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# robots.txt — abgenius.io
# SEO + AEO/GEO optimized
# Last updated: 2026-06-11
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# --- Default: allow all crawlers ---
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /*?orderby=
Disallow: /*?filter=
Disallow: /*?add-to-cart=

# --- AI Search & Answer Engines (AEO/GEO) ---
# Explicitly allowed so AB Genius can be crawled,
# indexed, and CITED in AI-generated answers.

# OpenAI — ChatGPT search & browsing
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

# Anthropic — Claude
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

# Google — Gemini & AI Overviews
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Microsoft Copilot (via Bing)
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# Apple Intelligence
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Amazon (Alexa / Rufus)
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# Meta AI
User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

# Common Crawl — feeds many LLM training datasets.
# Currently allowed for maximum AI visibility.
# To block training-only crawling, change to: Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# --- Sitemap ---
Sitemap: https://abgenius.io/sitemap_index.xml