models. |
| 52 | # Proprietary research and internal assets are blocked. |
| 53 | # ============================================================ |
| 54 | |
| 55 | # OpenAI — GPT model training |
| 56 | User-agent: GPTBot |
| 57 | Disallow: /kco/images/2017_KBCM_Technology_Group_Private_SaaS_Company_Survey.pdf |
| 58 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2024_kbcm_sapphire_saas_survey.pdf |
| 59 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/kbcm_2023_sapphire_ventures_saas_survey.pdf |
| 60 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2022_kbcm_saas_survey_10-20-22_vF.pdf |
| 61 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/cf/disclosure/businesses-institutions/lockbox-processing-platform-updates.pdf |
| 62 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/small_business/kbbo_pay_with_wire_user_guide.pdf |
| 63 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/internal-assets/ |
| 64 | |
| 65 | # Anthropic — Claude model training |
| 66 | User-agent: ClaudeBot |
| 67 | Disallow: /kco/images/2017_KBCM_Technology_Group_Private_SaaS_Company_Survey.pdf |
| 68 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2024_kbcm_sapphire_saas_survey.pdf |
| 69 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/kbcm_2023_sapphire_ventures_saas_survey.pdf |
| 70 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2022_kbcm_saas_survey_10-20-22_vF.pdf |
| 71 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/cf/disclosure/businesses-institutions/lockbox-processing-platform-updates.pdf |
| 72 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/small_business/kbbo_pay_with_wire_user_guide.pdf |
| 73 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/internal-assets/ |
| 74 | |
| 75 | # Anthropic — legacy training crawler |
| 76 | User-agent: anthropic-ai |
| 77 | Disallow: /kco/images/2017_KBCM_Technology_Group_Private_SaaS_Company_Survey.pdf |
| 78 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2024_kbcm_sapphire_saas_survey.pdf |
| 79 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/kbcm_2023_sapphire_ventures_saas_survey.pdf |
| 80 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2022_kbcm_saas_survey_10-20-22_vF.pdf |
| 81 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/cf/disclosure/businesses-institutions/lockbox-processing-platform-updates.pdf |
| 82 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/small_business/kbbo_pay_with_wire_user_guide.pdf |
| 83 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/internal-assets/ |
| 84 | |
| 85 | # Google — Gemini training (policy token only — no separate user agent string) |
| 86 | User-agent: Google-Extended |
| 87 | Disallow: /kco/images/2017_KBCM_Technology_Group_Private_SaaS_Company_Survey.pdf |
| 88 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2024_kbcm_sapphire_saas_survey.pdf |
| 89 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/kbcm_2023_sapphire_ventures_saas_survey.pdf |
| 90 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2022_kbcm_saas_survey_10-20-22_vF.pdf |
| 91 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/cf/disclosure/businesses-institutions/lockbox-processing-platform-updates.pdf |
| 92 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/small_business/kbbo_pay_with_wire_user_guide.pdf |
| 93 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/internal-assets/ |
| 94 | |
| 95 | # Meta — Llama model training |
| 96 | User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent |
| 97 | Disallow: /kco/images/2017_KBCM_Technology_Group_Private_SaaS_Company_Survey.pdf |
| 98 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2024_kbcm_sapphire_saas_survey.pdf |
| 99 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/kbcm_2023_sapphire_ventures_saas_survey.pdf |
| 100 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2022_kbcm_saas_survey_10-20-22_vF.pdf |
| 101 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/cf/disclosure/businesses-institutions/lockbox-processing-platform-updates.pdf |
| 102 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/small_business/kbbo_pay_with_wire_user_guide.pdf |
| 103 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/internal-assets/ |
| 104 | |
| 105 | # Meta — Facebook AI training |
| 106 | User-agent: FacebookBot |
| 107 | Disallow: /kco/images/2017_KBCM_Technology_Group_Private_SaaS_Company_Survey.pdf |
| 108 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2024_kbcm_sapphire_saas_survey.pdf |
| 109 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/kbcm_2023_sapphire_ventures_saas_survey.pdf |
| 110 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/businesses___institutions/2022_kbcm_saas_survey_10-20-22_vF.pdf |
| 111 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/cf/disclosure/businesses-institutions/lockbox-processing-platform-updates.pdf |
| 112 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/documents/small_business/kbbo_pay_with_wire_user_guide.pdf |
| 113 | Disallow: /content/dam/kco/internal-assets/ |
| 114 | |
| 115 | |
| 116 | # ============================================================ |
| 117 | # SECTION 4: AGGRESSIVE / NON-COMPLIANT SCRAPERS (BLOCK ALL) |
| 118 | # These crawlers feed less-regulated pipelines and have a |
| 119 | # poor track record of honoring robots.txt directives. |
| 120 | # ============================================================ |
| 121 | |
| 122 | # ByteDance / TikTok AI training |
| 123 | User-agent: Bytespider |
| 124 | Disallow: / |
| 125 | |
| 126 | # Common Crawl — bulk scraper used by many unvetted pipelines |
| 127 | User-agent: CCBot |
| 128 | Disallow: / |
| 129 | |
| 130 | # Diffbot — commercial data extraction |
| 131 | User-agent: Diffbot |
| 132 | Disallow: / |
| 133 | |
| 134 | |
| 135 | # ============================================================ |
| 136 | # SITEMAP |
| 137 | # ============================================================ |
| 138 | Sitemap: https://www.key.com/about/seo/sitemap.xml |