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| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | # For all robots |
| 4 | User-agent: * |
| 5 | |
| 6 | # Block access to specific groups of pages |
| 7 | Disallow: /cart |
| 8 | Disallow: /checkout |
| 9 | Disallow: /my-account |
| 10 | Disallow: /request-quote-success |
| 11 | |
| 12 | # Allow search crawlers to discover the sitemap |
| 13 | Sitemap: https://www.bldr.com/sitemap.xml |
| 14 | |
| 15 | # Block CazoodleBot as it does not present correct accept content headers |
| 16 | User-agent: CazoodleBot |
| 17 | Disallow: / |
| 18 | |
| 19 | # Block MJ12bot as it is just noise |
| 20 | User-agent: MJ12bot |
| 21 | Disallow: / |
| 22 | |
| 23 | # Block dotbot as it cannot parse base urls properly |
| 24 | User-agent: dotbot/1.0 |
| 25 | Disallow: / |
| 26 | |
| 27 | # Block Gigabot |
| 28 | User-agent: Gigabot |
| 29 | Disallow: / |
| 30 | |
| 31 | |
| 32 | |
| 33 | # BLDRFST-1404 - Added following explicit allows, although not really necessary since we have universal allows at the top |
| 34 | # ======================================== |
| 35 | # AI SEARCH & CITATION BOTS - ALLOW THESE |
| 36 | # ======================================== |
| 37 | # These bots fetch content in real-time when users ask questions |
| 38 | # Allowing these ensures your content appears in AI answers |
| 39 | |
| 40 | # OpenAI - ChatGPT Search & Citations |
| 41 | User-agent: OAI-SearchBot |
| 42 | Allow: / |
| 43 | |
| 44 | User-agent: ChatGPT-User |
| 45 | Allow: / |
| 46 | |
| 47 | # Anthropic - Claude Citations & Search |
| 48 | User-agent: ClaudeBot |
| 49 | Allow: / |
| 50 | |
| 51 | User-agent: Claude-Web |
| 52 | Allow: / |
| 53 | |
| 54 | User-agent: Claude-User |
| 55 | Allow: / |
| 56 | |
| 57 | User-agent: Claude-SearchBot |
| 58 | Allow: / |
| 59 | |
| 60 | # Google - Gemini Search (for AI Overviews) |
| 61 | User-agent: Googlebot |
| 62 | Allow: / |
| 63 | |
| 64 | # Perplexity - AI Search |
| 65 | User-agent: PerplexityBot |
| 66 | Allow: / |
| 67 | |
| 68 | User-agent: Perplexity-User |
| 69 | Allow: / |
| 70 | |
| 71 | # ======================================== |
| 72 | # AI TRAINING BOTS - YOUR CHOICE |
| 73 | # ======================================== |
| 74 | # These collect data to train models |
| 75 | # You can allow or block these without affecting citations |
| 76 | |
| 77 | # OpenAI Training (optional - allow if you want content in future models) |
| 78 | User-agent: GPTBot |
| 79 | Allow: / |
| 80 | |
| 81 | # Anthropic Training (optional) |
| 82 | User-agent: anthropic-ai |
| 83 | Allow: / |
| 84 | |
| 85 | # Google AI Training (optional) |
| 86 | User-agent: Google-Extended |
| 87 | Allow: / |
| 88 | |
| 89 | # Common Crawl (used by many AI companies) |
| 90 | User-agent: CCBot |
| 91 | Allow: / |
| 92 | |
| 93 | # Apple Intelligence |
| 94 | User-agent: Applebot-Extended |
| 95 | Allow: / |
| 96 | |
| 97 | # Meta/Facebook AI |
| 98 | User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent |
| 99 | Allow: / |
| 100 | |
| 101 | User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher |
| 102 | Allow: / |
| 103 | |
| 104 | # Amazon AI |
| 105 | User-agent: Amazonbot |
| 106 | Allow: / |
| 107 | |
| 108 | # ByteDance/TikTok |
| 109 | User-agent: Bytespider |
| 110 | Allow: / |
| 111 | |
| 112 | # You.com |
| 113 | User-agent: YouBot |
| 114 | Allow: / |
| 115 | |
| 116 | # ======================================== |
| 117 | # PROTECTED AREAS (if needed) |
| 118 | # ======================================== |
| 119 | # Example: Block all bots from private areas |
| 120 | # User-agent: * |
| 121 | # Disallow: /general-test |