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| 1 | # Bot rules: |
| 2 | # 1. A bot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. |
| 3 | # 2. A bot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. |
| 4 | # 3. A bot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. |
| 5 | # If you can read this then you should apply here https://www.bloomberg.com/careers/ |
| 6 | User-agent: * |
| 7 | Disallow: /polska |
| 8 | Allow: /account/newsletters |
| 9 | Disallow: /account/* |
| 10 | Disallow: /tosv*.html |
| 11 | Disallow: /search |
| 12 | Disallow: /company/search/ |
| 13 | Disallow: /professional/search/ |
| 14 | Disallow: /impact/search/ |
| 15 | Disallow: /ux/search/ |
| 16 | Disallow: /wnwi/search/ |
| 17 | Disallow: /gei/search/ |
| 18 | Disallow: /impact/search/ |
| 19 | Disallow: /netzeropathfinders/search/ |
| 20 | Disallow: /notices/search/ |
| 21 | Disallow: /distribution/search/ |
| 22 | Disallow: /ukinnovators/search/ |
| 23 | Disallow: /latam/search/ |
| 24 | Disallow: /faq/search/ |
| 25 | Disallow: /tc/search/ |
| 26 | Disallow: /subscriptions/group/manage/ |
| 27 | Disallow: /preview/lineup |
| 28 | Disallow: /preview/articles |
| 29 | Disallow: /explore/ |
| 30 | Disallow: /press-releases/ |
| 31 | Disallow: /artemis/ |
| 32 | Disallow: /sessions-publisher/ |
| 33 | |
| 34 | User-agent: Google-Extended |
| 35 | Disallow: / |
| 36 | Allow: /professional |
| 37 | Allow: /company |
| 38 | Allow: /latam |
| 39 | Allow: /faq |
| 40 | Allow: /tc |
| 41 | |
| 42 | User-agent: Mediapartners-Google |
| 43 | Disallow: /about/careers |
| 44 | Disallow: /about/careers/ |
| 45 | Disallow: /offlinemessage/ |
| 46 | Disallow: /apps/fbk |
| 47 | Disallow: /bb/newsarchive/ |
| 48 | Disallow: /apps/news |
| 49 | |
| 50 | User-agent: Spinn3r |
| 51 | Disallow: /podcasts/ |
| 52 | Disallow: /feed/podcast/ |
| 53 | Disallow: /bb/avfile/ |
| 54 | |
| 55 | User-agent: Googlebot-News |
| 56 | Disallow: /sponsor/ |
| 57 | Disallow: /news/sponsors/* |
| 58 | Disallow: /news/terminal/* |
| 59 | |
| 60 | User-agent: Twitterbot |
| 61 | Allow: /en/news/thp |
| 62 | |
| 63 | User-agent: CCBot |
| 64 | Disallow: / |
| 65 | |
| 66 | # Development Tools |
| 67 | User-agent: Python-urllib |
| 68 | Disallow: / |
| 69 | User-agent: python-requests |
| 70 | Disallow: / |
| 71 | User-agent: Python-http-client |
| 72 | Disallow: / |
| 73 | |
| 74 | # AI/LLM Bots |
| 75 | User-agent: Claude-Web |
| 76 | Disallow: / |
| 77 | Allow: /professional |
| 78 | Allow: /company |
| 79 | Allow: /latam |
| 80 | Allow: /faq |
| 81 | Allow: /tc |
| 82 | User-agent: anthropic-ai |
| 83 | Disallow: / |
| 84 | Allow: /professional |
| 85 | Allow: /company |
| 86 | Allow: /latam |
| 87 | Allow: /faq |
| 88 | Allow: /tc |
| 89 | User-agent: PerplexityBot |
| 90 | Disallow: / |
| 91 | Allow: /professional |
| 92 | Allow: /company |
| 93 | Allow: /latam |
| 94 | Allow: /faq |
| 95 | Allow: /tc |
| 96 | User-agent: YouBot |
| 97 | Disallow: / |
| 98 | Allow: /professional |
| 99 | Allow: /company |
| 100 | Allow: /latam |
| 101 | Allow: /faq |
| 102 | Allow: /tc |
| 103 | User-agent: DuckAssistBot |
| 104 | Disallow: / |
| 105 | Allow: /professional |
| 106 | Allow: /company |
| 107 | Allow: /latam |
| 108 | Allow: /faq |
| 109 | Allow: /tc |
| 110 | User-agent: cohere-ai |
| 111 | Disallow: / |
| 112 | |
| 113 | # AI/LLM Bots - Homepage Access |
| 114 | # Homepage and regional homepages only. The $ makes each Allow an exact match |
| 115 | # so it beats "Disallow: /"; without it the rule is a prefix match and opens |
| 116 | # everything under that route. /region/ is a 302 to /region and needs its own |
| 117 | # rule, since robots.txt is checked before the redirect can be followed. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | # Training |
| 120 | User-agent: GPTBot |
| 121 | Disallow: / |
| 122 | Allow: /professional |
| 123 | Allow: /company |
| 124 | Allow: /latam |
| 125 | Allow: /faq |
| 126 | Allow: /tc |
| 127 | Allow: /$ |
| 128 | Allow: /europe$ |
| 129 | Allow: /europe/$ |
| 130 | Allow: /asia$ |
| 131 | Allow: /asia/$ |
| 132 | Allow: /jp$ |
| 133 | Allow: /jp/$ |
| 134 | Allow: /india$ |
| 135 | Allow: /india/$ |
| 136 | Allow: /middleeast$ |
| 137 | Allow: /middleeast/$ |
| 138 | Allow: /africa$ |
| 139 | Allow: /africa/$ |
| 140 | Allow: /canada$ |
| 141 | Allow: /canada/$ |
| 142 | Allow: /uk$ |
| 143 | Allow: /uk/$ |
| 144 | Allow: /latinamerica$ |
| 145 | Allow: /latinamerica/$ |
| 146 | User-agent: ClaudeBot |
| 147 | Disallow: / |
| 148 | Allow: /professional |
| 149 | Allow: /company |
| 150 | Allow: /latam |
| 151 | Allow: /faq |
| 152 | Allow: /tc |
| 153 | Allow: /$ |
| 154 | Allow: /europe$ |
| 155 | Allow: /europe/$ |
| 156 | Allow: /asia$ |
| 157 | Allow: /asia/$ |
| 158 | Allow: /jp$ |
| 159 | Allow: /jp/$ |
| 160 | Allow: /india$ |
| 161 | Allow: /india/$ |
| 162 | Allow: /middleeast$ |
| 163 | Allow: /middleeast/$ |
| 164 | Allow: /africa$ |
| 165 | Allow: /africa/$ |
| 166 | Allow: /canada$ |
| 167 | Allow: /canada/$ |
| 168 | Allow: /uk$ |
| 169 | Allow: /uk/$ |
| 170 | Allow: /latinamerica$ |
| 171 | Allow: /latinamerica/$ |
| 172 | |
| 173 | # Search indexing |
| 174 | User-agent: OAI-SearchBot |
| 175 | Disallow: / |
| 176 | Allow: /professional |
| 177 | Allow: /company |
| 178 | Allow: /latam |
| 179 | Allow: /faq |
| 180 | Allow: /tc |
| 181 | Allow: /$ |
| 182 | Allow: /europe$ |
| 183 | Allow: /europe/$ |
| 184 | Allow: /asia$ |
| 185 | Allow: /asia/$ |
| 186 | Allow: /jp$ |
| 187 | Allow: /jp/$ |
| 188 | Allow: /india$ |
| 189 | Allow: /india/$ |
| 190 | Allow: /middleeast$ |
| 191 | Allow: /middleeast/$ |
| 192 | Allow: /africa$ |
| 193 | Allow: /africa/$ |
| 194 | Allow: /canada$ |
| 195 | Allow: /canada/$ |
| 196 | Allow: /uk$ |
| 197 | Allow: /uk/$ |
| 198 | Allow: /latinamerica$ |
| 199 | Allow: /latinamerica/$ |
| 200 | User-agent: Claude-SearchBot |
| 201 | Disallow: / |
| 202 | Allow: /professional |
| 203 | Allow: /company |
| 204 | Allow: /latam |
| 205 | Allow: /faq |
| 206 | Allow: /tc |
| 207 | Allow: /$ |
| 208 | Allow: /europe$ |
| 209 | Allow: /europe/$ |
| 210 | Allow: /asia$ |
| 211 | Allow: /asia/$ |
| 212 | Allow: /jp$ |
| 213 | Allow: /jp/$ |
| 214 | Allow: /india$ |
| 215 | Allow: /india/$ |
| 216 | Allow: /middleeast$ |
| 217 | Allow: /middleeast/$ |
| 218 | Allow: /africa$ |
| 219 | Allow: /africa/$ |
| 220 | Allow: /canada$ |
| 221 | Allow: /canada/$ |
| 222 | Allow: /uk$ |
| 223 | Allow: /uk/$ |
| 224 | Allow: /latinamerica$ |
| 225 | Allow: /latinamerica/$ |
| 226 | |
| 227 | # User-triggered fetches |
| 228 | User-agent: ChatGPT-User |
| 229 | Disallow: / |
| 230 | Allow: /professional |
| 231 | Allow: /company |
| 232 | Allow: /latam |
| 233 | Allow: /faq |
| 234 | Allow: /tc |
| 235 | Allow: /$ |
| 236 | Allow: /europe$ |
| 237 | Allow: /europe/$ |
| 238 | Allow: /asia$ |
| 239 | Allow: /asia/$ |
| 240 | Allow: /jp$ |
| 241 | Allow: /jp/$ |
| 242 | Allow: /india$ |
| 243 | Allow: /india/$ |
| 244 | Allow: /middleeast$ |
| 245 | Allow: /middleeast/$ |
| 246 | Allow: /africa$ |
| 247 | Allow: /africa/$ |
| 248 | Allow: /canada$ |
| 249 | Allow: /canada/$ |
| 250 | Allow: /uk$ |
| 251 | Allow: /uk/$ |
| 252 | Allow: /latinamerica$ |
| 253 | Allow: /latinamerica/$ |
| 254 | User-agent: Claude-User |
| 255 | Disallow: / |
| 256 | Allow: /professional |
| 257 | Allow: /company |
| 258 | Allow: /latam |
| 259 | Allow: /faq |
| 260 | Allow: /tc |
| 261 | Allow: /$ |
| 262 | Allow: /europe$ |
| 263 | Allow: /europe/$ |
| 264 | Allow: /asia$ |
| 265 | Allow: /asia/$ |
| 266 | Allow: /jp$ |
| 267 | Allow: /jp/$ |
| 268 | Allow: /india$ |
| 269 | Allow: /india/$ |
| 270 | Allow: /middleeast$ |
| 271 | Allow: /middleeast/$ |
| 272 | Allow: /africa$ |
| 273 | Allow: /africa/$ |
| 274 | Allow: /canada$ |
| 275 | Allow: /canada/$ |
| 276 | Allow: /uk$ |
| 277 | Allow: /uk/$ |
| 278 | Allow: /latinamerica$ |
| 279 | Allow: /latinamerica/$ |
| 280 | |
| 281 | # Google Services |
| 282 | User-agent: Google-Apps |
| 283 | Disallow: / |
| 284 | User-agent: Google-Apps-Script |
| 285 | Disallow: / |
| 286 | User-agent: AppEngine-Google |
| 287 | Disallow: / |
| 288 | User-agent: Google-Cloud |
| 289 | Disallow: / |
| 290 | User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot |
| 291 | Disallow: / |
| 292 | |
| 293 | # Major Company Bots |
| 294 | User-agent: AmazonBot |
| 295 | Disallow: / |
| 296 | User-agent: AmazonAdBot |
| 297 | Disallow: / |
| 298 | User-agent: ByteSpider |
| 299 | Disallow: / |
| 300 | User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent |
| 301 | Disallow: / |
| 302 | User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher |
| 303 | Disallow: / |
| 304 | User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent-Image |
| 305 | Disallow: / |
| 306 | User-agent: Applebot-Extended |
| 307 | Disallow: / |
| 308 | User-agent: Bytespider-Image |
| 309 | Disallow: / |
| 310 | |
| 311 | # Feed & Content Aggregators |
| 312 | User-agent: Feedly |
| 313 | Disallow: / |
| 314 | Allow: /professional |
| 315 | Allow: /company |
| 316 | Allow: /latam |
| 317 | Allow: /faq |
| 318 | Allow: /tc |
| 319 | User-agent: FeedlyBot |
| 320 | Disallow: / |
| 321 | Allow: /professional |
| 322 | Allow: /company |
| 323 | Allow: /latam |
| 324 | Allow: /faq |
| 325 | Allow: /tc |
| 326 | User-agent: FeedlyApp |
| 327 | Disallow: / |
| 328 | Allow: /professional |
| 329 | Allow: /company |
| 330 | Allow: /latam |
| 331 | Allow: /faq |
| 332 | Allow: /tc |
| 333 | User-agent: MWFeedParser |
| 334 | Disallow: / |
| 335 | Allow: /professional |
| 336 | Allow: /company |
| 337 | Allow: /latam |
| 338 | Allow: /faq |
| 339 | Allow: /tc |
| 340 | |
| 341 | # Analytics & Marketing |
| 342 | User-agent: comscore |
| 343 | Disallow: / |
| 344 | User-agent: Comscore |
| 345 | Disallow: / |
| 346 | User-agent: HubSpot |
| 347 | Disallow: / |
| 348 | User-agent: hubspot |
| 349 | Disallow: / |
| 350 | User-agent: Criteo |
| 351 | Disallow: / |
| 352 | User-agent: criteo-bot |
| 353 | Disallow: / |
| 354 | User-agent: Peer39_Crawler |
| 355 | Disallow: / |
| 356 | User-agent: rogerbot |
| 357 | Disallow: / |
| 358 | User-agent: linkdexbot |
| 359 | Disallow: / |
| 360 | User-agent: NTENT |
| 361 | Disallow: / |
| 362 | User-agent: AndersPinkBot |
| 363 | Disallow: / |
| 364 | User-agent: IndeedBot |
| 365 | Disallow: / |
| 366 | |
| 367 | # Search Engine Bots |
| 368 | User-agent: MJ12bot |
| 369 | Disallow: / |
| 370 | User-agent: PetalBot |
| 371 | Disallow: / |
| 372 | User-agent: YisouSpider |
| 373 | Disallow: / |
| 374 | User-agent: 360Spider |
| 375 | Disallow: / |
| 376 | User-agent: Qwantify |
| 377 | Disallow: / |
| 378 | User-agent: ToutiaoSpider |
| 379 | Disallow: / |
| 380 | |
| 381 | # Monitoring & Security |
| 382 | User-agent: Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| 383 | Disallow: / |
| 384 | Allow: /professional |
| 385 | Allow: /company |
| 386 | Allow: /latam |
| 387 | Allow: /faq |
| 388 | Allow: /tc |
| 389 | User-agent: PRTG |
| 390 | Disallow: / |
| 391 | User-agent: FreshpingBot |
| 392 | Disallow: / |
| 393 | User-agent: Panopta |
| 394 | Disallow: / |
| 395 | User-agent: DatadogSynthetics |
| 396 | Disallow: / |
| 397 | User-agent: Rackspace |
| 398 | Disallow: / |
| 399 | User-agent: censys |
| 400 | Disallow: / |
| 401 | User-agent: burp |
| 402 | Disallow: / |
| 403 | User-agent: Burp |
| 404 | Disallow: / |
| 405 | User-agent: check_http |
| 406 | Disallow: / |
| 407 | User-agent: DotcomMonitor |
| 408 | Disallow: / |
| 409 | User-agent: WatchSumo |
| 410 | Disallow: / |
| 411 | User-agent: WormlyBot |
| 412 | Disallow: / |
| 413 | User-agent: CalibreBot |
| 414 | Disallow: / |
| 415 | User-agent: AudistoBot |
| 416 | Disallow: / |
| 417 | |
| 418 | # Social & Content |
| 419 | User-agent: Hatena |
| 420 | Disallow: / |
| 421 | User-agent: Hatena-Bookmark |
| 422 | Disallow: / |
| 423 | User-agent: EveryoneSocialBot |
| 424 | Disallow: / |
| 425 | User-agent: Diffbot |
| 426 | Disallow: / |
| 427 | User-agent: CCBot |
| 428 | Disallow: / |
| 429 | User-agent: Netvibes |
| 430 | Disallow: / |
| 431 | User-agent: WebCEO |
| 432 | Disallow: / |
| 433 | User-agent: Postano |
| 434 | Disallow: / |
| 435 | User-agent: RebelMouse |
| 436 | Disallow: / |
| 437 | User-agent: Muck-Rack |
| 438 | Disallow: / |
| 439 | User-agent: InstapaperViewer |
| 440 | Disallow: / |
| 441 | User-agent: Twurly |
| 442 | Disallow: / |
| 443 | User-agent: LivelapBot |
| 444 | Disallow: / |
| 445 | User-agent: DatagnionBot |
| 446 | Disallow: / |
| 447 | User-agent: Linespider |
| 448 | Disallow: / |
| 449 | User-agent: Discourse |
| 450 | Disallow: / |
| 451 | |
| 452 | # Potentially Malicious |
| 453 | User-agent: Medusa |
| 454 | Disallow: / |
| 455 | User-agent: pingback |
| 456 | Disallow: / |
| 457 | User-agent: WordPress |
| 458 | Disallow: / |
| 459 | User-agent: wp_ping |
| 460 | Disallow: / |
| 461 | User-agent: MauiBot |
| 462 | Disallow: / |
| 463 | User-agent: ltx71 |
| 464 | Disallow: / |
| 465 | User-agent: WeSEE |
| 466 | Disallow: / |
| 467 | User-agent: halebot |
| 468 | Disallow: / |
| 469 | User-agent: BrightBot |
| 470 | Disallow: / |
| 471 | |
| 472 | # Gaming/3D |
| 473 | User-agent: UnityPlayer |
| 474 | Disallow: / |
| 475 | |
| 476 | # Sitemaps app |
| 477 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/news/index.xml |
| 478 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/news/latest.xml |
| 479 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/collections/index.xml |
| 480 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/media/video/index.xml |
| 481 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/media/audio/index.xml |
| 482 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/people/profiles/index.xml |
| 483 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/companies/public-company/index.xml |
| 484 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/companies/private-company/index.xml |
| 485 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/sitemaps/securites/index.xml |
| 486 | |
| 487 | # Billionaires, owned by graphics |
| 488 | Sitemap: https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/sitemap.xml |