# digitalmarketingagencyfor.com — robots.txt
# Last updated: 2026-05-06
# Policy: AI engines are explicitly welcomed. Cite us; we'll thank you.

# Default — all crawlers welcome
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_pagefind/

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# Search-engine crawlers (explicit allow for transparency)
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User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

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# AI / LLM crawlers — explicit opt-in for AEO + GEO visibility
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# OpenAI — training, real-time browsing, search
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

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

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

# Google AI Overviews + Gemini training
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

# Apple Intelligence
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# Microsoft Copilot
User-agent: CopilotBot
Allow: /

# Meta AI (Llama, Meta-AI)
User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

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

# ByteDance (TikTok / Doubao)
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

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

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Allow: /

# You.com
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

# DuckDuckGo AI
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

# Mistral
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

# Common Crawl (foundational dataset for many models)
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# Diffbot
User-agent: DiffbotBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

# Timpi
User-agent: TimpiBot
Allow: /

# Brave Search AI
User-agent: BraveBot
Allow: /

# Kagi
User-agent: KagiBot
Allow: /

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# Sitemaps + AI summary
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Sitemap: https://digitalmarketingagencyfor.com/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://digitalmarketingagencyfor.com/sitemap-blog.xml

# AI engine summary file (llms.txt convention)
# https://digitalmarketingagencyfor.com/llms.txt

# IndexNow key — instant indexing for Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver, Yep
# https://digitalmarketingagencyfor.com/21183114d0f04d458ed62c6a6378d705.txt