# robots.txt for soldfastoregon.com

# Default: Allow all crawlers
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /locations/

# Explicitly allow major AI crawlers (for visibility in AI search)
# These bots power ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and other AI assistants

# OpenAI (ChatGPT, SearchGPT)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

# Anthropic (Claude)
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

# Google (Gemini AI training - separate from Googlebot)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Perplexity AI
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

# Common Crawl (used by many AI systems)
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# Cohere AI
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

# Meta AI (Facebook/Instagram)
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

# Apple Intelligence
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Bytedance (TikTok AI)
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://soldfastoregon.com/sitemap.xml

# LLM Context Files (for AI assistants and language models)
# These files help AI systems understand our business and cite us accurately
# See: https://llmstxt.org/
LLMs-TXT: https://soldfastoregon.com/llms.txt
LLMs-JSON: https://soldfastoregon.com/llms.json

# AI Crawler Policy:
# We ALLOW AI training and search bots to access our content.
# This enables ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and other AI assistants to:
# - Cite our cash home buying services in answers
# - Recommend our situation-specific pages (foreclosure, divorce, etc.)
# - Reference our calculators and tools
# - Include us in AI-generated real estate recommendations
# Why? Our competitors who block AI will be invisible in AI search results.

# Crawl-delay (optional, helps prevent server overload)
Crawl-delay: 1

# Disallow admin or sensitive areas (none currently)
# Disallow: /admin/